Area Manager - South

Hydro International; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services company seeks an Area Manager (South) to lead growth and operational excellence within wastewater services. This role involves managing area branches, driving sales performance and overseeing business development while ensuring compliance with legal and health & safety standards. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in the wastewater industry, strong project management skills, and excellent communication abilities. Competitive salary and benefits are included along with opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Competitive Salaries

Annual Discretionary Bonus

Life Cover

Pension

Holiday Allowance

Training & Development

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of the wastewater industry and technological developments.
• Minimum of 5 years senior level industry experience.
• Experience managing NEC 3 Contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage area branches and implement strategy for sales.
• Oversee Operations and ensure relationships between Sales and Operations.
• Drive business development and support organizational objectives.

Skills

Knowledge of wastewater industry

Senior sales experience

Project management skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Engineering degree/HND or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office/Project

Job description

Job Title

Area Manager (South)

Location

South of the UK, regular travel with overnight stays.

Responsibilities

Leading growth, sales, customer service, operations, team leadership and site management within the wastewater services business.

Key Duties

• Manage area branches and collaborate with Senior Management to devise and implement strategy for sales and profit maximisation.
• Oversee Operations and Business Development, ensuring full 360 relationships between Sales and Operations.
• Drive operational business development and lead internal structure supporting growth, recruitment and business planning.
• Act as Senior Key Account Manager, providing escalation for major contracts.
• Direct Operational Leads and teams to deliver safely, on time, cost and quality, reporting on branch activities for efficiency.
• Lead strategic objectives, develop profit centres for financial success.
• Own all P&L elements for area branches, including financial reporting, cost monitoring and financial controls.
• Oversee Project Management, quoting, planning and delivering projects time, cost and quality.
• Manage people, develop performance management and career progression for employees.
• Analyse business data, writing reports, and achieve KPI requirements of contracts or frameworks.
• Ensure legal and Health & Safety compliance across the business, implementing ISO9001 and ISO14001 policies and procedures.
• Develop relationships with stakeholder groups and promote business wide objectives.
• Manage sites, assets and safe systems of work.
• Promote business development and support organisational objectives.

Requirements

• Current valid driving licence.
• Dynamic role requiring regular working outside of core hours.
• Regular travelling requiring overnight stays at short notice.
• Participate in emergency cover rotation, on call for a week at a time, including over weekends or bank holidays every few months.

Competency & Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of the wastewater industry and the ability to guide the business in technological developments.
• Senior level sales experience in wastewater industry as Key Account Manager or similar, customer experience front and centre.
• Minimum of 5 years senior level industry experience.
• Engineering degree/HND or equivalent, or qualified by experience.
• Previous experience in water/engineering equipment and water industry/environmental experience desired.
• Commercially astute with excellent business acumen.
• Organised workload prioritisation and systematic approach to deadlines.
• SMSTS – Site safety management desirable.
• IOSH safety qualification minimum, knowledge of H&S in construction industry.
• Experience managing NEC 3 Contracts.
• Project management training and experience, planning and coordination, using PM tools such as Microsoft Office/Project, Gantt charts.
• Proven people manager with experience delivering time critical projects.
• Confined spaces to City and Guilds – preferred.
• Excellent MS Office and presentation, written and oral communication skills and customer service skills.

Benefits

• Competitive Salaries
• Annual Discretionary Bonus
• 2 × Annual salary Life Cover
• Pension
• Minimum of 23 days holiday per annum + Bank Holidays
• Flu Vaccines
• DSE Eye Tests
• Mental Health First Aider & Support programmes
• Training & Development

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.