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Electrical Contracts Manager Jobs in Manchester

Electrical Contracts Manager

Operational

Electrical Contracts Manager jobs in the North‑West

Permanent Electrical Contracts Manager roles with M&E building services contractors across the North‑West.

ravensearch is a specialist M&E recruitment agency working only on permanent roles in mechanical and electrical building services. We are based in Wigan and the contractors we work with are spread across the region, from Liverpool and Warrington through Manchester and out to Leeds.

These roles come up regularly and they are rarely filled quickly, because contractors want someone who has already carried the margin on a portfolio rather than someone who is ready to try. If that is you, you are in a stronger position than the market generally lets on.

What the work involves

Portfolio delivery
Several electrical contracts at once, from small works through to large projects, with the resource planning behind them.
Commercial accountability
Owning the margin across the portfolio and reporting on it, rather than managing a single programme.
Managing managers
Supporting project managers and supervisors, and taking direct hold of the contracts that are drifting.
Winning repeat work
Keeping existing clients close, which in this market is where most of the next year's workload comes from.

The projects behind these roles

Education, healthcare, defence, public sector transport, retail, commercial and industrial. Some contractors run projects from ten thousand pounds up to three million on the same portfolio, others work at one end only. It changes the job considerably.

What it pays

Permanent Electrical Contracts Manager roles we have handled recently have paid between £60,000 and £70,000, with a car or allowance and package on top.

The spread within that range comes down to portfolio size and whether the margin sits with you. It is worth establishing that before salary is discussed at all.

Every role here is permanent. We do not handle freelance or contract work, so nothing on this page is a day rate.

Ready to talk?

Speak to Mike

One conversation, no obligation, and a straight answer on what is available and what it pays. Mike handles every role we take, so you are not being passed around.

Greater Manchester

M&E jobs in Manchester

Manchester carries the largest construction pipeline in the region, and M&E demand follows it.

City centre commercial and residential towers, student accommodation, healthcare and the continuing work around Trafford Park and the airport corridor all sit within easy reach. The building services contractors working on them range from regional businesses to national operations running their North‑West office from the city.

Manchester is also where the more senior roles tend to surface. Director level, design management and large project appointments come up here more often than anywhere else we cover, partly because it is where contractors put their regional headquarters.

What we recruit here

Operational
Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Site Managers, Small Works Managers.
Commercial
Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers.
Pre‑Construction
Estimators, Design Managers, Design Engineers, Pre‑Construction Managers.

Every role is permanent. We do not handle freelance or contract work.

Ready to talk?

Speak to Mike

One conversation, no obligation, and a straight answer on what is available locally and what it pays. Mike handles every role we take, so you are not being passed around.