Contracts Manager vacancy; masters in the art of saying yes' while thinking no chance'
Contracts Manager - High-End Residential | Marlow
If you've ever:
• Juggled three live sites, two architects, and one client with a vision they found on Pinterest at 11 pm
• Been asked for a revised programme by someone who thinks buildability is a mindset
• Started Monday explaining (again) that procurement isn't a form of time travel
…then you already know what being a Contracts Manager actually means.
We're working with a long-established contractor specialising in high-end residential - the kind of projects where a small detail means a hand-carved cornice that needs to line up with a bespoke bronze window frame. Projects range from £2m to £8m across the South East: beautiful, complex, and full of the kind of changes that come labelled urgent.
Your first project: a £5.5m private new build in Marlow. House, garages, party barn - naturally. Demolition's about to kick off, and you'll be there from day one. You'll oversee a Site Manager on this job, before moving on to manage multiple sites once you've got your feet under the desk.
You'll be doing:
• Programming, procurement, logistics - the unglamorous stuff that actually keeps projects upright
• Working with architects, clients, and site teams to keep creativity from outrunning reality
• Managing and motivating people (read: stopping chaos from becoming culture)
• Bringing order to disorder, and quality to everything in between
We're after someone who's worked as a contracts manager - not necessarily high-end residential - but for a contractor and with time-spent at employers - someone who still enjoys the work, even when AutoCAD drawings turn up as PDFs named Final_Final_2_UseThisOne.pdf.
You'll be joining a contractor that:
• Has proper systems (not just spreadsheets called MASTER)
• Uses subcontractors who know what snag-free actually means
• Has been doing this longer than most clients have owned property
I know this ad's a bit of fun - but the opportunity isn't. It's a serious role, with a serious contractor, on projects that make all the stress (almost) worth it.
Happy to have a discreet chat:
Spencer Wade
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