Contract Manager - Landscaping – Up to £65,000 + Company Car & Bonus

Situation:

Ford & Stanley are delighted to be partnered with a company specialising in external maintenance and environmental services across the UK on their search for an experienced Contract Manager to oversee key contracts across the Anglia region.

Established in 1973, our client has seen rapid growth since the takeover in 2004, seeing annual turnover growth from £8 million to £200 million in 2023.

With a strong commitment to sustainability, using technology and data to nurture environments and enable customers to deliver on their environmental promises.

Opportunity:

As a key member of the leadership team joining as a Contract Manager, you’ll report to the Senior Operations Manager, overseeing several projects. You'll manage everything from tendering to project execution, ensuring biodiversity and landscaping are integrated into highways and civil engineering. Deliver high-quality, sustainable projects that enhance natural habitats and public spaces, while ensuring safety and environmental compliance.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead arboriculture, ecology, and landscaping projects.
• Manage tendering, budgeting, and project execution.
• Ensure compliance with environmental standards.
• Coordinate teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, sustainable outcomes.

Essential Criteria To Secure An Interview:

• Experience in managing arb or landscaping projects (ideally within transportation or infrastructure sectors)
• SMSTS, CSCS card and/or NEBOSH
• Extensive experience in contract management

Salary & Package:

• Up to £65,000 + Company car & discretionary bonus
• Hybrid working role
• Extensive benefit package
• Monday – Friday working hours (flexibility) – 40 hours per week.

Why Should You Apply?

As a business, our client is recognised for its outstanding employee engagement, ranking in the top 20 in the 2023 "Top 100 Large Companies to Work For." As a certified B-Corp, our client prioritises sustainability and social responsibility, with initiatives like the Evergreen Fund and a commitment to plant 1 million trees by 2025. Supporting diversity and inclusion and offer unique perks like volunteering days and matched fundraising efforts, making it a great place to grow and make a positive impact.

About Ford & Stanley group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

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