Senior Contract Manager – Hard FM

Corrigenda Group Limited; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities services company is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager for a key Hard FM contract in Portsmouth. The role involves overseeing operations, ensuring compliance, and building client relationships across educational sites. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in facilities management and a strong track record in delivering exceptional service.

Benefits

Annual Salary Review

31 days’ annual holiday

Company Vehicle + Fuel Card

Company Mobile Phone

Learning & Development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Bupa Cashplan

Pension scheme

Refer a friend reward scheme

Qualifications

• Strong track record in managing Hard FM contracts, ideally in education.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and ensure stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Hard FM services across multiple educational sites.
• Manage relationships and ensure KPIs and SLAs are met.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance and asset management.

Skills

Communication

Financial Acumen

Leadership

Education

Health & Safety qualifications (e.g., IOSH, NEBOSH)

Tools

CAFM systems

Microsoft packages

Job description

Senior Contract Manager – Hard FM
FULL TIME – 40 HOURS – Site Based
Salary: Competitive (Subject to knowledge and experience) Location: Portsmouth
Reporting to: Account Manager

About Corrigenda Ltd
At Corrigenda, we are proud to be one of the South’s leading facilities services companies, specialising in facilities management and capital projects. Our success is driven by the incredible people who make everything we do possible, and we are committed to investing in their growth and development. With a reputation for excellence, our skilled engineers, supported by a dedicated office team, consistently deliver top-tier services that not only meet but often exceed our clients’ expectations.

Job Summary
Are you a skilled manager looking for your next challenge in the Facilities Management sector? We’re recruiting a Senior Contracts Manager to oversee a key, multi-site Hard FM contract across a portfolio of educational buildings in Portsmouth.
This high-profile role is ideal for an experienced FM professional who thrives on delivering exceptional service, ensuring compliance, and building strong client relationships in a dynamic and sensitive environment.
You’ll take ownership of Hard FM operations, liaising with a team of in-house engineers and specialist subcontractors, to maintain safe, efficient, and compliant learning environments for students and staff alike.

Key Responsibilities Include
(but not limited to):

• Lead the delivery of Hard FM services (including M&E, compliance, and limited fabric
maintenance) across multiple educational sites.
• Act as the principal client contact, managing relationships and ensuring all KPIs and SLAs are
consistently met.
• Provide tactical leadership to engineers, supervisors, and support staff.
• Ensure all statutory and regulatory compliance are met, particularly around safeguarding,
health & safety, and building standards in educational settings.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, asset management, and minor works.
• Work with the contract Quantity Surveyor, to manage contract budgets, cost controls, and
commercial performance in line with company targets.• Liaise with the Technical Service, Specialist Service and Project Teams to co-ordinate the
provision of detailed quotations, defining exclusions and limitations.
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery of planned maintenance, emergency replacements, repairs,
and critical upgrades.
• Attend contract meetings and provide regular contract performance reporting to clients and
senior leadership.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Strong track record in managing Hard FM contracts, ideally in an education or
public sector setting.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, with significant experience in managing
client relationships and ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Understanding of mechanical, electrical, and building fabric systems.
• Confident managing contractual, safeguarding and compliance obligations within
schools, colleges, or similar environments.
• Financially and commercially astute with experience managing budgets and
contract KPIs.
• Familiar with CAFM systems and asset lifecycle planning.
• Proficient IT with an in-depth knowledge of all Microsoft packages.
• Health & Safety qualifications (e.g., IOSH, NEBOSH) highly desirable.
• Full UK driving license and ability to travel between local sites.

Package:

• Competitive Salary
• Annual Salary Review
• 31 days’ annual holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Company Vehicle + Fuel Card
• Company Mobile Phone
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including opportunities for progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme – Offering guidance and advice on Personal, Health, Legal
and Financial queries.
• Bupa Cashplan – benefits covered include dental, optical, physiotherapy and a health &
wellbeing.
• Enrolment into our pension scheme
• Refer a friend reward scheme – worth £750 per referral

Corrigenda are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal and fair treatment for all colleagues or potential colleagues irrespective of race, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic origins, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, marital or family status

Join us to be part of a diverse workforce that values collaboration, growth, and opportunity for all.

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