Summary: The Shared Services Contract Manager will oversee multiple departments, including Reinstatement, Planning, Stores, and Plant, focusing on safety performance, profitability, service delivery, and continuous improvement. The role requires formulating operational processes, ensuring compliance with contracts, and fostering strong relationships with clients and teams. The ideal candidate will be a commercially minded leader with experience in the water industry and exceptional communication skills. This position is integral to achieving strategic objectives and maximizing profitability within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Formulate and embed operational processes and improvements
• Ensure seamless coordination and communication between departments
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations
• Promote best practice and a ‘right first time’ culture
• Lead and inspire the team to drive compliance and improve performance
• Manage local budgets to align with business plan affordability
• Highlight financial risks and variances, ensuring mitigation is in place
• Implement and maintain processes, resources, systems, and employees
• Support senior reports in maximizing organization and management of CDM onsite
• Effectively plan and control labour, plant, and resources
• Foster excellent working relationships with clients, partners, customers, and teams

Key Skills:

• Innovative and commercially minded leadership
• Extensive knowledge of developing high performing teams
• Broad understanding of the regulatory and operating environment in the water industry
• Experience in reinstatement and highways
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to deliver key messages to various stakeholders

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Maidstone

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other