Managing Director

M Group Water; Warrington; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

M Group Water is seeking a visionary Managing Director to lead their Major Projects and Strategic Clients business unit. This high-impact role requires overseeing complex MEICA projects across regulated sectors, ensuring operational excellence and strategic growth while leading a large team. You’ll spearhead initiatives that drive innovation, profitability, and maintain strong client relationships. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in project delivery, operational management, and will embody the company’s core values promoting a collaborative and responsible working environment.

Benefits

Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Access to 1000’s of retail discounts through My Rewards portal

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading large-scale delivery operations for complex projects.
• Proven track record of MEICA project delivery within highly regulated sectors.
• Expertise in project governance, control, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of over 1,100 operatives.
• Oversee delivery operations across major projects and strategic client portfolios.
• Develop and implement strategic plans to drive revenue growth and profitability.

Skills

Leadership

Operational Excellence

Risk Management

Innovation

Collaboration

Education

Membership of relevant professional and technical bodies

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering engineering and essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

MEICA and capital maintenance - Our Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation (MEICA) experts offer a one-stop solution, including ongoing operation and maintenance services.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Managing Director to lead our Major Projects and Strategic Clients business unit. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for overseeing the delivery of complex MEICA projects across highly regulated industrial sectors. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of over 1,100 operatives, ensuring operational excellence, strategic growth, and sustained profitability.

Requirements:

• Build and lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary delivery team with a culture of collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement.
  
• Lead the operational business unit while ensuring bottom-line profitability and delivering c£150M turnover annually at 8.5% EBITDA.
  
• Oversee delivery operations across major projects and strategic client portfolios.
  
• Develop and implement strategic plans to drive revenue growth, profitability, and operational capability.
  
• Champion innovation through MMC and offsite prefabrication, leveraging group manufacturing facilities.
  
• Establish and maintain a network of critical suppliers and strategic subcontractors to build resilience and enable growth.
  
• Ensure consistent project mobilisation, governance, and risk management across the portfolio.
  
• Lead the development of performance monitoring systems and dashboards for multistakeholder use.
  
• Maintain a strong repeat client base and actively pursue new business opportunities.
  
• Promote our core values: Responsible, Open, Ambitious, Together.
  

Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

• Significant experience in leading large-scale delivery operations for complex projects.
  
• Proven track record of MEICA project delivery within highly regulated industrial sectors.
  
• Recognised industry leader with successful delivery of technically complex, large-scale projects.
  
• Membership of relevant professional and technical bodies.
• Substantial knowledge of multistakeholder requirements in regulated sectors.
  
• Extensive experience working on registered and nominated sites
  
• Expertise in project governance, control, and risk management.
  
• Strong understanding of industrial relations and workforce planning.
• Collaborate across business units and functional teams.
  
• Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.
  
• Foster a growth mindset and position the business as the delivery partner of choice for complex projects.
  

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• Private healthcare
• Pension scheme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
  
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’reresponsibleand go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’reopenand seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’retogetherand as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’reambitiousand embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3^rdparty background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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