Contracts Manager - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Places for People

Places for People

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are Places Management; we help to maintain over 80,000 properties across the UK, so our customers are proud to call them home.

We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in.

How do we do all this? We surround ourselves with passionate people, can-do people and get things done people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

More about your role
We are looking for a Contracts Manager to join our Landscapes team in the Cambridgeshire Region.

This role will require you to manage and deliver a cost effective service to both internal and external contracts in relation to soft services.

As a Contracts Manager within the Landscapes Division of Places for People you will manage a number of both direct labour and sub contract teams from our Depot in Huntingdon across Cambs, Northants, Beds, Herts, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Your role will be operationally focused, working closely with your team (s), building relationships through training, coaching, staff development and the organisation of your staff team's rotas.

You will take the lead to actively promote and demonstrate the Group's commitment to effective health and safety, working with both staff and contractors to ensure that all requirements are adhered to.

Preferably located in the Cambridgeshire area and working both from the local Depot and home you will require flexibility to cover a wide geographical area across your region, some overnight stays are anticipated as part of this role.

You will continually identify innovative and safe working practices, as well as following and implementing budgetary controls.

You will act as the line manager for an operational workforce of internal and external contractors monitoring and managing work volumes and ensuring the high level service delivery.

You will build effective relationships with both internal staff, customers and contractors through effective communication and engagement.

As our Contract Manager you will ensure that all work carried out adhered to our SPIRIT values in line with the strategy and objectives set by the Head of Operations, Group Directors and Board.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

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The benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for.

Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

Pension with matched contributions
35 days Holiday per year
Company van provided
Excellent sick pay
Training
Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more

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