OPERATIONS MANAGER – ENVIRONMENT
ANNESLEY OR WARRINGTON
What you will be doing:
An opportunity has arisen for an Operations Manager to join the team at Galliford Try within our Environment Midlands Business.
Our Midlands business unit covers Framework Agreements for Severn Trent Water and Welsh Water so ideally, you will be based in or around the Annesley or Warrington area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.
As Operations Manager you will be accountable for the successful delivery of a large programme of work as part of our Framework Agreement with Severn Trent Water and Welsh Water.
You will lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering projects ranging from small and simple complexity to large and technically challenging engineering projects, within both the Networks and Treatment Waste and Water arenas.
The Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing all activities and employees to ensure that projects within your portfolio are delivered safely on time, in budget and meet all their requirements. This will include responsibility for the financial control and reporting of the portfolio ensuring the programmes is delivered in accordance to the company standards and procedures and meets commercial expectations of the business unit. You will be accountable for reporting on the safety, commercial, programme and quality elements of your portfolio.
One of the primary responsibilities will be to align to the Client’s direction and needs, interpret contract commitments and to manage Client / Contractor expectations within the context of Galliford Try’s and their commitment to continuing their longstanding relationship with Severn Trent Water and Welsh Water. By identifying, adopting, and promoting innovative approaches which will allow and establish efficiencies within the programme through proactively pursuing opportunities that exist in procurement, design, and construction. Working with the Client to ensure that the key deliverables within each stage of the projects are being administered to the highest quality the Operations Manager will ensure that the proper interpretation of the design briefs are established, and the delivered solutions meet and exceed the expectations of the Client. Working with the Client to enable the most efficient and cost-effective approach in delivering outstanding projects while maintaining the highest standards of health, safety, quality assisted by the Commercial Manager will demonstrate and develop financial controls that detail profit and loss and detailed cost to complete reports for each project within the programme. The above aligns fully with the regions primary control to effectively manage time, cost, and quality objectives.
About You:
* Proven leader with the ability to motivate and inspire teams to achieve successful outcomes.
* Facilitate and lead meetings and set objectives.
* Report at portfolio level on time cost quality.
* Track record of effective staff development and employee relations.
* Programme Management experience.
* Capable of strategic planning and managing change.
* Excellent track record of HS&E performance.
* Full project / programme life cycle experience.
* Experience of NEC suite of Contracts.
* Track record of accountability for the performance of a business.
* Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
* Resolves and / or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
* Ability to make autonomous decisions and be able to support your outcomes.
* Preferably degree level qualified but not essential.
* Extensive knowledge of Water / Waste Treatment and Infrastructure construction sectors preferred (however may have transferable skills from petrochemical, oil, gas, etc).
* Strong project / programme management background.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* IT literate in Microsoft Office applications.
You will also be able to demonstrate the following key attributes:
* Desire to understand and promote the Company purpose, vision, values and culture.
* Organised, structured and professional, with a passion for excellence, striving to deliver the best.
* Flexibility, resilience and the ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders.
* Commitment to the provision of excellent customer service, passionate, committed and enthusiastic in all that you do.
* A self-starter with a can-do attitude and a desire to pick up new challenges.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
* A wide range of corporate discounts.
* Cycle to Work schemes.
* Comprehensive pension plan.
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees.
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Emily Bunniss on emily.bunniss@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
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