Contracts Manager

Site/Contracts ManagerShropshire, office based with regular site visits across a twenty mile radius of Market Drayton

The roleYou will take ownership of multiple small to medium residential projects, including extensions, refurbishments, new build, and occasional Grade II listed works. The role is primarily office based with planned visits to live sites. You will plan ahead, keep programmes tight, coordinate trades and suppliers, and be the client facing lead who keeps quality, safety, and cost on track.

Key responsibilities

Plan and manage short and medium term programmes, issue weekly lookaheads, and keep milestones on track

Read drawings and specifications, interpret scope, and brief the team clearly

Prepare RAMS, carry out risk assessments, manage permits, and maintain HSE compliance

Order materials and plant in advance, manage supplier lead times, and control costs against budgets

Coordinate subcontractors and in house trades, schedule daily and weekly tasks, and inspect quality

Liaise with clients, conservation officers, architects, engineers, and ecologists where required

Maintain site records, progress photos, and reports, and manage change and variations with support from the QS

Support simple pricing and small works estimating when needed, and close out handover and defects

Visit multiple sites as required during the week, typically within twenty miles of Market Drayton

Lead face to face meetings and interviews when bringing new trades into the supply chain

Project environment

Residential clients and private sector work

Extensions, refurbishments, and small new build

Listed buildings with heritage constraints on some projects, including ecology considerations such as bat surveys, bat licences, and method statements appropriate to historic fabric

Live occupied settings that require careful planning, noise and dust control, and tidy working practices

Essentials

Proven track record as a Site Manager or Contracts Manager running multiple jobs concurrently

Strong planning and programming skills, confident with MS Project or similar

SMSTS and First Aid, CSCS card, temporary works awareness is beneficial

Excellent client communication and interpersonal skills, calm, proactive, and organised

Ability to prepare RAMS, manage permits, and uphold HSE standards

Full UK driving licence

Comfortable being mostly office based, with planned site visits across the local area

Nice to have

Experience on Grade I or Grade II listed buildings, or a genuine interest in heritage methods and materials, for example lime mortars and traditional joinery

Joinery or general building background that helps with sequencing and quality checks

Experience coordinating ecology inputs, for example bat surveys and method statements

Confidence supporting small works pricing and basic take offs alongside the QS

Package

Permanent salary guide fifty thousand to sixty thousand, dependent on experience

CIS engagement available if preferred, day rate by agreement

Use of a company van or truck can be provided for the right person, typically after a successful probation

Local projects, family run environment, clear progression for the right person

How to applyApply within your CV and a short note about your most relevant projects, especially any listed building work.

You can also call (phone number removed) for a quick chat.

Face to face interviews are preferred and will be held near Market Drayton. Start is as soon as the right person is ..... full job details .....