Contract Manager in Greenhithe

An exciting opportunity has now arisen for a Contract Manager (NHS Hard Facilities Management) to join our Hard Facilities Management team. This team delivers planned, preventative and responsive building repairs for our end client, the NHS. Rydon Maintenance is an expanding division of the Rydon Group and is successfully providing hard facilities management services to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare sector.

Job Purpose: The successful candidate will take responsibility for the delivery of Hard FM Services (planned, preventative and responsive repairs) including health, safety, quality and performance across a number of NHS contracts in Essex. This is a varied role where you will be the point of contact for all operational issues to ensure the delivery of an effective hard facilities maintenance service in line with contractual obligations and budgetary constraints.

Specific key duties include:

• Ensuring that we deliver an outstanding maintenance and repairs service by providing excellent team leadership, long term planning of resources and delivering continuous improvements to the services/operations we provide.
• Ensure contractual commitments are met in accordance with KPI’s/SLA’s.
• Managing these contracts on a day to day basis to maximise financial profit levels and effectively manage risk while meeting or exceeding contractual key performance indicators.
• Responsibility for daily, weekly, monthly and annual planning and attending client contract monitoring meetings ensuring that all supporting documentation are available to demonstrate service delivery performance.
• Building a balanced well performing team with a constant eye on succession planning.
• Identifying and mitigating risk in all areas of contract and operational performance.
• Controlling and monitoring the performance of the specialist service providers and any sub contractors through chairing regular review meetings.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive starting salary.
• A car allowance of £5,472 per annum.
• 25 days holiday with the ability to increase up to 30 days.
• Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
• Company pension, life assurance, income protection and private medical.
• Flexible benefits including Critical Illness, DenPlan and Cycle to work schemes.
• Health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, access to an Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme, BUPA Health & Wellbeing Plans, and access to our Health & Wellbeing portal.

This is an excellent opportunity with onward development for you and the teams you lead.

Experience Required: The preferred candidate will be an experienced contract manager ideally with previous PFI (Private Finance Initiative) experience. Ideally, you will have managed services across a multi-site operation, with experience gained ideally within a healthcare/NHS setting. You may have worked directly for the NHS, for an FM contractor providing service to the NHS or for a consultancy delivering services into this market. We will also consider candidates with experience gained within a commercial maintenance environment.

You will have excellent previous experience of leading teams that manage directly employed and subcontracted trades with up to date knowledge (and qualifications) within health and safety. You will have strong financial acumen, using your expertise to ensure that the financial interests of both Rydon and our Clients are managed. You will also demonstrate excellent long-term planning/strategic thinking in order to recommend and implement continuous improvements to benefit our client and Rydon.

This role offers excellent opportunity for further personal development. If you have the above skills and experience we would strongly encourage you to apply.

Additional Information: As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits. Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.