Contract Manager for the Pimlico District Heating Undertaking (PDHU)

City Of Westminster, London
WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL-1

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE POWER OF LISTENING

Growth, Planning and Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where little things can have a huge impact on people’s lives.

Take Mitin, our Head of Estates Services. Mitin’s team is responsible for cleaning, gardening and bulk refuse removal across several housing estates where many of our residents require a greater degree of assistance. It’s not just about keeping our blocks and estates shipshape, it’s about human contact and letting residents know that we care.

Mitin’s team contribute to our Smart City commitment and make full use of new technology to help track and solve problems such as fly tipping and graffiti. But what many residents value most is his ability to listen. For example, when residents were telling him about carrying out gardening improvements and the positive impact that it has on their wellbeing, he and his team engaged with residents, working closely with them to give them garden areas they could be proud of and a vibrant community.

Mitin is immensely proud of the relationships he’s built with residents, not only because it helps them feel proud of where they live in a greener and cleaner city, but because it makes him proud of where he works.

The Role:

As a Contract Manager for the Pimlico District Heating Undertaking (PDHU), you can make your own powerful contribution to the lives of our residents. You’ll help to ensure that the 3,000 homes, 50 commercial premises and numerous other organisations across Pimlico that rely on this post-war system can continue to enjoy reliable, efficient and affordable heating. As we consider the PDHU’s future, we also want to make it more sustainable, and you will play a major role in the procurement of a new PCHU mechanical services contract. Day to day, you will lead a team of technical staff in ensuring that the service provider delivers on all contractual requirements and repairs.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, you have sound experience of managing complex, large-scale services contracts, ideally for social housing. Capable of building productive working relationships with contractors, you are also used to the challenges of managing and developing a multidisciplinary technical team. Good communication and customer services skills are important. You’ll also be capable of managing budgets and analysing performance data.

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background, you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster.

Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit

As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application , we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

Closing date: 5 April 2024
Contact details for an informal discussion: Jason Killeen, M and E and PDHU Operations Manage, via email: