Area Operations Manager

Kier Group; Grantham, Canwick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is recruiting an Area Operations Manager to oversee the IMRDS reactive team across Grantham/Canwick, Lincolnshire. You will drive performance, ensure safe delivery and manage resources to meet KPI targets, budget and schedule.

Working within the Anglian Water alliance, you will lead cross-functional teams, foster a culture of safety, and partner with senior leaders to optimise operations and continuous improvement across projects.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership and management experience has been gained within an operational environment in utilities or a similar sector.
• A proven track record of driving performance, maintaining safety compliance, and delivering projects on time and within budget is demonstrated.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety protocols, environmental standards, and CDM regulations is held.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills enable effective collaboration across teams and with external partners.
• A full driving licence is held.

Responsibilities

• Embedding a positive health & safety culture, ensuring all work complies with relevant legislation and achieving zero harm targets
• Leading behavioural change across operational delivery to ensure efficiency and outstanding customer service
• Managing and optimising resources effectively to meet changing work volumes and KPIs
• Driving continuous improvement and championing innovative projects in conjunction with the strategy and transformation team
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with partners, stakeholders and the wider business

Job description

We're looking for an Area Operations Manager to join our Anglian Water reactive team based in Lincolnshire.

Location: Grantham or Canwick, LincolnshireHours: 45 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

In this role you will be working on the Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services (IMRDS) alliance on the Anglian Water Alliance. The team maintain the water supply systems, repairs emergencies like water bursts and develops new ways to better service customers.

This is an exciting opportunity to oversee operational management and delivery within our alliance, working closely with the senior leadership team to implement work safely, on time and to budget. You'll drive performance management throughout the team and continually seek industry leading solutions to ensure continuous improvements. Working alongside our design, planning and shared operational services teams, you'll create and maintain clear plans to ensure successful delivery of our reactive work, making sure resources are in place, fully trained and hitting performance targets in a safe manner.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Area Operations Manager, you'll be working within the IMRDS Reactive team, supporting them in delivering operational excellence and meeting performance targets.

• Embedding a positive health & safety culture, ensuring all work complies with relevant legislation and achieving zero harm targets
• Leading behavioural change across operational delivery to ensure efficiency and outstanding customer service
• Managing and optimising resources effectively to meet changing work volumes and KPIs
• Driving continuous improvement and championing innovative projects in conjunction with the strategy and transformation team
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with partners, stakeholders and the wider business

What are we looking for?

This role of Area Operations Manager is great for you if:

• Significant leadership and management experience has been gained within an operational environment in utilities or a similar sector.
• A proven track record of driving performance, maintaining safety compliance, and delivering projects on time and within budget is demonstrated.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety protocols, environmental standards, and CDM regulations is held.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills enable effective collaboration across teams and with external partners.
• A full driving licence is held.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.