Operations Manager

NRL Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy and engineering organization is looking for an experienced Operations Manager to support a major energy project in London. This hybrid role involves leading a growing team, overseeing recruitment, and ensuring operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving and leadership skills, with a solid background in managing teams and stakeholder engagement. This is an opportunity to contribute to significant infrastructure initiatives in the UK's energy sector.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to operate in complex environments.
• Proven experience in recruitment, resourcing, and developing teams, including technical roles.
• Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder engagement capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment and resourcing activities, including interviews and candidate selection.
• Oversee mobilisation, onboarding, vetting, and offboarding processes.
• Manage team capability development, training coordination, and career progression.
• Support promotions and enable effective line management of seconded staff.
• Coordinate team briefings, engagement initiatives, and social activities.
• Ensure consistent implementation of operational processes and procedures.
• Act as the primary liaison with central operational teams and corporate functions.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, quality, governance, and assurance requirements.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Recruitment and resourcing experience

Leadership capability

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic mindset

Financial understanding

Excellent communication

Job description

Operations Manager – Major Infrastructure / Energy Project

Location: London (Hybrid - weekly office attendance required)

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting an experienced Operations Manager to support a major nuclear infrastructure portfolio within the Energy division of a leading consultancy and engineering organisation. This is a high-impact role supporting one of the UK's most complex and strategically significant infrastructure programmes, playing a key part in the delivery of a new nuclear power station and contributing directly to the UK's Net Zero ambitions. The role combines people leadership, operational excellence, and stakeholder management, offering the opportunity to shape and scale a growing team while ensuring robust, compliant, and efficient operational delivery across the portfolio.

The Role

As Operations Manager, you will be responsible for leading and developing a growing multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective recruitment, mobilisation, engagement, and ongoing capability development. You will act as a critical interface between the project portfolio and central operational and corporate functions, ensuring consistency of process, governance, and delivery. You will be hands‑on in supporting line managers, enabling seconded team members, and fostering a positive, engaged, and high‑performing team culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment and resourcing activities, including interviews and candidate selection
• Oversee mobilisation, onboarding, vetting, and offboarding processes
• Manage team capability development, training coordination, and career progression
• Support promotions and enable effective line management of seconded staff
• Coordinate team briefings, engagement initiatives, and social activities
• Ensure consistent implementation of operational processes and procedures
• Act as the primary liaison with central operational teams and corporate functions
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, quality, governance, and assurance requirements

What We're Looking For

• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to operate in complex environments
• Proven experience in recruitment, resourcing, and developing teams, including technical roles
• Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder engagement capability
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate objectives into delivery
• Solid understanding of financial and commercial aspects of operations management
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage at all levels

Working Arrangements

This role offers hybrid working, with weekly attendance at the London office required.

The NRL Group connect global companies with the right people to bring engineering projects to life. Supporting contracting companies with energy transition plans and working with our clients to create a cleaner, greener future.

We welcome applications from every walk of life and are committed to diversity within the industries we support, as a certified Inclusive Recruiter and Armed Forces friendly employer.