Contract Manager

📢 Contracts Manager – Leading Regional Contractor | Bristol

💼 Salary: Up to £85,000 + Full Package

📍 Location: Bristol (Projects Across the South West)

🏗️ Sector: Main Contracting | Design & Build | Commercial | Education | Healthcare

🕵️ ♂️ For my client – an outstanding, well-established regional contractor with an exceptional reputation for delivery, collaboration, and long-term stability.

Are you an experienced Contracts Manager with a track record of delivering multiple projects simultaneously?

Do you thrive in a leadership role where you can shape delivery, mentor teams, and drive excellence across a varied portfolio?

My client – a highly respected regional main contractor – is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee several live projects up to £10m in value, spanning commercial, education, healthcare, industrial, and community developments.

This is a rare opportunity to join a business known for its integrity, strong pipeline, and supportive culture.

🔧 The Role

As Contracts Manager, you’ll take strategic oversight of several schemes from pre-construction through to handover, ensuring operational, commercial, and quality targets are delivered to the highest standard.

Your responsibilities will include:

• 🏗️ Overseeing multiple projects up to £10m across the South West
• 👥 Leading and mentoring Project Managers, Site Managers, and operational teams
• 🧩 Driving programme, quality, and safety standards on all live sites
• 🤝 Building strong relationships with clients, consultants, and supply chain partners
• 📝 Supporting pre-construction, planning, and resourcing activities
• 💷 Monitoring commercial performance alongside QS teams
• 🧠 Tackling challenges proactively and ensuring seamless project delivery
• 🎯 Ensuring each project aligns with the company’s standards, values, and long-term objectives

This is a highly influential role with genuine autonomy and visibility at senior level.

✅ Ideal Candidate Profile

You will likely be:

• An experienced Contracts Manager or Senior Project Manager ready to step up
• Proven across main contracting with projects up to £10m
• Strong technically, commercially, and operationally
• A natural leader who inspires high-performing delivery teams
• Excellent at client relationships, communication, and problem solving
• Highly organised and confident managing multiple live sites
• Based in or commutable to Bristol / South West

💰 What’s on Offer

• 💷 Up to £85,000 (DOE) + Full Package
• 🚗 Car allowance / company car
• 📈 Clear progression opportunities within a respected regional business
• 🤝 Supportive, collaborative culture with low staff turnover
• 🏗️ A secure and diverse pipeline of regional projects
• 🌱 Stability, autonomy, and long-term career growth

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a contractor where your leadership, expertise, and values will genuinely shape their future success.

📩 Interested?

If you’re an ambitious Contracts Manager looking for a new challenge with a leading regional contractor, I’d love to chat.

Send your CV to: charlie.walker@walkerandsloan.com