Framework Manager

Job Title: Framework Manager 

Office Location: near Reading 

Flexibility: 4 days a week in the office, 1 day working from home

Sector experience needed: Water  

About the role: 

Reporting to the Regional Director you will be accountable for the successful delivery of a Thames Water Framework.  

Primarily you will be responsible for leading and developing regional team of technical and delivery staff to deliver circa £150-200m of revenue over the five year AMP8 programme and secure an extension into AMP9.

Client relationships are key to their ongoing success and you will need to be experienced in the ability to collaborate with Senior Water Company employees and secure new work and deliver on existing work successfully.

With a strong focus on HSQE you will lead the framework team to industry leading standards, promoting the companies values around protection of the workforce and public from harm, leading by example.

You will be responsible for achieving the Framework targets for Revenue, P&L and overhead control, supported by a senior management team.

Key Responsibilities

HSQE

Deliver against standards and promote industry leading initiatives for further improvement

Deliver a RIDDOR/LTI free working environment

Promote Health of Workers initiatives and better ways of working

Ensure designs are safe to build and optimised for future operator safety

Promote HSQE in our supply chain partners through collaboration

Drive a zero defect culture in the delivery team

Carry out Senior Leadership tours on sites and promote collaboration

Investigate HiPO events and incidents with a view to continuous improvement

Promote incident reporting standard

COMMERCIAL

Deliver Revenue targets – secure bid opportunities, support and lead bids as appropriate

Achieve P&L targets and actively manage portfolio risk

Oversee the Commercial Manager’s control of cost management at project and framework level

Lead Contract Value Reconciliation (CVR) reviews to ensure robust financial control and foresee potential P&L risks for early resolution 

Hold Project Managers accountable for their project’s commercial performance

Ensure compliance with process and contract specifications

Lead Commercial dispute resolution at the local level with an aim to avoid escalation

Manage sub-contractor relationships, determine supply chain requirements and performance in line with the Regional Director’s plan

Assist the Commercial Manager in ensuring efficient cash collection

OPERATIONAL & CLIENT

Deliver the Capital programme of works efficiently, meeting programme deadlines and key dates.

Oversee design progression by the Design team, supporting the Regional Design Manager

Promoting innovation in design 

Ensure documentation is managed efficiently to achieve rapid handover of schemes on completion

Build and maintain strong and lasting relationships with TW Senior Management through delivering on promises, workload and promoting an inclusive culture with the other framework partners

Take on additional responsibility as appropriate to assist TW in delivering the AMP8 capital programme and new ways of working

Develop a regional cultural and sustainability plan – including charity support and community engagement to raise the profile of TW and the Water Industry

PEOPLE

Develop the regional team – adding staff, skills and experience to deliver on the secured workload and plan for new work arriving

Create a culture of staff engagement and a strong regional culture of teamwork and collaboration

Manage staff workload allocation

Develop your regional team and identify succession plans and career development opportunities

Hold regular team briefings including with supply chain partners

Identify staff training needs and support in delivery of such

Develop the regional teams network 

Mentor staff members

Ensure all regional duty holders are in place and suitably supported

To learn more and discuss further, please email an up to date word copy of your CV and a suitable mobile number:

Quoting reference number: #GPFWMGR11526