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Operations Director - Aviation
We are pleased to present a rarely advertised opportunity to join Dyer and Butler (part of MGroup Services) in a critical role to further our aviation success.
The Operations Director - Aviation will lead a project and maintenance portfolio with responsibility for projects being delivered to time, quality and budget situated across Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
Our airport capability is extensive including planned & reactive maintenance, groundworks, runway resurfacing, asset renewals (such as tunnel and taxi-way upgrades) and further design & build civils projects.
We have a long-standing, collaborative relationship with both airports, with integrated project teams and depots situated at Heathrow and Gatwick.
Reporting into the Managing Director, the Operations Director - Aviation will have responsibility for all operations at both airports and will have 5 direct reports.
Responsibilities
* Ensure projects and contracts are adequately resourced and are successfully delivered to scope, target cost and quality.
* Provide direction, motivation and leadership to both internal staff and external sub-contractors engaged in providing support activities to the project.
* Be accountable for, and deliver, high levels of performance in key areas of health and safety, environment, sustainability and quality and champion continuous improvement and best value.
* Create and implement strategy to increase aviation's capability to successfully take on larger civil engineering projects.
* Advise the Aviation Director on key project activities and initiatives within the business and present action plans and project delivery status updates to key customers and stakeholders.
* Commercial performance - summarise information and communicate performance to internal stakeholders.
* Lead, review and challenge project budgets and forecast to ensure a consistent, challenging but deliverable approach is adopted.
* Oversee delivery of projects and contracts demonstrating a thorough understanding of associated processes.
* Implement appropriate monitoring and control mechanisms, policies and procedures to ensure compliance and adherence to statutory requirements, managing the projects risks and opportunities in line with company procedures.
* Actively seek out, drive and promote service excellence, best practice and continuous improvement initiatives.
* Manage project and contract costs ensuring maximum utilisation of resources.
* Coach and motivate the project teams; lead by example.
* Develop collaborative relationships with the supply chain.
* Implement the business plan, managing and reviewing performance of contracts against financial and operational targets.
* Support work winning activity as required including bid strategy, resourcing, overseeing solution development and planning and negotiations.
The Person
* Degree in Civil Engineering, Operations Management, or related field.
* A background in operations management, with established senior leadership experience.
* Experience of leading a portfolio of civil engineering projects in the infrastructure sector.
* Understanding of self-delivery and sub-contractor delivery.
* Strong strategic planning and organizational skills.
* Excellent leadership and team management abilities.
* Proven capability of running projects and frameworks to time and cost.
Why join us?
* Competitive salary
* Bonus scheme
* Reward and benefits scheme
* Health Care Cash Plan
* Matched pension contribution
* 25 days annual leave plus additional bank holidays and your birthday off
* Clear career path & development support
* Cycle to work scheme
* Opportunity to purchase additional holiday
* Company car or allowance
How we foster inclusion:
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. This ensures that our people, regardless of their backgrounds, can feel at ease being their authentic selves and flourish at Dyer & Butler. At Dyer & Butler, our EDI network, ENABLE, encourages awareness and support for our people.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to supporting disabled people within our business.
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