Contract Manager - Data Centre Solutions - Farnborough, UK

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS); Farnborough; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Contract Manager for Data Centre Solutions in Farnborough. This role involves leading a dedicated on-site team to ensure the delivery of critical engineering and facilities management services in a high availability environment. You will be responsible for maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and driving operational excellence. If you have a background in electrical and mechanical systems and are passionate about team leadership and service delivery, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in critical and/or data centre environments in high availability.
• Proven track record in leading teams to deliver service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Centre Operations team to ensure service excellence.
• Manage P&L for the site and ensure adherence to SLA's.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Commercial Awareness

Negotiation Skills

Team Management

Health & Safety Compliance

Education

ILM Level 3 or above

Electrical and Mechanical Systems Background

Job description

Location(s)

Farnborough - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Job Title: Contract Manager, Data Centre Solutions

Business Sector: Data Centre Solutions – Critical Environment

Location: Farnborough, UK

Reporting to:Account Director

COMPANY PROFILE

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages 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.

Job Purpose

• To lead our on-site Data Centre Operations team, ensuring delivery excellence of a business critical 24/7/365 operating environment for a key customer.
• Accountability for meeting or exceeding against contracted SLA’s in this high availability environment in the delivery of Critical Engineering and Facilities Management services.
• Own and develop a professional relationship with the client to deliver positive customer outcomes.
• Building on that relationship, extend our additional Data Centre Service capabilities within the account.
• Responsibility for rigorous adherence to all Quality Health & Safety measures to ensure the safety of the teams on site always.
• Through effective change control procedures ensure that all works are carried out to the required specification, time and costs, and that all required commercial agreements are in place.
• In delivery of the above, own the P&L for the site, providing monthly forecast accordingly, and delivering or exceeding against those forecast plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading from the front, ensure that contractual commitments are met or exceeded.
• Ensuring customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.
• Identify & leverage all opportunities for the strategic development of the contract, to deliver increased turnover and profitability.
• Through additional services and projects add value for the client such that contracts are retained.
• Management of Maintenance & Engineering infrastructure.
• Ensure the provision of Quality health and safety working conditions, and that all required policy and processes are effectively implemented across our teams, services, and subcontractors. Regularly review and audit of the same.
• Ensure teams are fully trained as required to carry out their duties, ensuring routine reviews and personal development plans are in place to continually raise our game.
• Following on from the above, implement and manage an effective succession planning plan and high employee engagement scores.
• Be the responsible lead for all things High Voltage related and the associated activities.
• Provision of leadership and guidance, advice, coaching and direct support, where required to deliver best practice selection, training, assessment and recognition/reward of the team.
• Delivering effective business communication through relevant contribution to management and team meetings, briefings, consultation forums, correspondence, publicity, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as appropriate.
• Take the lead on governance of the account, proactively ensuring all Service Reviews and Quarterly Business Reviews are in place.
• Escalate issues or incidents in a timely and appropriate way to ensure Data Centre Services Leadership team are informed and that key Customer relationships are protected.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge or experience of critical and/or data centre environments in a high availability sector.
• One or more of the following: Maintenance & Engineering, facilities management, projects, building services experience.
• Proven track record in leading a team to deliver service excellence through enabling and empowering the team within a framework of regulatory requirements.
• Ability to communicate at all levels both internally and externally, including Client relationship at C suite level.
• Experience of managing essential suppliers and third-party providers in a collaborative way.
• Commercial awareness and business acumen, using financial metrics to drive improved margins.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent presentation skills be they written or verbal, able to tailor presentations to be relevant to the audience
• ILM level 3 and above
• Core qualifications and background in Electrical and Mechanical systems CBRE DCS fully believe in the benefits of a diverse workforce and strive for diverse application pools accordingly

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.