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 opera...