Contract Manager

Epping, Essex
Insight Executive Group

Insight Executive Group are delighted to be partnered with a leading FM company who are looking to recruit a Contract Manager on a full time permanent basis with a starting salary of £55k plus a car allowance of £5472.

The Contract Manager will be responsible for managing 5 NHS sites, a mix of care homes and hospitals in Essex (Epping, Rayleigh, Southend), one in Ilford and one in Hertford. There will be some travel required around sites but they can be based from one of the Essex sites and also the ability to work from home and/or from our office in Dartford, Kent.

The successful Contract Manager

• must have PFI contracts experience.
• must have experience of multi site contract management.
• must have experience of managing an in house team.
• will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of an effective hard facilities maintenance service in line with contractual obligations and budgetary constraints
• will be the senior point of contact for all operational issues.
• will manage a team consisting of a Service Manager, 3 Supervisors and 6 multi skilled operatives

Specific key duties include:

• Responsible for the delivery of hard FM services including health, safety, quality and performance of the contract(s).
• Ensure contract compliance with all statutory regulations, current legislation and local codes of practice and policies.
• Ensure contractual commitments are met in accordance with KPI s/SLA s and other requirements detailed within the contract documentation.
• Proactively undertake audits to ensure contractual compliance and manage risk.
• Manage the contract performance and report any service failure points and calculate financial deductions (where applicable) in line with the contract SLA/Payment Mechanisms
• Attend client contract monitoring meetings and present service delivery performance, including supporting documentation.
• Proactively seek opportunities for improving work efficiencies and provide innovative solutions to service delivery to improve financial performance.
• Continually review and assess RML performance across contract(s) and demonstrate a clear plan for continuous improvement through regular review meetings.
• Identify and mitigate risk in all areas of contract and operational performance.
• Continually review subcontractor services with a view to develop in house skills in order to maximise contract profitability.
• Monitor the Clients compliance with their contractual obligations and identify/quantify the operational and financial risk of the noncompliance.
• Ensure that there is an up-to-date lifecycle plan in place to maximise financial performance, reduce repairs obligation and manage risk. Building a close working relationship with the Healthcare project team.
• Mentor, support and development of reports
• Manage the contract(s) Gross Profit targets and Monitor, review and control contract monthly costs and provide accurate and timely reports and producing financial performance report.

If match the above criteria and are interested in the role please send your CV through for a discussion about the role. Many thanks.