📢 Contracts Manager – Leading Regional Contractor | Bristol
💼 Salary: Up to £85,000 + Full Package
📍 Location: Bristol (Projects Across the South West)
🏗️ Sector: Main Contracting | Design & Build | Commercial | Education | Healthcare
🕵️ ♂️ For my client – an outstanding, well-established regional contractor with an exceptional reputation for delivery, collaboration, and long-term stability.
Are you an experienced Contracts Manager with a track record of delivering multiple projects simultaneously?
Do you thrive in a leadership role where you can shape delivery, mentor teams, and drive excellence across a varied portfolio?
My client – a highly respected regional main contractor – is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee several live projects up to £10m in value, spanning commercial, education, healthcare, industrial, and community developments.
This is a rare opportunity to join a business known for its integrity, strong pipeline, and supportive culture.
🔧 The Role
As Contracts Manager, you’ll take strategic oversight of several schemes from pre-construction through to handover, ensuring operational, commercial, and quality targets are delivered to the highest standard.
Your responsibilities will include:
- 🏗️ Overseeing multiple projects up to £10m across the South West
- 👥 Leading and mentoring Project Managers, Site Managers, and operational teams
- 🧩 Driving programme, quality, and safety standards on all live sites
- 🤝 Building strong relationships with clients, consultants, and supply chain partners
- 📝 Supporting pre-construction, planning, and resourcing activities
- 💷 Monitoring commercial performance alongside QS teams
- 🧠 Tackling challenges proactively and ensuring seamless project delivery
- 🎯 Ensuring each project aligns with the company’s standards, values, and long-term objectives
This is a highly influential role with genuine autonomy and visibility at senior level.
✅ Ideal Candidate Profile
You will likely be:
- An experienced Contracts Manager or Senior Project Manager ready to step up
- Proven across main contracting with projects up to £10m
- Strong technically, commercially, and operationally
- A natural leader who inspires high-performing delivery teams
- Excellent at client relationships, communication, and problem solving
- Highly organised and confident managing multiple live sites
- Based in or commutable to Bristol / South West
💰 What’s on Offer
- 💷 Up to £85,000 (DOE) + Full Package
- 🚗 Car allowance / company car
- 📈 Clear progression opportunities within a respected regional business
- 🤝 Supportive, collaborative culture with low staff turnover
- 🏗️ A secure and diverse pipeline of regional projects
- 🌱 Stability, autonomy, and long-term career growth
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a contractor where your leadership, expertise, and values will genuinely shape their future success.
📩 Interested?
If you’re an ambitious Contracts Manager looking for a new challenge with a leading regional contractor, I’d love to chat.
Send your CV to: charlie.walker@walkerandsloan.com