Contract Manager

We currently have an opportunity for a Contracts Manager to join our Health & Education team and play a key role in leading the safe compliant and highquality delivery of integrated facilities and asset management services across a major education portfolio. Reporting to the GM Health & Education youll help deliver outcomes that support essential community infrastructure and longterm partnerships.

What Youll Do

This role offers a broad scope with key responsibilities including:

• Lead endtoend contract delivery ensuring services are delivered safely compliantly and in line with commercial and contractual obligations.

• Drive performance against KPIs balancing quality outcomes stakeholder satisfaction and financial accountability.

• Build strong trusted relationships with government stakeholders service partners unions and internal teams.

• Champion a culture of Zero Harm wellbeing and high performance supporting and developing diverse teams to thrive.

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement innovation and sustainable growth across the portfolio.

What Youll Bring

• Proven experience leading complex service or facilities management contracts in a performancebased environment.

• Strong commercial acumen with experience in financial management risk governance and contract compliance.

• A collaborative and inclusive leadership style with the ability to engage teams and partners at all levels.

• Highly developed communication and negotiation skills with confidence working across government and community settings.

• A growth mindset resilience and a genuine commitment to quality safety and continuous improvement.

More than anything youll bring a strong work ethic a positive attitude and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer

At Downer we plan create and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

Were proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.

• With 30% of vacancies filled internally youll findreal opportunities to advance your career.

• : healthcare discounts great savings on retail purchases car purchases and much more.

• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26000 people across Australia New Zealand and the Pacific our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives backgrounds and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

Were committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages genders sexual orientations cultures abilities and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry including women Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Māori and Pasifika Peoples veterans people with disability and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesnt align perfectly with this role wed still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit apply - potential counts and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer we support flexibility that works for your life inclusive leadership that values your voice and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process just let us know were here to help you put your best foot forward.