Senior Contract Manager (Retrofit)

Do you have experience leading large-scale retrofit or construction programmes and delivering sustainable outcomes?
Looking to play a key role in improving homes and reducing energy consumption for tenants? If so, join us as a Senior Contract Manager (Retrofit) , where you'll lead the delivery of retrofit programmes across our property portfolio.

As a Senior Contract Manager (Retrofit), you'll be responsible for:

• Overseeing assessments of our housing stock to identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency and reduce consumption
• Managing retrofit programmes to ensure delivery against sustainability targets, including EPC Band C by 2030
• Leading budgets, forecasts, and project timelines, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Managing contractor performance, procurement activity, and contract delivery
• Leading and developing a team of Contract Managers to achieve performance targets
• Working collaboratively with internal teams, contractors, and external stakeholders to ensure effective delivery
• Monitoring compliance with health & safety requirements and retrofit standards such as PAS 2035
• Providing regular updates to senior stakeholders on progress, risks, and outcomes

You will join:

A forward-thinking Property Investment team , focused on delivering retrofit programmes that improve the quality, efficiency, and sustainability of our homes. You'll play a critical leadership role in shaping how we meet our environmental targets while maintaining excellent service for our tenants.

Our ideal candidate? We're seeking an experienced professional with:

• Demonstrable experience of delivering resident-focused investment or retrofit programmes, including tenant engagement and managing works in occupied homes.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing complex budgets, risk, and supplier relationships across multi-year programmes.
• Experience delivering future-focused housing solutions including digital technologies, accessibility adaptations, low-carbon heating, and sustainable modern living standards.

Midland Heart operates Smart Working practices, through which colleagues deliver services from the location their best delivered on any given day. The successful candidate should therefore expect to work from a Midland Heart site a minimum of 3 days per week, with the remainder worked remotely.

What's on offer?We have a whole host of benefits which can be taken advantage of by our employees - these include access to health benefits such as Medicash, up to 8% matched pension contributions and access to our Brilliant Benefits portal which will bring you discounts on your shopping with lots of big name brands! To find out more, please click here .

Who are Midland Heart?We're one team working together for our tenants. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we're here to develop your potential.

Interested?For a full Role Profile, please click ‘Candidate Information' below. Applying is easy - simply register on our candidate portal and submit your CV and a mandatory Cover Letter.

Applications close at midnight on Thursday 21 st May 2026 . Assessments are scheduled to commence from Thursday 28 th May.

Please note, we reserve the right to halt recruitment activity for this role at any stage.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.