Geotechnical Contracts Manager

Building a sustainable tomorrow

At BAM, we have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Geotechnical Contracts Manager to lead our geotechnical operations across Scotland. This key role will involve building and maintaining strong, customer-focused relationships, growing and leading a high-performing regional team, and ensuring the safe and successful delivery of regulated geotechnical projects.

If you're a strategic thinker with proven experience in geotechnical or infrastructure project delivery, and you're passionate about safety, collaboration, and driving results, we’d love to hear from you.

Your work environment

• Based from Kilsyth, Scotland with frequent visits to clients/sites across Scotland as well as occasional visits/interaction with peers across the UK.


• BAM operates a flexible working policy 


• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Your mission

• Promote and foster relationships with key clients across the region.


• Accountable for the delivery of safely executed, profitable and high-quality geotechnical schemes.


• Regularly inform the operations manager of potential problems, strategic options, and future work opportunities for all areas under your control.


• Provide operational, strategic, contractual and technical advice and or service to bid preparation and project management


• Mentor project teams in the timely delivery of realistic and robust cost forecasts for monthly and quarterly financial reporting


• Provide operational, strategic, contractual and technical advice and/or service to bid preparation and project management.


• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety, sustainability, cost, time, buildability and appropriate quality matters.


• Adopt a consistent approach to cost management and control in liaison with commercial management, ensuring that resources are available to support implement on projects under your control.


• Mentor project teams in the timely delivery of realistic and robust cost forecasts for monthly and quarterly financial reporting


• Lead the acquisition, preparation and review of designated tenders and prequalification submissions to successful outcomes.
  Assist in the acquisition, preparation and review of designated tenders, with particular reference to planning, methodology and design.


• Review, in liaison with the commercial management and buying departments, any major subcontracts and supplier terms prior to placing orders in order to minimise exposure to risk and maximise opportunities for strong supply chain performance.


• Keep the operations manager informed of potential problems, strategic options and future work opportunities for all areas under your control.


• Take responsibility for assigning staff resources to projects, tenders and other activities under your control and for their onward transfer upon completion.


• Lead and manage all staff and personnel assigned to you, working with the HR department and others, to manage the deployment and re-deployment of staff and personnel.

Who are we looking for?

• Professionally qualified and Chartered Civil Engineer


• Strong knowledge of geotechnical and engineering geological processes and design


• Substantial experience of managing projects, budgets and resources


• Substantial experience in major assignments for a range of Clients in various construction market sectors


• Proven track record in client management


• Able to clearly communicate strategy and operational plan to their regional team


• Able to lead and develop others in their career

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary


• A wide range of family-friendly policies


• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance


• 8 % matched pension contributions


• Private healthcare


• Life assurance


• 26 days holiday


• 2 wellbeing days


• 1 volunteering day


• Personal and professional development

BAM is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Monica Curl, Recruiter, BAM Infrastructure, Email: [email protected]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.