The Vacancy

An established and growing National Manned Guarding are looking for a Contracts Manager to help manage a portfolio stretching across their Yorkshire patch. These guys are a top brand / employer looking after destination clients.

Working from a local base near you (Leeds / Sheffield) your main priority is the welfare of officers and commercial / operational viability of contracts. Reporting to the Operations Director you will assist in running contracts and helping to grow the portfolio.

What are they asking for?

You will be a fully licensed security (manned guarding) professional with operations management experience. It’s a given that you will be personable and credible in dealings with team (officers). P+Ls should be easy reading for you and you know how to interrogate them and improve.

Clients will speak highly of your professionalism and customer focus.

This is a great opportunity for an existing Manned Guarding Contracts Manager to work with a great employer and clients and to get onto a defined career path.

(any experience of working with large sporting venues will also be advantageous)

What are they offering?

• Salary to £36 000 + company car / 5k car allowance

• Career advancement within a growing organisation with structured training and development

• Support from a hands-on manager and stable environment (no constant restructures here)

• Excellent scheduling and HR teams

  Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of circa £5m across circa 40 sites mainly in Leeds + Sheffield including: Managing Agents, Financial Institutions, Corporate, Educational and Defence clients.

• Managing + recruiting including discipline, absenteeism, appraisals etc. along with supporting site managers.

• Site administration to include compliance with the SIA Approved Contractor Scheme

• Regular visits to sites under management including completion of site, welfare visits

• Ensuring that all personnel are properly attired

• Assignment instructions + ensuring risk assessments carried out (training will be given)

• Providing senior management with statistics e.g. total hours worked, labour cost etc.

• Client + eventual P+L management

  Key Search Terms: Contracts Operations Manager Manned Guarding SIA Guard

  Please only apply if you have ops management experience within manned guarding

  Palmer McCarthy is a specialist recruiter to the Security Industry and acts as an agency for their client on this vacancy.