Contracts Manager

  • Job Reference: 5414
  • Date Posted: 25 September 2024
  • Recruiter: 300 North
  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England
  • Salary: £55,000
  • Bonus/Benefits: pension, holidays, promotion
  • Sector: Public Sector, Technical & Engineering, Facilities / Estates Management
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

  • Contracts Manager
  • £55,000
  • Clacton-on-Sea

We are recruiting for a Contracts Manager to manage a portfolio of local schools. The contract is a TFM including grounds, cleaning, catering, M+E and fabric works. The Contracts Manager will be in charge of overseeing the management team as well as responsible for achieving KPI's across the contract, managing the P+L and the customer relationship.

Benefits:

In exchange for your work and expertise the following benefits are included in the role:

    25 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday (ability to buy and sell annual leave also)
  • 6% contributory pension
  • 45p per mile for milage
  • Good opportunity for promotion
  • Life insurance
  • Healthcare scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme

Duties of the role include:

  • Manage a team of 4 middle managers, providing support and career/skill advancement.
  • Ensuring the KPI's on the contract are closely monitored and met.
  • Working with the customer to provide high levels of satisfaction, improving and developing the client relationship.
  • Have a strong understanding of the contract to ensure you're working within service delivery guidelines, minimizing fines and giving the best experience to the customer.
  • Ensure all subcontractors on the contract are working to a high standard and competing jobs on time.
  • Looking at P+L, minimising and fines and looking to get cost effective service from subcontractors.
  • Look for opportunities to maximise profits while minimising risk.
  • Managing all planned and reactive work across the contract as well as project, lifecycle and variation work.
  • Ensure all work is completed to a high standard of health and safety and is in line with all best practice guidelines.
  • Using the CAFM system, ensure a robust asset management system is in place and monitored.
  • Work in collaboration with the Client to develop and implement FM initiatives.
  • Work closely with compliance team and feed into relevant processes and systems as required.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

  • Experience managing contracts with a t/o circa £1m
  • Experience in managing an FM operations team
  • Experience within complex contracts or public sector clients is desirable
  • PFI experience is desirable
  • Experience of successfully managing P+L
  • Strong communication and motivational skills
  • Friendly and professional attitude, able to work with the customer but also assert themselves a required.