Estates Contract Manager Soft FM

This role can be based at any of the following sites:  Culham Oxfordshire.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. 

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Estates Contract Manager (Soft FM) you will play a pivotal role in contract management of businesscritical Estates related soft services contracts through direct management or management within your Estates team to ensure these soft service FM contracts are managed in line with Government Property Standards 004 Estate and Property Management and UKAEAs own strategic goals.

The post holder is required to ensure that the Estate services being delivered meets the needs of the growing campus.

Contract Management within this position directly or oversight of are Estates Grounds and Associated services Biodiversity Forklift Vehicles Tree Surgery Pest Control and Locksmith Services.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Procuring and managing contracts for a number of Estates related FM Soft Services provided in alignment with Government Property 004 Strategy Estates and Property Management.
• Ensuring compliance of UKAEA and Contract Management procurement and management of service contracts.
• Ensuring Estates Contracts have sufficient change control processes implemented to adapt Campus 2050 Vision and carryingout regular stakeholder engagement with Campus to ensure collaborative working.
• Understanding and being able to implement dynamic management of Biodiversity incorporating the imperative link to Net Gain Banking for the future of Culham Campus.
• Ensuring contracts represent good value for money and monitoring spends against budget to keep within the budget set and ensuring there is sound justification for spend over budget.
• First line Manager for staff within the Estates Team responsible for recruitment setting and managing workloads monitoring work and attendance motivating and guiding the team completing the APS process setting and reviewing personal goals and dealing with any performance issues promptly. CPM to Agency Supplied workers.

Qualifications :

Essential Requirements:

• Government Commercial College Contract Management qualification (UKAEA would support if GCC Qualification was not held) or proven equivalent experience within Facilities Management
• Membership of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM)
• Significant experience in Soft FM contract procurement and management of FM contracts ideally within a government organisation
• Demonstrable experience in writing contract tender documents and an understanding of contract terms and conditions

Desirable Requirements: 

• IOSH Managing Safely qualification.
• Experience of Horticultural and Arboriculture practices
• Experience of Biodiversity and the link to Net Gain Banking
• IOSH Fire Safety qualification
• Good understanding of the General Data Protection Regulations

Additional Information :

A full list of our benefits can be found here mission is clean energy for all and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission.  We are underrepresented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team supported by our Head of Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis for example changes to the way we interview or share information.  

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.