Contract Manager
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Operations
Hard Services
Facilities Management (main)
Engineering, Maintenance
- Contracts Manager
- £55,000 - £57,000 + £5,400 car allowance
- Home based with travel around Wales
We are currently recruiting for a Contracts Manager to work on the mobilisation of 3 new PFI schools. The contract will be hard services maintenance, planned and tractive as well as projects and small works. The role is a permanent, full-time role, working 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm, hybrid between home and the sites which are predominantly South Wales and a single site in North Wales.
The role is to manage one school which is already online and then mobilise 2 others – one this year and one in 2025 and expand the portfolio.
The role will involve working closely with the schools and developing a strong relationship. As this is the first time FM has been outsourced, you will need to provide guidance and set expectations with the customer around PFI model operation.
It’s likely to have more site visits required initially during mobilisation and initial phases whole developing relationships with the client and during the signing off period but expected to be predominantly home based after that. Travel to the sites is expensed and you can stay over in a hotel should you prefer.
The contract base is expected to grow significantly in the next few years across Wales, taking on more PFI schools and as such this would suit someone who is interested in developing the role into a Regional Account Management role.
Benefits:
- Above average salary for this level of role.
- Positive working environment with a strong culture and ethics.
- Company vehicle or £5,400 allowance.
- Contributory pension - 4% personal and 6% business.
Duties of the role include:
- Mobilisation and management of 3 high-spec, energy efficient schools with further consultation and mobilisation of other schools in the bid process as they come online.
- Management of P+L (circa £1m at this stage, increasing with each school).
- Hiring and managing an engineering team to deliver the hard services FM provision.
- Managing the KPI’s and workflow of the PFI contract.
- Managing a team of engineers and subcontractors to deliver the maintenance to the schools.
- Building and developing strong relationships with the schools and SPV
- Helping the customer to understand the contractual obligations of PFI and how the performance deductions function as well as navigating them though their new state-of-the-art buildings and how they operate.
- Produce Monthly and Annual Performance Reports
- Ensure service delivery exceeds customer expectations and delivers excellence, working closely with the Client to maximise the asset and contract potential.
- Creating a positive and customer-lead team culture
The Applicant
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- Operationally strong candidate who can lead the client though this transitional period of first-generation outsourcing.
- Must have managed hard services FM contracts.
- Completing FM within education environments would be desirable
- PFI experience is desirable
- Have energy, enthusiasm to create the right company culture.
- Experience of managing budgets and P+L.
- Proactive, can-do attitude.
- Ideally experience in contract mobilisation
