Construction Logistics Manager
2 year contract in Leeds
Due to the nature and size of the project, previous experience working as a Logistics Manager is essential.
Planning/programming
1. Plan site set-up to move labour, plant, and materials around site efficiently (e.g., hoarding, gates, site accommodation, cranes, hoists, security, temporary services, material delivery and waste management strategy, catering).
2. Plan internal and external logistics routes through the project phases focusing on the separation of vehicles, machinery, and people, including lay down areas and offloading points.
3. Pre-plan the usage of key assets such as hoists to ensure planned assets meet the needs of the program.
Mobilisation
1. Create a secure site.
2. Responsible for all traffic management internally and externally, weighbridges, and road network cleanliness.
3. Manage installation of site accommodation and manage these facilities.
4. Create operational procedures and method statements.
5. Organise site inductions, ensuring induction records are securely stored.
6. Create a schedule of logistics meetings and ensure logistics is represented at site meetings.
Supply chain management
1. Describe the characteristics of the site, including site access/egress, storage capacity, and arrangement by programme, labour, hoists, cranes, etc.
2. Understand procurement arrangements.
3. Control materials in and out of the site.
4. Plan and integrate with key contractors to meet the needs of the planned programme and de-confliction of on-site space and time where appropriate.
5. Assist in the evaluation of potential logistic suppliers and appropriate delivery management booking systems.
6. Be capable of managing sub-contractors to deliver their package of goods or services.
Commercial/contract basic understanding
1. Utilise business management system procedures.
2. Record keeping and key performance indicator (KPI) production.
Safety
1. Ensure the organisation's safety policies are followed.
2. Create a site-specific safety manual, ensuring first aid cover and equipment are present.
3. Responsible for ensuring that material movement to and from the workface does not cause damage to the works, the workforce, or the public.
4. Complete safety inspections to company and client standards.
5. Ensure the team has safety training to the company and client's standard programme.
6. Create appropriate logistics awareness training and deliver to the site workforce via presentation/TBTs as required.
7. Manage and maintain visitor PPE stocks to an agreed number.
8. Produce method statements, risk assessments, and ensure lifting plans are produced.
9. Safeguard vulnerable road users from traffic and transport created by the site.
Fire
1. Create, maintain and update the Site Emergency Plan (including the Site Fire Plan) reporting to the appointed site fire officer.
2. Maintain fire points and all common life-saving equipment.
Site communications
1. Create a system to communicate information around the site (e.g., noticeboards, email distribution lists, monitor displays, web pages).
2. Update site safety performance and key project indicators to pre-agreed frequency.
3. Ensure local hospital data is regularly updated, communicated, and routes are checked.
4. Manage the 'near miss' returns and project suggestion box, collating and issuing to the management team.
Signage
1. Define and organise all site signage to the agreed corporate standard.
2. Ensure that signage and signage symbols used are internationally recognised.
3. Ensure additional symbols are used in signage to ensure messages are understood.
Delivery management
1. Select a delivery management technique, process, and system.
2. Provide logistics instruction to all project suppliers.
3. Manage all movements to and from site and keep associated records.
4. Enforce the full use of the organisation's delivery management system.
5. Plan to maximise load capacity on all vehicles arriving at site where possible, ensuring suppliers use appropriate vehicles for delivery.
6. Ensure that drivers and vehicles meet the required standards before being accepted to site.
Vehicles, plant, equipment, and vertical transport
1. Specifying and managing plant and equipment.
2. Maintain an asset register of all equipment.
3. Ensure vehicles and plant are operated safely by trained personnel and in a legally compliant manner.
4. Ensure all equipment is inspected, maintained, and tested to agreed frequencies.
5. Have a knowledge of hoists and cranes, and create and agree on a booking system to manage their capacity.
Security
1. Manage guarding resource including rotas and contingency.
2. Ensure compliance with the Private Security Industry Act (2001).
3. Ensure adequate training has been provided and certification is valid.
4. Actively police compliance with site rules.
Workforce
1. Be capable of managing a team of operatives, including taking any necessary disciplinary action.
2. Ensure supervisors provide and record 'Tool Box Talks' to workforce.
3. Understand the roles of standard logistics operatives: labourer, waste operative, carpenter, hoist driver, handyman, traffic marshal, SIA guard.
4. Ensure operatives are assured of their roles and responsibilities.
5. Ensure competencies of own team are demonstrable.
6. Recruitment of operatives.
Environmental
1. Complete environmental risk assessment.
2. Create, maintain, and regularly update the Site Waste Management Plan to ensure the safe and efficient removal of waste from the project.
3. Update environmental reporting on site communications boards and other media.
4. Ensure duty of care certificates from all contractors are kept as required by project director.
Qualifications
1. CSCS
2. SMSTS / SSSTS
3. First Aid
4. Lifting Supervisor Certification
5. A suitable qualification in traffic management (e.g., Chapter 8 awareness)
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