Contracts Manager (Social House Building)

  • Think Recruitment
  • Loughborough, Leicestershire
  • 14/02/2026
Full time Construction

Job Description

Contracts Manager

Social House Building

East Midlands

Up to 75k (depending on experience) + car allowance + bonus

An established regional contractor is looking to recruit an experienced Contracts Manager to work within the new build social housing sector. This contractor has a turnover of 100 million and is growing with a strong pipeline of work secured for 2026. They incorporate family values and work with a collaborative forward-thinking attitude.

Contracts Manager Duties:

  • Managing between 2 - 3 projects at any given time
  • Programming contracts
  • Managing all site managers and project managers
  • Tender enquiries and preparing prelim plans for contracts ready
  • Managing the design process
  • Client meetings and associated issues
  • Health and Safety plans
  • Motivating and inspiring the team
  • Liaising on all levels to ensure effective communication is always maintained.
  • Following all projects through all stages from start to hand over through to final accounts.

The Role Requires:

The successful applicant will have experience working in a similar role working on social housing new build projects from either a main contractor or housing developer.

  • Knowledge of Social housing standards and codes of practice etc are critical to this role.
  • A well-developed knowledge of health & safety, legislation and practice
  • Experience of leading and developing a team in new build social housing contracts.
  • Knowledge of budgets and costing
  • Excellent Project / Program Management skills
  • Ability to priorities and plan effectively