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Job Title: Contract Manager
Location: London
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time (40 hours per week)
Salary: £67,000 + car allowance / company car + pension + bonus + benefits
Role Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced and technically strong Contract Manager to take ownership of Hard FM services across two London sites. This role will suit a proven leader with an electrical background, who is committed to delivering operational excellence, compliance, and high-quality service.
Success in this position requires strong leadership, commercial awareness, and the ability to build effective client relationships. You should be comfortable managing regulated environments, ensuring statutory compliance, and delivering results through effective people and contract management.
This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career within a collaborative and supportive environment, while leading high-profile, technically complex sites.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, motivate, and develop the engineering team to deliver safe, efficient, and compliant services.
Provide visible leadership and maintain strong, professional relationships with client stakeholders.
Ensure full compliance with statutory, health & safety, quality, and environmental standards, embedding a strong safety-first culture.
Oversee commercial performance, including budget management, P&L accountability, and reporting.
Deliver all planned and reactive maintenance activities in line with contractual requirements, SLAs, and KPIs.
Operate and oversee a Permit to Work system, ensuring effective risk management.
Manage supply chain partners and specialist contractors to safeguard service delivery and best practice.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in Contract Management or Facilities Management leadership.
- Strong technical background, ideally with recognised electrical qualifications (NVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent).
- Experience managing services within highly regulated or process-controlled environments (e.g., laboratories, pharmaceutical, cleanroom).
- Demonstrable people management skills, leading multi-disciplinary teams.
- Commercially astute with budget management and financial reporting experience.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
- Solid knowledge of statutory compliance, health & safety, and risk management.
- Full clean driving licence and willingness to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota.
Benefits
- Company car or car allowance
- Pension scheme
- Healthcare
- Bonus
- 25 days annual leave + public holidays
- Life cover (2x annual salary)
- Employee shopping & retail discounts
- Gym membership discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Holiday purchase scheme
- 2 volunteering/CSR days per year
- Professional development and training opportunities, including qualifications
- Employee referral rewards scheme
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme & wellbeing support
Apply today or email (url removed) for further details
