Contract Manager

The Vacancy

🛠️ Contract Manager – DTD Repairs

📍 Finsbury Park
💼 Full-time ¦ Permanent
🚗 Driving licence required

We’re looking for an experienced and confident Contract Manager to lead our Day-to-Day Repairs service across North London. You’ll manage a large, diverse workforce — including supervisors, operatives, administrators and supply chain — ensuring repairs are completed safely, on time and to quality standards.

✨ What You’ll Do

• Lead the DTD Repairs service, delivering ~£5m revenue
• Manage a large multi-trade workforce and supply chain partners
• Ensure KPIs, SLAs, quality and H&S standards are met
• Use Schedule of Rates (SOR) confidently for pricing and commercial control
• Build strong relationships with clients and internal teams
• Drive performance, productivity and customer satisfaction

🌟 What You’ll Bring

• Experience managing large, diverse teams (direct labour + subcontractors)
• Strong background in repairs/maintenance/social housing
• Solid commercial understanding and SOR knowledge
• Clear communication and strong leadership skills
• Ability to prioritise, problem-solve and deliver results
• Full UK driving licence

💼 Why Join Us?

• High-impact leadership role
• Supportive and collaborative team
• Genuine progression pathways (e.g., Operations Manager)
• Opportunity to shape a key front-line service

📬 Ready to Apply?

If you’re a motivated Contract Manager who thrives in a busy, people-focused environment — we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply today!

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.