Area Manager

Private Advertiser; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

Dimeo Cleaning Services in Adelaide, SA, seeks an Experienced Area Manager to coordinate and deliver cleaning and facilities management across multiple sites. You will plan, schedule, report, and communicate with site teams, contractors, and stakeholders to meet contracts and KPI targets.

You will lead a small management team, drive contract variations, budgeting, and client liaison, ensuring operational excellence and profitable portfolio delivery in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in the Area Manager role or a highly relevant field

Responsibilities

• Complete contract reviews and negotiate variations with clients
• Prepare, review and submit monthly and quarterly reports to clients and senior management
• Develop, review and negotiate variations to contracts, programs and services
• Maintain budgets, submit annual contract cost increases
• Advise Executives to ensure decisions are implemented
• Track KPIs including contract retention and profitability across sites
• Respond to inquiries and resolve issues for contracted services
• Recruit, train and develop management team for contract compliance
• Oversee contractor work and report on variations to work orders
• Manage and own customer relationships
• Drive business development and profit across portfolios
• Handle paperwork related to contracts and variations

Skills

Management experience

Operations management

Contract management

Budgeting

Communication

Job description

ExperiencedArea Manager in Adelaide, SA - Commercial Cleaning Industry

Consider a change in industry, increased stability and longevity.

About the business

Dimeo Cleaning Services has operated in Australia for over 35 years, delivering high-quality commercial cleaning and facilities support services across major corporate, government, and private sector clients.

We are privately owned, with contracts in every capital city, and a long-standing record of service excellence. Many of our contracts have been under continuous management for more than 10 years, reflecting our strong client relationships and high operational standards.

About the role

This role is central to ensuring the smooth coordination and delivery of cleaning and facilities management services across multiple sites. You will assist with planning, scheduling, reporting, documentation, and ongoing communication between site teams, contractors, and stakeholders.

The position requires someone who is organised, proactive, and confident managing priorities in a busy operational environment. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential, as you will regularly act as a key point of contact for project updates and operational coordination.

You will have autonomy to deliver known business outcomes within a transparent operational framework.

The role mainly consists of:

• Completing contract reviews and negotiating variations with each of the clients
• Preparing, reviewing and submitting monthly and quarterly reports concerning the contracts to clients and senior management
• Develop, review and negotiate variations to the contract, programs, projects and services
• Maintaining budgets, preparing and submitting annual contract cost increases
• Advising Executive Managers on matters requiring attention to ensure their decisions are implemented
• Tracking and achieving contractual and business KPI’s including general strategy, contract retention and site/portfolio profitability
• Responding to inquiries and resolving problems concerning contracted services provided and implementing required changes to meet customer’s expectations
• Recruiting, training and developing of the management team to ensure contract compliance and succession
• Oversee work by contractors and report on variations to work orders.
• Managing & owning customer relationships
• Business development and profit optimisation across the contract portfolio
• Managing paperwork related with contracts and variations

Skills and experience

The skills and qualifications that this position requires include:

• Management and operations experience this is a necessity
• Minimum 2 years' experience in the titled role or a highly relevant field - such as Construction, Engineering, IT, Maintenance, etc.
• Strong connection to our corporate culture and understanding of our values and ideals.
• Accountability, autonomy, responsibility and adaptability are sought after qualities in the right candidate
• Market leading based on commensurate experience
• $80K - $95K + Super

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• How many years' experience do you have as an Area Manager?
• How much notice are you required to give your current employer?