Contracts Manager – Building Safety (Internal & External Works)
£95,000 + £7k to £10k car allowance + package | London / South East | Hybrid
Secured pipeline through 2029, projects from £5m to £25m+, and a business that’s genuinely stable in a sector that isn’t going anywhere. If you’re a Contracts Manager who likes the delivery as much as the leadership, this is one worth a look.
The company
A well-established specialist principal contractor delivering building safety remediation across social housing. Long-term frameworks with housing associations, local authorities and private landlords mean real stability and a clear route up. Their work covers the full building safety picture, internal and external, all on occupied residential stock, which is where the skill really shows.
The role
You’d take ownership of a portfolio of building safety projects across London and the South East, typically two to four live schemes at once. It’s a hands-on leadership role. You’ll run contracts directly while overseeing a small team of Project and Site Managers, and you’ll be the main client face on your jobs. Sleeves-up when it’s needed, strategic when it’s not, and developing the people around you either way.
The work spans both sides of remediation. Externally, that’s façade and cladding remediation: ACM/HPL replacement, external wall systems, rainscreen and balcony replacements, worked through to PAS 9980. Internally, it’s the fire safety side: compartmentation upgrades, fire stopping, fire doors, means of escape and passive fire protection. All to programme, budget and spec, on live occupied buildings, with handovers, O&M manuals, defects periods and the Golden Thread / Building Safety Act documentation kept tight throughout.
Commercially, you’ll carry full P&L on your contracts. That’s valuations, applications for payment, final accounts, variations and compensation events under NEC3/4 and JCT, early-warning procedures, risk registers, and working with the QS team to protect margin. Plus subcontractor procurement and management.
And on stakeholders, this is social housing, so it’s a real part of the job. You’ll be the senior client contact at progress meetings, steering groups and board presentations, building relationships with HA directors, LA officers and asset teams, and handling a complex resident picture: leaseholders, freeholders, RMCs, decants and satisfaction scores, working through your Resident Liaison Officers to keep disruption down.
What they need
A proven Contracts Manager (5+ years at this level) from building safety, remediation or refurbishment, with a solid social housing / HA / LA background and real understanding of occupied schemes and tenant liaison. You’ll have managed fire safety and cladding remediation across both internal and external works, ideally with a working knowledge of PAS 9980, the Building Safety Act, EWS1 and Building Regs Part B. Strong commercial acumen (P&L, valuations, variations, final accounts), comfortable with NEC3/4 and JCT, and experienced leading PMs and site teams. Degree or HNC/HND with the experience to match, CSCS Black Card (SMSTS and First Aid handy), and a full UK licence.
What’s on offer
Upto £95,000 plus £7k to £10k car allowance, performance bonus, pension, private medical (family cover after probation), life assurance, and 25 days holiday rising to 28 with service. Proper development too, with chartership support (MCIOB, MRICS), a CPD allowance and industry training, plus a genuine path on to Senior Contracts Manager, Operations Manager or Divisional Director.
Interested?
Drop me a message for a confidential chat about whether it’s the right fit. Happy to talk it through.
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