Contracts Manager - Southwest in Witney

We reward our people, and you’ll have good benefits, a competitive salary, company car, bonus scheme, ongoing development, and an opportunity to develop your skills. This full‑time role is 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with an opportunity for flexible working/ part‑time hours (shorter working days or fewer days each week). You will receive 30 days holiday per year, pension, sick pay, life assurance and inclusion in our Flexible Benefits programme that includes cycle to work scheme, gym membership, dental insurance and dine out discounts as well as access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Our purpose is simple. We’re building the sustainable low carbon homes of the future. In our factory controlled environments in England and Scotland, we’re changing the way we build homes, delivering engineered sustainable homes and buildings across the UK. Our ambition is to reduce waste and reduce carbon, creating positive futures for generations to come. Our automated facility in Witney, Oxfordshire is known for its state of the art robotics, driving quality and innovation, building over 10,000 timber frame homes a year, to the highest standards. Our products are award winning, accredited, and sustainable.

Our Contracts Managers are core to the operation of our business. A key member of the construction team on site, reporting to the Construction Manager, you’ll thrive in an enterprising, dynamic, and client‑focused team. Developing and leading your team of Contract Supervisors, you’ll be responsible for delivery on site, of build programmes with emphasis on health & safety; quality and customer satisfaction. You’ll love being out on site with your team, meeting customers and when you’re not on site, you’ll be progressing projects, developing new ways to improve, either from your home or office.

You’ll work with the Design and Technical teams, develop build programmes, taking full account of current and future pipeline, for each site within the South West region. That will include RAMS, resource planning, requisition of plant and haulage. You’ll contribute to project meetings and work with other teams to identify any issues and find solutions. You’ll embed our culture across your team and use your leadership skills to develop your team ensuring competence and confidence. You’re a people person and enjoy developing relationships that bring business success for all. You’ll also understand the importance of achieving deadlines and you’ll support your team in meeting customer deadlines in an efficient way.

If you have a passion for construction, are happy to lead a team, you get on well with other people and are good at finding solutions, this could be the role for you.

Requirements:

• Hold CSCS accreditation, SMSTS with a joinery background and extensive timber frame installation experience.
• Previous experience as a site manager with a housebuilding or main contractor.
• Demonstrate your ability to assess scaffold design and build to legislative standards, prepare, present quality management information and develop build programmes.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills, ability to plan your working week, manage time, information, and reporting.
• Understand the importance of putting the customer first, capable of working in a fast‑paced environment, adhering to strict deadlines.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports, identify team development needs, while recruiting new team members.

The off‑site manufacturing industry in the UK is robust and growing. Over the last 50 years, we’ve built over 150,000 homes, 300 hotels and many schools and medical facilities. We’re growing and we need Design Technicians across the UK, to help us to grow further. We value our people, so you can expect a company that is supportive and encouraging, we make you feel welcome, looked after, secure. We invest in our people so you can benefit from training and support as you learn and develop your skills. You’ll have your own learning path, a way to learn new skills, grow and flourish on an ongoing basis. This also ensures you’re ready for the next step when it comes along.

Building Positive Futures: We are proud to have a culture that has no limits on personal development. From sales to site, finance to factory we encourage all of our colleagues to continually develop and grow. We believe that great companies hire great people and we’re always looking out for new talent.