CONTRACTS MANAGER SOUTHAMPTON My client is a successful and ambitious contractor, with a very healthy forward order book and they specialise in delivering multi-discipline engineering projects within the water and energy sectors. Their Energy team is now growing, and they are recruiting for a Contracts Manager to work with their team to oversee a portfolio of critical infrastructure projects throughout the UK, predominantly delivering large civil engineering projects within a substation environment. The Contracts Manager will initially oversee a large £40m project in Oxfordshire. The role is based at their Head Office in Southampton but spending some time each week on site. A typical week would likely comprise of 2 days in the office, 2 days on site and 1 day at home. The role: * Leading and supporting to the Project Managers on each of your projects, providing guidance to ensure delivery excellence * Providing thorough commercial and programme support * Managing up to 3 projects at any one time * Working closely with the Head of SHEQ to ensure the highest standards of safety, updating on environmental issues, and ensuring quality * Working with the Bid team, leading bid activity to produce tenders for projects within the Energy Division * Championing innovation and compliance on all contracts * Working closely with the commercial team, designers, planners, and site teams to ensure the projects ru...