About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As the Contract Director you’ll lead strategic and operational delivery of contracts, driving margin, cashflow, and performance to world-class standards. Sets vision and objectives aligned with M Group Water strategy, ensuring safety, quality, and employee engagement. This role will be based in the North West Area.
Key Responsibilities:
Define and deliver contract strategy, revenue, and profitability targets
Achieve cashflow and operational KPIs
Ensure SHEQ excellence and behavioural safety
Lead and develop contract teams, succession planning, and engagement
Drive growth, client relationships, and new business opportunities
Oversee contract compliance, resource allocation, and performance improvement
Champion health, safety, wellbeing, and continuous improvementWhat you’ll bring
We value you for who you are and will provide appropriate formal training and development. However, we will look favourably if you can demonstrate:
A degree or equivalent qualification in construction, engineering, utilities, or a business-related discipline (desirable)
Relevant management or professional qualifications
Previous experience in senior management within a utility contracting or similar environment
Strong commercial experience with a proven ability to drive improvement
A consistent track record of senior management success in utility contracting or related sectors
Demonstrable client management and business development skills
Excellent leadership capabilities, including coaching and mentoring
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and present ideas effectively at senior levels
In-depth knowledge and experience of SHEQW policies, procedures, and management
Strong commercial and sector awareness
A customer-focused approach with an emphasis on end-user satisfaction
Understanding of statutory frameworks, including contracting law, SHEQ, and employment lawWhat’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition schemeIn addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Private health care for you and your family plus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Personal Accident CoverAbout us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for lifeWhether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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