Contracts Manager

• Location: Oxford (Regional coverage)

• Salary: Highly Competitive + Car Allowance, Bonus & Full Benefits Package

• Sector: Main Contracting (Refurbishment, Fit-Out & New Build)

We are partnering with a highly respected, award-winning regional main contractor to recruit a strategic Contracts Manager for their thriving Oxford division.

This is a senior, operational leadership role. Instead of being tied to a single site, you will provide high-level orchestration, commercial oversight, and team leadership across a diverse portfolio of projects.

Sharing responsibility for a -20m divisional turnover with a fellow Contracts Manager (managing roughly -10m each), your focus will be on the "big picture":

• Portfolio Management: Oversee approximately 10 live projects simultaneously, with typical values ranging from -500k to -3m.

• Strategic Leadership: Step back from day-to-day firefighting to focus on profitability, programming, safety, and client satisfaction.

• Team Management: Directly manage and mentor the Project Managers and Site Managers running each individual site.

• Client Relations: Act as the senior point of contact for clients and consultants, building long-term relationships.

This role is perfect for an established Contracts Manager, or a high-performing Project Manager looking to take a definitive step up into a senior, strategic position.

• Experience: Proven track record within a UK main contractor, managing or exposed to multiple concurrent projects.

• Skillset: Strong commercial acumen, excellent programming skills, and the ability to manage teams remotely.

• Credentials: SMSTS, CSCS Black Card, and a full UK driving license.

• Step Up: Move away from being site-bound and transition into true operational management.

• Stability: Join a financially secure contractor with an excellent reputation and a local, Oxford-based pipeline.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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