Package Manager in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Construction Package Manager (Substructures, Steelwork & Façades)
£70,000 - £82,000 + Car Allowance & Package (DOE)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Permanent, Full-Time

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Package Manager with a "boots on the ground" leadership style, ready to deliver complex structural and envelope packages on a landmark city-centre regeneration scheme in Cambridge?

We are recruiting on behalf of a premier, family-owned Tier-1 UK building and civil engineering contractor with a heritage spanning over 150 years. Renowned for delivering some of Britain’s most iconic cultural landmarks, heritage buildings, and complex urban infrastructure, our client is looking for a driven Package Manager to join their project delivery team.

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will take full operational, technical, and safety ownership of high-value trade-contractor packages—leading a team of site engineers and specialist subcontractors across infrastructure, substructures, structural steelwork, and façade installations within a live, tightly constrained city-centre environment.

Unlike PLC-driven main contractors, this business has remained proudly family-owned and independent for generations. That independence translates directly into how they operate:

• Long-Term Vision: Decisions are made for the good of the project, the client, and the people—not just the next quarterly shareholder report.

• Civic & Engineering Pedigree: They are trusted with high-profile, technically demanding civic, cultural, and commercial schemes where engineering excellence, sustainability, and collaborative delivery are paramount.

• People-First Culture: Known across the industry for low staff turnover and a genuinely supportive, inclusive environment, they invest heavily in digital construction tools, agile working, and long-term career progression.

The Role

You will act as the driving force behind your designated work packages, thinking of the "big picture" across the wider infrastructure team while keeping tight day-to-day control over site execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Safety Leadership & Site Standards: Lead by example with a visible site presence—driving a proactive safety culture and ensuring your package zones remain clean, organised, and fully compliant.

• Subcontractor & Package Delivery: Manage specialist trade contractors across infrastructure, substructures, steel fabrication, and façade installation, enforcing contractual obligations and chairing weekly progress meetings to drive accountability.

• Programme & City-Centre Logistics: Produce short-term programmes and phase plans to mitigate risk or accelerate works, tracking planned vs. actual metrics and coordinating tight city-centre logistics with the Works Manager and Logistics Contractor.

• Quality Assurance & Digital Control: Review and approve Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), conduct site quality inspections using FieldView, and manage technical submittals, RFIs, and key project records.

• Design, Procurement & NEC Commercial Control: Partner with design and engineering teams to resolve technical challenges, oversee material procurement and supplier negotiations, and manage NEC contract processes including Early Warning Notices (EWNs) and Compensation Events (CEs).

About You

We are looking for a commercially astute, technically strong Package Manager who thrives on complex structural/envelope delivery and collaborative problem-solving.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Proven track record as a Package Manager (or senior Sub-Agent) delivering complex, multi-million-pound building or urban regeneration schemes for a Tier-1 or major regional main contractor.

• Direct experience managing high-risk structural and envelope packages, specifically substructures/infrastructure, structural steelwork, and façade installation.

• Strong leadership skills with proven experience managing teams of site engineers and holding trade subcontractors to account on safety, quality, and programme.

• Solid working knowledge of NEC forms of contract, specifically raising and managing Early Warning Notices and Compensation Events.

• Thorough understanding of UK building regulations, construction details, and quality assurance standards.

• Desirable: Hands-on familiarity with digital construction tools including FieldView, 4P, Dalux, and Asta Powerproject.

Rewards & Benefits

Attracting top-tier delivery leaders requires a package that rewards your expertise while supporting your life outside of work.

• Base salary of £70,000 - £82,000 (depending on experience)

• Car & Travel: Generous annual car allowance or company car/EV scheme.

• Financial & Future: Discretionary annual bonus, competitive matched pension scheme, and life assurance.

• Industry-Leading Family Leave: 26 weeks' paid gender-neutral parental leave for all new parents, plus dedicated paid carer leave.

• Time Off & Flexibility: Enhanced annual leave with a holiday purchase option, access to a unique Sabbatical Bank (allowing you to accrue time for extended paid leave), and agile working supported from day one.

• Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, additional healthcare support, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

• Career Progression: Structured, performance-related development within a stable, financially strong, family-owned business.