National Facilities Contract Manager

Location: UK-wide (home-based with site visits across the UK) Salary: £45,000 - £54,000 + Benefits

The Role:

A leading leisure and hospitality group with over 60 sites nationwide is seeking a National Facilities Contract Manager to join their growing team. This newly created role will be instrumental in shaping and delivering a best-in-class facilities management strategy across a diverse multi-site portfolio.

Reporting to the Group Head of Maintenance, you will lead third-party maintenance strategies, manage subcontractor relationships, implement a brand-new CAFM system, and ensure the highest standards of statutory compliance and building services performance.

This is a home-based role with regular travel across the UK.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and deliver a robust third-party maintenance and contract strategy to complement in-house teams. Lead subcontractor tenders, negotiations, and performance reviews. Oversee the creation and management of an annual PPM schedule for all sites. Monitor and report on statutory compliance (Gas, Electrical, Water Hygiene, etc.) through inspections and desktop checks. Manage remedial works from inspections, ensuring timely completion within budget. Oversee insurance inspection schedules and resulting actions. Implement a contractor performance review framework including accreditation checks, insurance verification, and feedback proces...