Regional Contract Manager

The Guinness Partnership; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Guinness Property is looking for an experienced and proactiveRegional Contract Manager to join our team in London on a full-time, permanent basis. You should be someone who thrives in a busy environment and is dedicated to maintaining the smooth operation and delivery of contract works.

Our company ethos is to improve people's lives by providing decent, safe, and high-quality homes and services. Help us to serve this mission by joining our crucial Guinness Property team.

Reporting to the Regional Head of Service, you will be responsible for the efficient and cost-effective delivery of sub-contract works across the London region, managing the end-to-end process from ordering to payment. You will ensure that commercial pricing structures are in place, are value for money and that contractors are compliant with their contract specifications.

We operate a hybrid working model which requires employees to work in the office for three days per week with the remaining two being from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Planning: Plan and instruct sub-contracted works ensuring agreed costs and key performance indicators are achieved.
• Communication: Set and communicate the region’s prescribed list of subcontractors and keep the wider team up to date and informed.
• Performance management: Conduct and record performance management reviews with regional sub-contractors on a cyclical basis.
• Cost saving: Ensure that the commercial pricing structures we have in place with regional subcontractors are effective, efficient and provide value for money.

Role Criteria:

Essential:

• Experience in managing external contractors to deliver works in a responsive environment.
• Good attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed timescales.
• Understanding of construction industry processes, frameworks and ways of working.
• Proven ability to produce accurate costs submissions, valuations and provide margin analysis on works.
• A full driving licence is required for this role.

Desirable:

• Experience in the social housing sector.

If you’re interested in joining us and would like to apply for this role, please review the role profile to view all of the key responsibilities and to ensure you meet the essential criteria.

About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Guinness Property, our in-house maintenance service, delivers repairs to 55,000 of our homes. Our national teams deliver rapid-response housing repairs, maintenance, and improvement services to ensure our customers’ homes are safe and maintained to a high standard.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.