Are you an experienced Operations Director within Industrial and Manufacturing environments? Do you consider yourself to be highly motivated and a positive leader? Are you based in or around Corby?
We have a permanent Operations Director opportunity available within TATA Steel’s Corby works. This role is ideal for someone with Heavy industry and Manufacturing experience and has familiarity within a large and complex industrial environment as a member of senior leadership.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the overall running and leadership of the large scale Tubes Manufacturing site. Therefore, a high level of resilience, motivation and strong engineering management background is imperative.
Role: Operations Director
Location: TATA Steel, Weldon Rd, Corby NN17 5UA
Salary: £90,000-£100,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)
The role is PAYE and INSIDE IR35
Shift timings: Flexible in collaboration with core working office hours. A typical day, 08:00-17:30
Essential requirements:
* Educated to degree level in an Engineering or Technical discipline
* NEBOSH or equivalent H&S qualification
* 5+ years experience within a Heavy Industry/Manufacturing environment in a leadership position
* Proven experience managing a team of circa 400 employees
* Substantial experience within a complex, multi layered environment, managing and implementing change
* Senior Leadership level experience within a unionised environment
* Budget responsibility of site(s) with a turnover exceeding £200M
* Extensive knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
* Ability to tackle complex challenges in a positive manner
* Strong verbal and written communication skill
* High level of motivation and resilience
* Ability to influence and negotiate effectively
* Right to work in the UK with no restrictions or limitations
Responsibilities (condensed):
* Full financial responsibility of the site (turnover circa £200M)
* Overseeing approx 400 employees on the large 24/5 manufacturing site
* Direct reports from Engineering, Manufacturing and Technical teams as well as establishing connections with Supply Chain and Commercial teams
* Providing direction across all areas and ensuring company objectives are met
* Developing and embedding a Lean Manufacturing/continuous improvement environment
* Dealing with objections and maintaining harmony of a large workforce
* Developing relationships with Unions to improve employee engagement
* Overall responsibility for effective customer delivery
* Accountability for the setting, management and spend of budgets
* Leading financial performance initiatives
* Ensuring CAPEX and revenue schemes are accurate, detailed, justified and prioritised accordingly
* Managing a challenging maintenance schedule effectively
* Overall responsibility for all Health, Safety and Environmental matters
* Managing major hazards and major accident prevention
* Ensuring the clear communication of the organisations vision and values
* Making appropriate and effective training and development programmes available for employees personal growth
* Developing a long term business plan for the works
Benefits:
* Advice and editing on your current CV
* Dedicated team throughout your journey within the role
* Paid holiday of 35 days per annum
* One of the UK’s leading pension schemes (10% employer against 6% employee contribution)
* Annual pay review
* Bonus scheme based on performance
* Private Healthcare scheme
* Exclusive online services including restaurant and retail discounts
* Chance to receive £300* for referring a friend
Does this role sound interesting? Apply today and a member of the team will be in contact if you meet our requirements.
All applicants are subject to vetting checks including, but not limited to: Right to work check, Occupational Health check and references check.