Account Manager

Client: Equans

Location: Moderna, Harwell Campus

Contract Length: 3 Months (Possibility of extension)

Working Arrangement: Office based position

SHEQ Statement: EQUANS is committed to leading our sector in sustainability. Our Employees have a collective responsibility to work in a sustainable and efficient manner helping to minimise our impact on the environment whilst contributing benefits for our clients, colleagues and the community. Employees have a responsibility not to cause harm to ourselves or to others in our efforts to make safety personal. All Employees are expected to work within our Sustainability and Health and Safety policies and procedures.

General Overview: Harwell is Moderna's new Innovation and Technology Centre (MITC) site which is responsible for the development and manufacture of its pharmaceutical products. The site consists of manufacturing, clean rooms, laboratory, office and plant rooms. The nature of their business requires their Lab and manufacturing areas to meet clean room standards. The maintenance of their HVAC equipment is of the utmost importance to ensure their production and science always remains operational at all times. This is a customer facing role, ideally suited to an operator who will lead by example and spend a significant amount of their time actively engaging and ensuring the customers' requirements are met.

Impact:

• Client & Stakeholder management
• Lead stakeholder management across all client operational area owners, ensuring strong, collaborative relationships within Plant, Laboratory, and Manufacturing environments.
• Work in a proactive, collaborative manner which ensures that all aspects of the service agreement between EQUANS and Moderna are delivered with the requisite levels of professionalism, achieving contractual key deliverables.
• Customer focused within all areas of operational activities, nurturing and maximising relationships with clients.
• Actively gather and respond to customer feedback, using insights to refine service delivery and ensure evolving client requirements are consistently met, demonstrating effective control of the environment.
• Promote an open, transparent, and solutions-driven management style, encouraging continuous improvement, professional development, and effective problem-solving among team members and client stakeholders.
• Provide clear, influential communication through expert advice, leadership presence, and proactive participation in client management meetings, briefings, consultation forums, and formal correspondence.
• Deliver accurate and timely reporting, including monthly performance reports and ad-hoc updates, ensuring visibility of operational performance, risks analysis coupled with effective corrective actions undertaken, and improvement opportunities.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure full compliance with all statutory, regulatory, and contractual obligations across diverse stakeholder groups, ensuring safe, efficient, and legally compliant operations.
• Ensure all contractual commitments are achieved, meeting or exceeding SLA and KPI requirements as defined within the contract documentation ensuring KPI penalties are not incurred.
• Guarantee timely completion of all PPM and reactive maintenance tasks, ensuring work is delivered in line with the maintenance specification and accurately recorded in real time within the CAFM system.
• Ensure PPM Job plans are reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate, making recommendations to enhance the reliability of the assets whilst minimising downtime or unavailability.
• Ensure plant faults and defects are promptly resolved maintaining asset reliability, minimising downtime, and safeguarding business-critical operations.
• Ensure all maintenance and operational activities are fully documented, providing clear evidence of task completion and compliance.
• Maintain robust adherence to ISO-aligned Quality Management Systems, ensuring all required records, processes, and audits are consistently up to standard.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging process enhancements, technology solutions, and best-practice methodologies to optimise service delivery.

Health and Safety:

• Ensure that all risks relating to safety, health, environment and quality are effectively managed using Risk Assessments, PPE, training and company procedures to ensure a safe working environment for both employees and clients.
• Control and monitor the performance of specialist service provider and sub-contractors.
• Operate and oversee the Permit to Work system, ensuring alignment with EQUANS Technical and SHEQ processes and client-approved procedures.
• Review monthly audit findings to verify legislative and contractual compliance across all service delivery streams, escalating issues to the Account Director where required.

People Leadership:

• Lead, mentor, and develop the on-site multi-disciplinary FM team, including engineering, and administrative functions, ensuring strong capability and alignment with operational goals.
• Cultivate a high-performance culture built on accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and exceptional service delivery.
• Oversee effective resource planning, ensuring appropriate staffing levels, robust succession planning, and structured talent development across all roles.
• Ensure all contract positions are filled with fully competent, properly trained personnel, with each team member possessing the skills, qualifications, and experience required to perform their duties safely and effectively.
• Ensure the professional image of EQUANS is consistently upheld, presenting the company with integrity, competence, and excellence in all client interactions.

Commercial & Financial Management:

• Maintain a strong commercial understanding of all contractual deliverables across the full-service scope, ensuring obligations are fully met and opportunities for added value are identified.
• Minimise organisational risk-technical, financial, and health & safety-by carrying out appropriate checks, controls, and due diligence in a timely and proactive manner, maintaining a RAG status Risk Register ensuring risk mitigation is effectively controlled.
• Manage costs effectively and maximise profitability, ensuring financial performance aligns with budget expectations and contractual requirements.
• Monitor and control WIP and debt levels, maintaining them within acceptable thresholds and ensuring timely billing and cashflow performance.
• Manage and deliver against client-set financial budget targets, providing accurate forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting to support informed decision-making.
• Ensure all monthly invoice applications are prepared accurately and submitted on time, supporting effective cashflow management and contractual compliance.

Impact: As Equans representative and main point of contact with the Client, the importance of this role cannot be overestimated. It is essential that all works are carried in a cost effective, timely manner, maximising revenue, where possible.

Qualifications or Required Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in facilities management at managerial level, preferably in the pharmaceutical or similarly regulated industry.
• Essential to hold a Hard FM recognised Technical qualification in a relatable Engineering field.
• Must have experience managing FM within Pharmaceutical or process-controlled environments.
• Knowledge of GxP (Good x Practice in delivering activities / services) & GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice).
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to develop and review key SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Proficiency in facility management software and systems (CMMS, Maximo preferably).
• Computer literate using Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Must have a full clean drivers' licence.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Able to build on client relationship.
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
• To always maintain a clean and smart appearance.
• Fluent in English both written and oral.
• Ability to pass DBS vetting.
• Must be available to participate in an out of hours on call management rota.
• The role may require the individual to work late from time to time.

Equans Competencies:

• Collaborating - Works well with others and gains their support through effort.
• Commercial - Adds value to services.
• Contributing - Contributes ideas and encourages team members to contribute.
• Delivering - Does a great job and exceeds expectation.
• Developing - Develops others in their respective roles to realise their potential.
• Finance - Cost conscious.

If shortlisted, a recruiter from the team will contact you within 24-48 hours for an initial discussion. The call will come from a Manchester number (either 0161 or +44 161).