Contract Manager – Highways Maintenance
Guilden Sutton, Cheshire
Up to £65,000 + Company Car + 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + 4x Life Assurance + Contributory Pension
An established infrastructure and highways services business is looking to appoint an experienced Contract Manager to oversee reactive and winter maintenance operations on a major local authority highways maintenance contract in the Cheshire area.
This is an excellent opportunity for an operationally focused manager with highways or civil engineering experience to take ownership of a busy maintenance workstream covering reactive repairs, winter maintenance, drainage, street lighting and minor civils works.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
* Leading operational and site-based teams
* Managing reactive and winter maintenance activities
* Maintaining strong client relationships
* Ensuring contractual KPIs and response times are achieved
* Managing budgets, forecasting and commercial performance
* Coordinating labour, plant, subcontractors and materials
* Promoting high standards of Health & Safety
* Driving operational efficiency and continuous improvement
Applicants should have previous experience managing highways maintenance, infrastructure maintenance or civil engineering contracts and be comfortable operating within a fast-paced operational environment. Strong leadership, client management and commercial awareness are essential for the role.
Suitable backgrounds may include:
* Contract Manager
* Highways Contract Manager
* Operations Manager
* Highways Operations Manager
* Maintenance Manager
* Delivery Manager
* Framework Manager
* Infrastructure Manager
Candidates will ideally possess:
* Experience within highways maintenance or civil engineering
* Strong commercial and contractual awareness
* Knowledge of winter maintenance operations
* SMSTS, IOSH or similar safety qualification
* Relevant construction or civil engineering qualification
* Full UK Driving Licence
This is an urgent requirement and interviews will be arranged quickly for suitable applicants.