Contracts Manager – (Groundworks) Your sites, your call, your way – West Midlands

Job Title: Contracts Manager (Groundworks) Your sites, your call, your way.  
Location: West Midlands
Salary: Competitive – and yes, actually competitive, not “competitive” as in “hope you like no-brand baked beans and a cold house.”

Remember when you thought being a Contracts Manager meant running projects – not running around like a headless chicken putting out fires?

If you’re stuck somewhere cash-strapped, short-staffed and still running jobs the way they did when The Matrix first came out, it might be time to ask yourself: why am I still here?

Don’t worry about the red pill or the blue pill….

There IS another way.

This business are cash-rich, privately owned groundworks contractor in the West Midlands. Solid order book, repeat clients, money in the bank.

They’re growing – the good kind of growth hitting the bottom line positively, not the “let’s take on everything,  hope the overdraft stretches and stop paying everyone” kind.

So what’s different with them?

• Autonomy – you’ll be trusted to run your contracts, make decisions, and get the credit.

• Right first time – they’re not in the habit of re-digging trenches on a Friday because someone cut corners weeks before

• Growth – the business is scaling and you’ll scale with it – if you’re up for it.

• Career progression – you can actually see the next rung, not wait for someone to die or retire.

• Cash rich – wages, suppliers, plant all sorted – so you can focus on building, not firefighting.

Who are you?

Probably a Contracts Manager who’s been around the block. You’re in groundworks. You can juggle multiple sites without losing your rag. You can keep clients happy, teams motivated, and the numbers tight.

And you want more. More say. More responsibility. More opportunity. Not just more grey hairs. (You’ve probably got enough of those already)

What’s in it for you?

• The chance to actually run things – not just carry the can.

• A business that backs you to deliver, not one that sets you up to fail.

• Proper kit, proper people, proper pay.

• A career step that makes sense – upwards, not sideways.

What you’ll do: 

• Manage 5 – 8 residential groundworks schemes
• Projects in Birmingham, Gloucester and Bristol areas
• Office is in the West Midlands but you’ll managing your own diary as you’re a grown up.

Ask yourself:

• Do you want to spend the next five years juggling chaos for a company that can barely pay its bills?

• Do you want to be boxed in, second-guessed, and stuck at the same level until your knees give out?

• Or do you want to join a business that’s building properly, paying properly, and giving you the platform to show what you can really do?

Maybe it’s time you DID something about it.

Getting on the right track isn’t going to happen by magic.

How to Apply

Click apply. Send a CV. Or just start the conversation. Worst case? You’ll confirm you’re fine where you are. Best case? You’ll find out you can have growth, progression, autonomy – and get it right first time.

Because at this stage of your career, why settle for less?

Don’t worry if you haven’t got an up-to-date CV it’s not important for now. Everyone who gets in touch will get a response.

Civils Senior Talent and our partner clients are equal opportunity employers.