Contract Manager - Maintenance

Thrive SW; England; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing facilities services company in the South West is looking for a Contract Manager to oversee social housing maintenance contracts across Bristol, Bath, and Gloucester. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, commercial awareness, and good client facing skills. Offer includes a salary of £50-55k negotiable, remote working options, and a competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday and pension.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Pension

Car allowance

Qualifications

• Proven background in delivering services across various sites.
• Strong team leadership skills and H&S competency.
• Ability to develop existing relationships and maximize growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of supervisors and engineers.
• Oversee all budgetary requirements for the contract.
• Introduce cost-saving ideas and initiatives.
• Ensure day-to-day delivery of SLAs and KPIs.
• Monitor compliance & QSHE for all contracts.
• Act as key contact for client meetings.
• Deliver efficiencies across the site.

Skills

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Client relationship management

Health and Safety competency

Business development

Job description

Contract Manager - Social Housing Maintenance

GBP50-55k Negotiable 25 days holiday Pension other Benefits.

Are you a Contract Manager working in the Social housing maintenance industry looking for a new exciting role with a company that are rapidly growing in the South West and South Wales region.

This role will be based in the Bristol office with remote working an option, ideally candidates will reside within 50 miles of Bristol.

This National Facilities Services company are recruiting for a Contract Manager to run a portfolio of social housing contracts across Bristol, Bath and Gloucester.

As Contract Manager you will manage a team of Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers, Multi Trades Engineers, Carpenters, Plumbers, Painters and Decorators, dealing with planned, reactive maintenance and void properties.

The plan will be to recruit 2/3 more engineers over the coming months which you will responsible for.

You will also need to have good client facing skills as part of this role will be to develop not only existing clients

The key aspects of the role will include.

• Managing a team of supervisors and engineers
• Overseeing all budgetary requirements for the contract including P+L management.
• Introducing cost saving ideas and initiatives to ensure we can remain profitable whilst ensuring a lower impact on our environment.
• Day to day delivery of all key SLA s + KPIs for the various contracts ensuring we can mitigate and report on the data.
• Monitoring of all compliance & QSHE for all contracts.
• Auditing of completed and in progress works.
• Key point of contact for key client contacts across the site including attending client meetings.
• Delivering efficiencies across the site including for energy services

What you'll need to succeed

• A proven background in delivering services across a variety of sites is essential and good commercial awareness is also a key requisite for the role.
• Excellent team leadership skills and H&S competency is key for the role.
• Developing our existing relationships and maximising growth and service to our clients.
• Business development is a welcome attribute of the potential candidate

Salary GBP48-50k negotiable for the right candidate plus car allowance
25 days holiday
Pension

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