Contracts Manager

CLC, part of Axis CLC, is a national maintenance and refurbishment provider with over 1,000 employees and 13 UK offices. We support clients across the healthcare, defence, leisure, heritage, commercial and education sectors, delivering essential building services. As part of the Axis CLC group, backed by over 110 years of combined experience across the organisation, we offer responsive repairs, planned maintenance, compliance, decarbonisation and refurbishment solutions nationwide.

The purpose of the Contracts Manager role at CLC is to lead and oversee the successful delivery of multiple refurbishment and planned works contracts across various sectors including healthcare, NHS, education, social housing, leisure, MOD, and local authorities. The role ensures that all projects are planned, resourced, and executed safely, efficiently, on time, within budget, and to the required specification.

What You’ll Deliver

As the Contracts Manager, your responsibilities will include: 

• Oversee the management and delivery of a number of contracts, predominantly refurbishment and Planned Works covering a number of sectors. Sectors include Healthcare, NHS, Education, Social Housing, Leisure /Hotels, Ministry of Defence and Local Authority.
• Effectively plan and manage directly employed operatives, sub contractors and suppliers to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, to specification and within budget.
• Deliver works within occupied environments is essential for this role.
• Build relationships and demonstrate excellent communication skills to work to demanding timescales within a team delivering a variety of contracts and strategic frameworks for major clients.

About you

To excel in this role as a Contracts Manager you should possess the following qualifications, experience, and attributes: 

• Previous experience of managing multiple contracts.
• Experience in contract administration, planning, estimating, tender processes, health & safety and staff management
• Ability to build good working relationships internally and externally and to work to prescribed deadlines
• NVQ 6 Qualification as a minimum.
• Commercial awareness, being fully conversant with all aspects of construction contracts, have good Health & Safety knowledge and will hold a current SMSTS.
• An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check will be carried out. 

What We Offer

A salary package of 45-55K dependant on experience

Car allowance

• Pension, medical scheme options and life assurance
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Perkbox (discounts, perks & wellbeing offers)

• 1 paid volunteer day
• £2000 refer-a-friend bonus after the referee passes probation
• Opportunities for development and progression across Axis CLC

Why Axis CLC?

Joining Axis CLC means being part of a national organisation that delivers essential services across housing, education, healthcare, defence and commercial property. You’ll be joining a team that values reliability, quality and social impact, offering long-term stability, meaningful work and genuine opportunities to grow and progress in your career.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Many faces, one Axis CLC. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. If you need any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.