Contract Manager

Annual salary: up to £48,526.00

Contract Manager (Compliance) Gas

Location: Evesham

Contract Start Date: 1st July 2026

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,526 per annum plus £3,500 car allowance

Mears Group is delivering a long-term social housing repairs and maintenance partnership across the wider Midlands region.

Providing housing repairs and maintenance services across a geographically diverse social housing portfolio covering market towns, rural communities and urban locations, the contract includes responsive repairs, planned maintenance and property services, with a strong focus on customer service, quality and community investment.

Due to continued growth across the contract, opportunities are available for experienced Compliance Managers across South Worcestershire, North Gloucestershire, and surrounding areas.

About the Role:

As Contract Manager (Compliance), you will be responsible for the day to day management of gas compliance operations, ensuring contractual, commercial and safety objectives are consistently achieved.

• Management of operational, commercial and contractual performance in line with client contracts, company protocols, budgets and cash flow, with a strong emphasis on gas compliance.
• Ensuring full compliance with health and safety legislation, Mears standard operating procedures, quality assurance accreditations and relevant codes of practice.
• Demonstrating and monitoring best practice across all gas related activities, ensuring safety, quality and cost control standards are met.
• Managing direct labour and supply chain resources to maximise productivity, identify efficiencies and deliver value for money, working closely with the Group Procurement Team.
• Overseeing client programmed servicing programmes, ensuring all statutory checks are completed within agreed timescales and appropriate evidence is collected.
• Promoting a positive, customer focused culture aligned to the Mears Red Thread, ensuring high standards of professionalism, communication, site appearance and vehicle condition.
• Ensuring accurate and timely completion of company and client reporting, achieving contractual KPIs and high levels of client and customer satisfaction.
• Managing, coaching and developing employees, following HR policies and procedures and ensuring company assets are protected and maintained.
• Building strong working relationships with clients, service users and local communities, attending meetings as required and supporting business development and bid activity.

Key Criteria:

• NVQ Level 2 in Domestic Plumbing or equivalent.
• Domestic Gas qualifications including CCN1, CENWAT, CKR1 and HTR1.
• Proven experience managing gas repairs, servicing, installations and compliance programmes.
• Strong track record of commercial and performance management across multiple sites or contracts.
• Experience of contract or project management within a customer focused environment.
• Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation, including COSHH and sector specific regulations.
• Strong people management skills with the ability to lead, motivate and mentor teams.
• Excellent planning, organisational, communication and problem solving skills.
• Confident IT skills with strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Full, current UK driving licence.

Benefits:

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Sick Pay
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
• Share saver scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Joe Monger (joe.monger@mearsgroup.co.uk)

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.