Senior Contract Manager - SW England & Wales in South West England / Wales, United Kingdom
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Ground Control is the UK’s largest external maintenance and commercial landscaping company. We are a values centred business, creating and maintaining external spaces that are safe and enjoyable for all. We are the contractor of choice for many well-known private and public organisations - Network Rail, Tesco, Severn Trent Water, Sainsbury’s and the Tower of London to name a few.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Contract Manager to join our rapidly growing Rail Division and cover the SW England & Wales region. Reporting to the Operations Director you will contribute to the growth of this division and will ensure that we exceed our client’s expectations on safety, quality and operational delivery.
What we offer:
At Ground Control we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work. Along with a great basic salary and superb commission prospects, we also offer a wide-ranging benefits programme inspiring you to realise your full potential:
Benefits and Perks:
- Ranked 62nd in ‘The UK's 100 Best Large Companies to Work For 2021’.
- Being part of a Sunday Times 2019 Top Track 250 Company & London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’.
- We inclusively support ‘The Race at Work Charter’, ‘Ban the Box’, ‘The Armed Forces Covenant’ and are ‘Disability Confident’.
- A supportive, entrepreneurial working environment that fosters collaboration.
- Training, development, coaching and mentoring opportunities, with clear career path progression.
- Match funding for employee fundraising and 2 personal choice volunteering days.
- We invest 5% of our profits into the Evergreen Fund, an investment fund dedicated to sustainability and environmental initiatives.
- By 2025 we have committed to planting 1,000,000 trees, having a fully electric fleet and being carbon neutral.
- Free gym access.
- Nursery Vouchers.
- Cycle to work, Travel loans.
- Bupa employee support & Free Flu Jab & subscriptions to an online GP service and Calm, the wellbeing app.
- Share Options, 2 x salary Death in Service cover.
What you’ll achieve:
- Managing team of Contract Managers and Site Managers to meet and exceed client and internal KPIs.
- Delivering the strategic objectives of the Rail division.
- Lead the implementation of best practice - including the most appropriate use of plant and equipment.
- Inspiring safety excellence throughout the region.
- Contract negotiation with new and existing clients.
- Meeting and exceeding agreed budgets.
- Reporting to the Operations Director and other stakeholders on safety, profitability, and operational performance.
- Other duties as directed and deemed reasonable by the Ops Director.
Who are we looking for?
- Experience of working in the rail industry as a contract manager is essential and experience of vegetation clearance projects would be beneficial.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to manage teams across a large region.
- Significant experience in an operational role coupled with P+L management.
- Able to demonstrate examples where you have acted as a champion for Safety.
- Good reporting skills, both written and numerical.
- A proven track record of building client relationships and can demonstrate where you have developed these to win new business opportunities.
How we work:
We put people at the centre of everything we do.
Everyone is welcome. We’re embracing a culture where difference is valued. Your uniqueness will be celebrated. We believe diversity grows innovation, and innovation creates initiative. Together we’ll succeed in caring for each other, caring for our communities and caring for our Environment. Together, we’re stronger.
Join us to make a difference!
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