Projects & Contract Manager
hace 4 días
Wallingford
Projects & Contract Manager | Wallingford, Oxfordshire | Full Time, Flexible Working | up to £55,000 DOE + Health & Wellbeing Benefits + Company Vehicle + Career Development \n Our client designs, creates and cares for beautiful bespoke gardens that reflect their customers’ lifestyles, homes and values. They specialise in delivering a highly personalised garden design and landscaping service, creating high-quality residential gardens that support wildlife, wellbeing and long-term enjoyment. \n Working across South Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, they combine design, construction and ongoing garden care to deliver exceptional outdoor spaces with a strong focus on craftsmanship, sustainability and client experience. \n Due to continued growth, they are now looking to recruit an experienced Projects & Contract Manager to take ownership of multiple live landscaping projects, ensuring outstanding delivery, strong client communication and rigorous control of quality, programme and costs. \n This is a newly created role and an excellent opportunity for either an established Contracts Manager / Project Manager or a strong Assistant Project Manager looking to step up into a broader operational leadership position, with genuine potential for future progression within the business. \n What will your role look like? \n\n • Managing up to four landscaping projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery on time, on budget and to specification\n, • Taking responsibility for projects from mobilisation and site preparation through to final handover\n, • Translating design intent into practical construction methodologies alongside the Projects Coordinator\n, • Overseeing site teams, Team Leaders, subcontractors, materials, plant and machinery\n, • Monitoring project costs, procurement, materials usage and resource allocation to maximise efficiency\n, • Creating and managing project programmes, adapting schedules to mitigate delays and maintain momentum\n, • Leading progress meetings and providing clear written and visual project updates\n, • Maintaining exceptional quality standards across all sites\n, • Reviewing technical drawings and identifying buildability issues proactively\n, • Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety legislation, CDM regulations and site protocols, including inductions, toolbox talks and site inspections\n, • Supporting, mentoring and developing Team Leaders and the Projects Coordinator\n, • Building strong relationships with clients, designers and directors, including managing challenging conversations professionally and diplomatically\n, • Producing weekly reports, project reviews, cash flow updates and forecasts\n, • Contributing to the development of project management systems and processes within the business\n\n Are you the right person for the job? \n\n • Formal project or contracts management experience within landscaping, construction, groundworks or a closely related sector is essential\n, • Structured project management training is required, such as APM PMQ, equivalent recognised qualification, industry-recognised in-house training, or demonstrable experience working within an established project management methodology\n, • Ideally 8-10+ years’ broader industry experience, with progression from hands-on or supervisory roles into project management\n, • Genuine practical understanding of landscaping or construction, including groundworks, drainage, labour coordination, subcontractors, materials and machinery\n, • Experience delivering and coordinating multiple live projects simultaneously\n, • Strong leadership, mentoring and people-management skills\n, • Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management ability\n, • Confident reading and interpreting technical drawings and specifications\n, • Good commercial awareness, budgeting and cost-control capability\n, • Strong knowledge of Health & Safety and CDM requirements\n, • Comfortable using Microsoft Office, Excel and project planning / project management software\n, • Ability to balance quality, budget and programme while taking a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach\n, • CSCS Management Card, SMSTS/SSSTS and First Aid qualifications would be advantageous\n, • Ideally based within approximately 45 minutes of Wallingford and able to start within a reasonable timeframe\n\n What’s in it for you? \n\n • Competitive salary up to £55,000, depending on experience\n, • Newly created role with genuine opportunity to shape project delivery and operational standards\n, • Clear potential for future progression into a senior operational leadership role\n, • Work on high-end residential landscaping projects valued at approximately £30k-£60k\n, • Projects typically 4-6 weeks in duration, offering variety and momentum\n, • 42.5-hour working week, 7:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday\n, • No weekend working or late hours\n, • Based from a fully equipped, custom-built Operations Hub on the outskirts of Wallingford\n, • Company vehicle for business use\n, • Flexible working approach with a mixture of office, site and home working where practical\n, • Vitality Health Insurance or equivalent wellbeing contribution\n, • 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing with long service\n, • Up to 3 additional days holiday over Christmas\n, • Additional paid Nature Day\n, • Wellbeing programme supported by Perennial\n, • Workplace pension\n, • Cycle to Work scheme\n, • Company uniform and annual boots allowance\n, • Twice-yearly company social events\n, • Ongoing formal and on-the-tools training and development\n, • Supportive, collaborative and values-driven working environment\n\n What makes this opportunity different? \n This is more than a traditional contracts management role. You’ll be joining a business that is passionate about creating beautiful, biodiverse gardens that enhance wildlife and wellbeing, while delivering a premium client experience from concept through to completion. \n You’ll work on projects that are local, high quality and design led, with the backing of an experienced team and a culture that encourages ideas, initiative and professional growth. The business is looking for someone who can combine practical landscaping knowledge with structured project management, strong people leadership and a collaborative, solutions-focused approach. \n What’s next? It’s easy! Click “APPLY” now! Our can’t wait to hear from you! \n Your data will be handled in line with GDPR