Contract Manager

CBRE; York; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Contract Manager to lead a defined contract within the Data Centre Solutions sector. This role involves providing leadership and management, ensuring operational and financial commitments are not just met but exceeded. The ideal candidate will excel in performance management, training, and development while fostering strong relationships with key clients. This position offers the opportunity to drive strategic development and profitability, making it a perfect fit for those looking to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in contract management and leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of financial commitments and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage defined contracts ensuring operational and financial commitments are met.
• Oversee training, development, and performance management of the engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Management

Performance Management

Training & Development

Health & Safety Compliance

Education

Degree in Engineering or Management

Job description

Job Title: Contract Manager

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Business Sector: Data Centre Solutions, Critical Environment

Location: North Yorkshire (with occasional national travel)

Company Profile

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services, leveraging the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally, we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

Purpose of the Job

• Providing leadership, management, and development of a defined contract, ensuring operational and financial commitments are met and exceeded.

Key Responsibilities

• Preventative planned maintenance & follow-on remedial for the engineering team
• Appraisals & Recruitment
• Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) Process & Review
• Performance management, report writing & presentation
• Internal contract review reporting
• Training & Development
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Operations meetings
• CBRE QHSE internal auditing & client auditing
• Provide a learning environment, and appropriate training and development planning.
• Ensure basic training needs are delivered, employees are fully competent to undertake their roles and are able to reach their full future potential.
• Provision of leadership and guidance, advice, coaching and direct support, where required to deliver best practice selection, training, assessment and recognition/reward.
• Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.
• Development of contract financial plans for revenue and profit delivery, reduction of WIP, debt, cost reduction and contract growth, and ensure that these are met and exceeded.
• Provide leadership, and that contractual commitments are met and exceeded.
• Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of the contract are exploited, to deliver increased turnover and profitability, ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender.

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Accountabilities

• Reporting to the AGM/AD.
• Accountability to functional heads, as appropriate.
• Accountable day-to-day to the relevant client contacts.
• Line management responsibility for the engineering team and contractors.
• Financial responsibility for the delivery of Plan commitments for the contract.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.