Balfour Beatty plc
Contracts Manager
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About The Role
Job Title: Contracts Manager
Location: Balfour Beatty Head Office, Maxim Park – Eurocentral
Company: Balfour Beatty - BBK Scotland
About The Role
Shape the delivery of major building services projects across Scotland
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick Scotland is growing, and with an increase in workload and a strong pipeline of new projects, we are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to join our team based from Balfour Beatty’s Head Office at Maxim Park, Eurocentral.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a strong MEP Building Services professional to take ownership of key contracts, lead high-performing teams, build trusted client relationships and help deliver complex projects safely, efficiently and commercially.
As Contracts Manager, you will play a key role in the successful delivery of our work across Scotland, ensuring the right plans, resources, processes and relationships are in place to support long-term, profitable and sustainable contract performance.
What you'll be doing
You will be responsible for leading the delivery and development of contracts, managing client expectations and ensuring projects are delivered in line with safety, quality, commercial and operational requirements. The role will involve managing production, construction, operational support and stakeholder relationships across the contract.
You’ll also be responsible for developing business plans and strategies, securing the right resources, monitoring financial performance, managing key customer and supplier relationships, and identifying opportunities to maximise value, margin and future growth.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead the successful delivery of contracts across BBK Scotland’s growing MEP Building Services portfolio.
- Manage client relationships, expectations and key stakeholder engagement.
- Develop contract strategies, business plans and delivery plans.
- Ensure service agreements, KPIs and contractual requirements are achieved.
- Monitor and control financial performance, including cost, margin and profit.
- Secure and manage the right resources to deliver the contract effectively.
- Lead, motivate and get the best out of project and delivery teams.
- Manage key suppliers and support complex contract negotiations.
- Ensure full compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and Balfour Beatty standards.
- Identify opportunities for growth, improvement and additional value across the contract.
Who we're looking for
About You
We are looking for someone with significant previous contract management experience within MEP Building Services. You will be confident managing contracts, leading people, influencing stakeholders and working closely with senior management.
You’ll Bring
- Strong MEP Building Services experience
- Proven contract management experience.
- Strong people management and leadership skills.
- Experience managing projects and contract delivery.
- Strong commercial awareness, including financial control, margin and profit.
- Excellent client and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong negotiation skills and supplier management experience.
- The ability to manage priorities and work on your own initiative.
- Confidence communicating, presenting and influencing across cross-functional teams.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
- A full UK driving licence.
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Why join us?
This is an exciting time to join BBK Scotland. With increased workload and new projects coming through, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact, influence delivery strategy and play a key part in the continued growth of our MEP Building Services capability across Scotland.
You’ll be joining a business that values safety, collaboration, trust and delivery excellence — with the scale, stability and career opportunities that come with being part of Balfour Beatty.
Interested?
If you are an experienced Contracts Manager with a strong background in MEP Building Services and you’re ready to take on a key role within a growing Scotland business, we’d like to hear from you.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
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- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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