Contract Manager

Location: Finsbury Park

Job Type: Operational

Contract: Full Time/Flexible Working

Application Deadline: 05 Sep 2025

The Vacancy

Contract Manager – Living Space South Maintenance
📍 Location: Finsbury Park, London
💼 Salary: Competitive
📅 Contract Type: Full-time

Are you an experienced leader in housing maintenance with a passion for delivering high-quality services? We’re looking for a Contract Manager to oversee our Living Space South Maintenance division, managing a diverse portfolio including DTD, Voids, Planned and Disrepair workstreams with a turnover between £2m–£12m per annum.

What you’ll do:

  • Lead and develop a high-performing team including supervisors, engineers, planners, and administrators
  • Ensure operational, commercial, and safety success across all workstreams
  • Drive contract profitability, customer satisfaction, and repeat business
  • Collaborate with commercial and business development teams to identify growth opportunities
  • Maintain compliance with SHEQ standards and contractual KPIs

What we’re looking for:

  • Minimum HNC in Construction (or equivalent)
  • SMSTS / IOSH qualified
  • Proven experience managing contracts in social housing or building maintenance
  • Strong leadership, communication, and financial acumen
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and motivate teams effectively

Why join us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact and progress your career, with potential future growth into Operations Manager, Operations Director, or Regional Director roles.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

  • Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
  • Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
  • Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.