Facilities / Contract Manager

Sigmar Recruitment; Cork; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

€9,000 car allowance

20% bonus

Job summary

Sigmar Recruitment is representing a leading facilities management organisation in Cork. The Contract Manager will lead a defined FM contract, ensuring financial, operational, quality and safety commitments are met and exceeded.

You will oversee a team, manage relationships with the client and subcontractors, drive service excellence, and identify opportunities for growth and improvement across the contract.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of facilities management experience in Ireland.
• Engineering or facilities management background, ideally with mechanical or electrical knowledge.
• Strong experience managing client relationships, site teams, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Proven experience managing contract finances, operational performance and service delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a detailed and methodical approach.
• Strong leadership, influencing and decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritise effectively and remain composed under pressure.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Customer-focused and collaborative approach.
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours and travel to other locations as required.
• Higher qualification such as HNC/HND/degree desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the contract team to deliver exceptional service and meet all contractual commitments.
• Manage contract financial performance, including revenue, profitability, cost reduction, debt, work in progress and contract growth.
• Identify and deliver opportunities for strategic development, additional services and business growth.
• Maintain strong relationships with key client contacts, ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual requirements, QHSE standards, legislation and best practice.
• Oversee health and safety performance of employees, clients, subcontractors and other stakeholders.
• Ensure contract staffing with competent teams, workforce planning and succession plans.
• Provide leadership, coaching and development planning for employees.
• Collaborate with other operational managers to support the wider business.
• Contribute to sales activity, solutions development, client meetings and mobilization of new contracts.
• Deliver effective communication through meetings, briefings, reporting and client updates.
• Support continuous improvement and delivery of best practice across the contract.

Skills

Facilities management

Contract management

Client relationships

Financial management

Leadership

Communication

MS Office

Engineering background

Travel flexibility

Education

Engineering or facilities management degree

Job description

Facilities / Contract Manager

About Your New Employer

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading facilities management organisation in Cork.

• Take ownership of a high-profile contract with significant operational and financial responsibility.
• Work within a professional, collaborative and customer-focused environment.
• Lead service excellence, innovation and continuous improvement across the contract.

About Your New Job

As Contract Manager, you will provide leadership, management and development across a defined facilities management contract. You will be responsible for ensuring all financial, operational, contractual, quality, health and safety and legislative commitments are met and exceeded.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the contract team to deliver exceptional service and meet all contractual commitments.
• Manage contract financial performance, including revenue, profitability, cost reduction, debt, work in progress and contract growth.
• Identify and deliver opportunities for strategic development, additional services and business growth.
• Maintain strong relationships with key client contacts, ensuring a consistently high level of customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual requirements, QHSE standards, legislation and industry best practice.
• Oversee the health and safety performance of employees, clients, subcontractors and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure the contract is appropriately staffed, with competent teams, effective workforce planning and succession plans in place.
• Provide leadership, coaching, guidance and support to employees, including training and development planning.
• Work collaboratively with other operational managers to support the wider business.
• Contribute to sales activity, solutions development, presentations, client meetings and the mobilisation of new contracts.
• Deliver effective communication through team meetings, briefings, reporting and regular client updates.
• Support continuous improvement, innovation and the delivery of best practice across the contract.

You will report to a senior operational manager and will have line management responsibility for the contract team, as well as indirect responsibility for relevant subcontractors.

What Skills You Need

• A minimum of five years’ proven facilities management experience in Ireland.
• A relevant engineering or facilities management background, ideally with mechanical or electrical knowledge.
• Strong experience managing client relationships, site teams, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Proven experience managing contract finances, operational performance and service delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a detailed and methodical approach.
• Strong leadership, influencing and decision-making skills.
• The ability to prioritise effectively and remain composed when working under pressure.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• A customer-focused and collaborative approach.
• The flexibility to work outside core office hours occasionally and travel to other work locations when required.
• A relevant higher qualification such as an HNC, HND, degree or equivalent is desirable but not essential.

What’s on Offer

• Salary of €75,000 DOE plus 20% bonus
• €9,000 car allowance.
• The opportunity to lead a significant facilities management contract and make a direct impact on operational and financial performance.
• A senior position offering responsibility for team leadership, client relationships, contract growth and continuous improvement.
• The opportunity to support employee development and contribute to long-term business success.

If this opportunity is not quite right but you are looking for a similar facilities management position, please get in touch to discuss other roles.