Estate Services Contract Manager

Aldermaston

1 year ago

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Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Up to 72k (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is recruiting for an Estate Services Contract Manager to manage the operational key service provisions contracts across various AWE sites. You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of hard services, soft services, utilities and waste, and total facilities management (TFM) circa £80 - £100 million per annum.

You will have an in-depth understanding of business requirements for the assigned areas and will be motivated to drive value for money, applying industry leading contract management techniques to mitigate commercial risk.

Your responsibilities will include:

Monitor and mitigate contract risks (including Quality, Environmental & Health and Safety, supplier fragility and supplier co-dependency), develop and implement corrective action plans for the identified risks.

Maintain effective record keeping and change management of the contract in accordance with the contractual governance procedures.

Undertake contract financial analysis to identify root cause of performance failure or cost risk and present findings.

Ensuring legal compliance with contracts by monitoring changes in laws or regulations that may affect the company's ability to meet its obligations and mitigate any potential conflict of interest or breach of company ethic's policy.

Management of the contractor incentive model and recommending any pain / gain share providing performance feedback

Ensure there is an effective contract reporting and engagement strategy in place to enable all key stakeholders to be aligned to contracts risks and opportunities.

Supporting the assessment and settlement of contractor claims and formal dispute resolution process to enable contract close out strategy.

Identify and estimate the likelihood and impact of contract-related risk, establish mitigation methods aligned to business needs and track effectiveness of those mitigations.

Establishing a high level of credibility and manage complex working relationships with internal and external parties including both commercial and government partners.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

Prior experience of running / managing key operational contracts.

Experience of achieving success in highly pressurised environments to secure value for money and/or performance outcomes.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

Numerate and able to translate and analyse a supplier's financial data

Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Articulate and persuasive, able to relate commercial information to a non-specialist audience and influence support for difficult or unpopular commercial decisions.

Excellent communication, presentational and negotiation skills.

Excellent working knowledge of industry standard contracting models (e.g., NEC, JCT), as applicable to business area.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.

Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 3 days onsite per week.

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