Operations Manager - Building

Lord Search & Selection; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing company seeks an Operations Manager with a proven background in the building industry. This role involves overseeing strategic and daily operations to drive productivity and efficiency, managing a team of over 20 staff, and ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a commercial mindset, thriving in a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years professional operations management experience in the building industry.
• Experience in a high growth environment.
• Ability to coach, lead and develop people.

Responsibilities

• Manage day to day operational activities of fitting and development teams.
• Overall responsibility for resource planning of over 20 staff.
• Develop operational KPIs to track performance.

Skills

Operations Management

Commercial Awareness

Strong Communication

Strong Organisational Skills

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Project Management Software

Job description

This is an exceptional role for an Operations Manager with a proven track record in the building industry to join a successful, expanding and progressive company. The Operations Manager will work alongside the Managing Director to oversee all strategic and day to day functions of the business, with the ultimate aim of increasing productivity, performance and productivity.

The successful Operations Manager will be integral to driving the business forward and will join the company in a period of sustained growth with much more to follow!

Salary

• Base salary up to GBP50k dependant on experience.
• Performance based incentives.

Role

• To manage the day to day operational activities of fitting and development teams.
• Overall responsibility for the resource planning of over 20 staff.
• Ensure that the staffing resource is deployed efficiently and all staff are engaged in revenue generating activities.
• Development of a suite of operational KPIs to ensure that the Operations team are on track to deliver operationally and financially against their targets.
• To ensure the jobs/contracts are delivered to specification on time and within the agreed budget.
• To capture all variations to contracts and ensure that they are agreed with customers and billed accordingly.
• Ensure that all Health and Safety legislation and best practice is adhered to.
• Ensure completion of RAMS Risk assessment and Management System before jobs are commenced.
• To liaise closely with other members of the senior Management team (Finance, Administration and Sales and Marketing) to ensure that all corporate objectives are on track.
• To ensure that all company assets, such as vans and equipment, are properly maintained and cared for.
• To report on a weekly basis to the Managing Director to highlight significant matters for attention/progress on jobs.
• To create a strong customer service ethic within the Operations team.
• To highlight, identify and implement efficiencies within working practices.

Person specification

• Professional operations management experience, with at least 10 years building experience.
• Good IT skills MS Excel, Word and Project Management.
• Experience using systems.
• Commercially aware.
• Prior experience of a high growth environment.
• Ability to coach, lead and develop people and build strong working relationships with all staff across the organisation.
• Strong written and presentational skills.
• Strong communicator.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Live within 20 miles of South Liverpool.

Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies.

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.