Small Works Contract Manager

Location: Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6AX
Salary: £45,000 £55,000 per annum, depending on experience
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 08 30, with a 30-minute break
Annual Leave: 21 days plus bank holidays
Company Vehicle: Company car and fuel card provided
Start Date: To be confirmed

We are looking for an organised, proactive and commercially minded Small Works Contracts Manager to join our Small Works Department.

In this role, you will take ownership of projects and contracts from initial instruction through to final completion, ensuring all works are delivered safely, efficiently, on programme, to the required quality standards and within agreed commercial parameters.

Working closely with our Estimating, Commercial and operational teams, you will play a key role in ensuring a smooth transition from quotation and contract award through to successful project delivery. You will also build strong working relationships with clients, tenants, residents, directly employed trades and subcontractors to ensure projects run smoothly from start to finish.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys managing multiple projects, solving problems and taking responsibility for delivering successful outcomes.

• Project and Contract Management: Manage small works projects from initial instruction through to completion, ensuring programme, quality and commercial objectives are consistently achieved.
• Estimating and Handover: Work closely with the Estimating Team and colleagues to ensure a seamless transition from quotation and contract award into operational delivery.
• Client Relationship Management: Maintain regular communication with client representatives, providing clear updates on progress, programme, potential issues and completion.
• Tenant and Resident Liaison: Coordinate access arrangements and work schedules with tenants and residents, ensuring disruption is minimised wherever possible.
• Resource Planning: Schedule and coordinate directly employed trades and subcontractors to ensure resources are deployed effectively and projects remain on programme.
• Subcontractor Management: Identify, engage and manage subcontractors as required to support project delivery and meet contractual commitments.
• Materials Procurement: Procure materials and coordinate the resources and requirements needed to deliver works efficiently and on time.
• Commercial Management: Work closely with the Commercial Team to monitor costs, identify efficiencies, manage expenditure and maximise project profitability.
• Programme and Quality Control: Monitor progress, address issues proactively and ensure completed works meet the required standards.
• Project Completion: Take ownership of outstanding works, resolve issues and ensure projects are brought to a successful and timely conclusion.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, commercially aware and confident managing projects, people and competing priorities. You will take pride in your work, communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and demonstrate a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

You should be comfortable taking ownership of projects, managing changing requirements and ensuring that commitments to clients are delivered.

Strong planning, coordination and communication skills are essential, alongside the ability to build positive working relationships with clients, trades, subcontractors and internal teams.

This is an office-based position at our Verwood, Dorset location, with regular travel to project and client sites as required. A company car and fuel card are provided to support these duties.

As Small Works Contracts Manager, you will play an important role in the successful delivery and continued development of the Small Works Department. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of projects, work collaboratively across the business and contribute directly to client satisfaction, operational efficiency and commercial performance.

If you are an organised and motivated professional who takes pride in delivering quality work, managing projects effectively and building strong client relationships, we would welcome your application.