Head of Delivery (Framework Manager) – Environment
Rickmansworth
Affinity Water and Essex & Suffolk Frameworks
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s most formidable construction businesses with a vision to be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
Role Overview:
Due to the restructure of the Southern business an opportunity has arisen for a Head of Delivery (HOD) to lead Operations within the Affinity Water and Essex & Suffolk Frameworks. As HOD and designated Framework Manager you will be accountable for the successful delivery of a large programme of work via our Framework Agreements with Affinity Water and the Essex & Suffolk framework (under Northumbrian Water). You will lead a team in delivering large and technically challenging engineering projects, that involves Civil Engineering and MEICA works, reporting to the Operations Director for the region.
The Head of Delivery will promote a culture of collaboration between our Clients, Designers, other Framework Delivery Partners, and our Supply Chain to deliver innovative, effective and efficient projects, that meet time, cost and quality objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead by example to promote the highest standards of HS&E at all times.
* Work closely with the HS&E team to instil positive cultures and behaviours within your portfolio.
* Support, guide and manage the pre-construction team to compile robust but challenging bid pricing with risk & opportunities clearly defined and apportioned.
* Identify and provide mitigation against risk across a portfolio of projects through the project lifecycle.
* Support the commercial team through the pre-construction phase to ensure contract terms are favourable to GT and provide robust protection to the company.
* Work with the pre-construction team to ensure the BMS is followed and correct governance/sign-off is achieved.
* Develop a delivery strategy for the programme of works within your portfolio, promoting environmental group strategies in our delivery.
* Develop and enact a resource plan to support the delivery strategy.
* Work with the supply chain to build relationships to support the delivery strategy.
* Champion and encourage others to think strategically when developing new approaches or addressing novel problems.
* Provide leadership and promote high professional standards and best practice across all functions.
* Work with, influence and support other functional leaders to develop best practice and continuous improvement in delivery of our projects and programmes.
* Be the key contact with the Clients Senior team; build an effective relationship that aligns with the Source to Sea Strategy and Operating Model.
* Ensure alignment with the Client’s vision throughout delivery of the contract.
* Manage customer and stakeholder expectations; develop and implement a stakeholder management plan.
* Build trust and openness with clients, customers and stakeholders, acting upon feedback where required.
* Responsible for contributing to the delivery of the Regional financial targets as agreed with the Regional Operations Director.
* Have accountability for the commercial performance of the portfolio of projects under your operational control.
* Ensure sustainable reduction in delivery costs, promote innovation to deliver the required efficiencies across our operations.
* Have a good understanding of commercial contract conditions, particularly NEC4, and have strong commercial awareness.
* Have a good understanding of commercial tools such as CVR, CTC (cost to completes) and be able to lead, support, review and report on P&L position of their programmes of work.
* Have a strong commercial understanding of sub-contract procurement, be able to review, enhance, support, review and develop sub-contracts.
* Must have strong negotiation skills and be able to manage conflict.
* Provide a vision and define clear team roles, responsibilities and objectives.
* Manage people, resources and relationships effectively to ensure efficient delivery of programmes and projects.
* Develop and build teams to align with regional organisational structure.
* Ensure performance standards are always achieved through KPI analysis and implementation of improvement plans.
Experience and Qualifications:
* 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 the complexities associated with engineering construction.
* Track record of accountability for the performance of a business unit.
* Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
* Strong presentation skills.
* 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/Wastewater Treatment and Infrastructure construction sectors preferred.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* IT literate in Microsoft Office applications.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.7 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 invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
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 and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
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 you to 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. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Galliford Try is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
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