Contract Manager (Environmental Services)
- Location:
- Swansea jobs
,
West Glamorgan jobs
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Company:
- Hill McGlynn.
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 05/11/2009 08:25
- Job id:
- 45853438
- Contact:
- Chris Carter
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/143534
The Company
My client is a dynamic integrated support and construction services company providing maintenance and enhancement services to the highways, rail, utilities, municipal waste and general infrastructure markets, primarily with public sector and regulated sector customers, across the UK. The company focuses on long-term relationships, has 5,000 employees and delivers solutions through two primary business segments - Maintenance Services and Engineering & Project Services.
They provide long term integrated environmental services solutions to local authorities across the country. These services include recycling, waste management, street cleansing and grounds maintenance. They promote sustainable approaches to waste management and describe our approach as recycling-led rather than disposal-led. They offer solutions that focus on the best environmental outcomes, address budgetary constraints and meet statutory targets.
The Role:
The Contract Manager is responsible for the mobilization, growth, profitability, service delivery and customer satisfaction of the contract. The role requires effective leadership and management controls and a forward looking approach to employee satisfaction, sustainability and safety.
The Key Responsibilities will be:
- Engage with the client to build a relationship and develop the service to meet their requirements.
- Research and engage with potential clients to build a relationship and gain a full understanding of their requirements
- Work as a key member of a bid team and secure a winning bid
- Work in close collaboration with the client to mobilise a new contract effectively, developing a close and positive partnering relationship
- Manage the on going contract, ensuring forecasts and budgets are established and cost control procedures are in place to exceed the contract financial targets
- Ensure that key business targets and KPI's are exceeded and that potential problems are identified and resolved at an early stage
Essential Skills:
- Broad based waste and recycling services knowledge and experience
- Business and project management
- Commercial acumen
- Excellent track record of financial management
- Winning work, business growth and development experience
- Local authority issues, methods and politics
- Management of multi discipline teams
- Inspirational enthusiastic committed and robust leader
- Exceptional communicator and team builder
- Drives continuous business performance improvements, recognising and encouraging innovation
We welcome applications from candidates of all ages.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
