Contract Manager

Contracts Manager | Cut & Carve / RC Frame

A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.

Oxford Street, Central London

Up to £600 per day

Immediate or short-notice start

Contract position | Site-based

We are recruiting an experienced Contracts Manager to oversee several technically complex structural projects across London.

The flagship scheme requires highly specialised experience involving:

• A large and complex basement

• A temporary works package valued at approximately £3 million

• Jacking and supporting an existing building

• Construction of a 12-storey reinforced concrete frame above the retained structure

• Complex cut-and-carve and structural alteration works

• Critical load-transfer, propping, sequencing and temporary-stability requirements

This is a senior but operationally hands-on position. The successful candidate will oversee three to four live projects while providing detailed technical and delivery leadership on the flagship Central London scheme.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead Project Managers, Site Managers, engineers, supervisors and subcontractors

• Take overall responsibility for programme, resourcing, safety, quality, cost and risk

• Oversee complex basement, RC frame, temporary works and structural alteration packages

• Review construction methodologies, temporary works proposals and sequencing strategies

• Manage building-jacking operations and the transition from temporary to permanent works

• Interrogate structural drawings, technical information and AutoCAD outputs

• Coordinate design, engineering, commercial, planning and supply-chain teams

• Identify delivery risks early and implement effective mitigation or recovery measures

• Maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants and project stakeholders

Essential experience:

• At least 10 years’ experience at Contracts Manager level or above

• Substantial cut-and-carve and structural-alterations experience

• Proven delivery of large, technically complex basement projects

• Strong RC frame and reinforced-concrete construction expertise

• Detailed knowledge of temporary works, retained structures, propping and load transfer

• Experience delivering projects or structural packages valued at £5 million or more

• Proven responsibility for multiple live projects simultaneously

• Experience leading Project Managers and multidisciplinary site teams

• An engineering-led and operationally hands-on approach

• Strong structural drawing and AutoCAD literacy

• A valid Temporary Works qualification and appropriate CSCS card

• Availability immediately or at short notice

• Ability to work regularly across Central London

Direct experience jacking an existing building and constructing a multi-storey RC frame above the retained structure will be a major advantage.

This opportunity is best suited to someone from a specialist structural, RC frame, basement, demolition, enabling works or heavy-refurbishment contractor.

General new-build RC frame, fit-out or shell-and-core experience alone will not be sufficient. xwzovoh Candidates must demonstrate genuine technical depth in complex structural construction, major temporary works and retained-building projects.