Contracts Manager – Residential Groundworks New name. Old heads. Big ambitions.

Contracts Manager – Residential Groundworks
New name. Old heads. Big ambitions.

Here’s the set-up.

You’ve done your time. Paced sites. Smoothed over subcontractors. Played “find the client” every Friday. You know your way around the groundworks game – especially on residential plots – and you’ve made things work with less support than a one-legged scaffolder.

Now, how about backing a new name on the block? Not “new” as in clueless. We’re talking seasoned operators launching a groundworks arm with financial firepower, repeat business lined up, and plans that stretch way beyond laying kerbs and pouring slabs.

They’re after a Contracts Manager who’s been around the block (ideally a few hundred plots’ worth) to help build something serious. This isn’t about keeping the ship steady – it’s helping steer it. From day one.

What’s on offer:

• A company in its early innings, but with backing and brains.

• A leadership team who don’t micromanage or disappear on site walkarounds.

• Projects lined up – residential groundworks for well-known national and regional housebuilders.

• Autonomy. Respect. And a say in how it all gets done.

You’ll oversee multiple sites across the West Midlands. Lead teams. Liaise with clients. Keep programmes ticking without playing the “scope creep bingo” game. You’ll be the one people come to for solutions, not just sign-offs.

And here’s the kicker – they’re not looking for someone to stay still. There’s a Construction Director seat with your name on it, medium-to-long term. They want someone who can grow with them. Develop systems. Build teams. Shape the future.

You’ll need:

• Residential groundworks experience (if you’ve dealt with the big boy housebuilders you’re in the right place)

• The calm of a monk when kit breaks down on Friday at 4pm.

• A sharp eye for programme, quality and margin.

• A bit of vision. And the stomach for building something.

The company

• Newish entrant into the market in terms of resi groundworks already big waves and making competitors look over their shoulders
• Backing, systems  and process to match anyone else out there.
• Opportunity with growth that’s planned that you won’t get anywhere else.

If you’re coasting or clinging on for a pension, probably not for you. But if you’ve still got some fire, fancy being part of a success story from the ground up (literally), and want to help build a company worth talking about – and people already are – then now’s the time.

Let’s have a chat. Before everyone else cottons on. Don’t worry if you haven’t got an up-to-date CV it’s not life threatening at the minute. Everyone who gets in touch will get a response.

Now the D&I bit – Civils Senior Talent and our partner clients are equal opportunity employers.