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Contract Director
Job Posted: a day ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: United Kingdom
Expire in: a month
Job Description
About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As our Contract Director you will be accountable for the strategic and operational leadership of clients and contracts within your area of control.
This will include responsibility for the safe and operational delivery of the Contract margin and cash/WIP targets, while meeting external and internal performance outcomes.
You'll also be responsible for delivering to World Class health, safety, quality and environmental standards and maintaining high levels of employee engagement.
You'll lead the vision, strategy and objectives for the Contract in line with the overall area and the M Group Water vision and strategy.
Our business is built on our key values and behaviours, which the Contract Director will have responsibility for implementing and upholding throughout.
Our people are our greatest asset, and you will support all colleagues and clients to deliver exceptional service and results.
Your role will involve:
Managing the development of the delivery strategy for your contract, including compliance to the highest SHEQW standards, with a focus on risk and continuous improvement.
You'll be delivering specific revenue and profitability targets for each financial year and be accountable for meeting cash targets for contracts.
You'll oversee the operational resource and activities within areas of responsibility, driving efficiency while meeting contract SLA’s.
Are you comfortable being responsible for the achievement of agreed and contractual targets for operational performance?
Do you have experience Implementing behavioural safety programmes?
Can you provide leadership and direction to your teams?
You'll be owning and overseeing delivery of contract business plans and driving growth of contracts more widely with clients.
There will be the need to ensure delivery of high levels of customer and end-user satisfaction.
Implementing improvements, efficiencies, and cost savings to maximise contract performance.
Optimising contract cashflow and working proactively with contract teams and clients to ensure payments are received in accordance with contractual terms.
Understanding disputes and ensuring they are resolved professionally and timely with clients and suppliers.
Guiding, coaching and mentoring direct and indirect reports, establishing a robust succession plan within your area of responsibility.
Collaborating with contract teams, supporting their management and adhering to M Group Water company values.
You will be conducting contract re-negotiations and directing bids for new contract opportunities, together with establishing a clear win strategy.
Collaborating closely with our Business Development Team to establish and develop detailed client strategic plans.
Taking a central role in forming strong and effective relationships with customers’ key representatives.
You'll act as a Safety and Wellbeing champion and role model, taking control in driving health, safety and wellbeing performance across your contract.
Proactively striving for the adoption of best practice and continuous improvement in all elements of your responsibilities including:
Producing contract specific margin, WIP, SHEQ and operational performance improvement plans
Identifying, developing and sharing best practice within contracts, across any other contracts and across MWS
Adopting marketing and PR activities through case studies, best practice, innovation and awards
Acting as an ambassador for MWSWhat you'll bring
Do you have the vision and motivation to proactively improve every day?
Do you have a Degree or equivalent level qualification in a Construction, Engineering, Utilities and/or similar business discipline, plus relevant management or professional qualifications?
Can you demonstrate a consistent track record of senior management experience at a Tier 1contracting or a similar environment?
Have you gained demonstrable client management and development skills?
Do you have excellent people leadership, coaching and mentoring skills, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills?
Can you influence others and sell ideas effectively at the most senior level?
Do you have a strong knowledge and experience of SHEQW policies, procedures and management, and a strong commercial and sector awareness?
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition schemeIn addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Private health care for you and your family
Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Personal Accident CoverAbout us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for lifeWhether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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