Operations Manager (Infrastructure) Leeds

Vital Energi Utilities Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Operations Manager to lead their infrastructure team in Leeds. This key leadership role involves overseeing Contracts Managers, ensuring high project standards, and fostering client relationships. You'll play a pivotal role in driving innovation and improving project delivery methods. The company values a collaborative environment and offers a competitive salary along with various perks, including a contributory pension scheme and flexible working hours. If you're passionate about engineering and ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Contributory Company Pension Scheme

Non-contributory death-in-service insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

33 Days Holiday including BH

Flexible working hours

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Several years’ experience as a Contracts Manager controlling large projects.
• Experience as the Principal Contractor & Principal Designer.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Contracts Managers to ensure project delivery standards.
• Engage with clients to build relationships and secure further works.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards across all sites.

Skills

Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Contract Negotiation

Education

HND/Degree in Engineering

Job description

Due to our ongoing growth, we are looking for an Operations Manager (infrastructure) to support our existing infrastructure team in Leeds

Location Leeds

About the role

This is a key leadership role where you'll oversee a team of Contracts Managers, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standards. High involvement in the development of client relationships, liaison with sub-contractors and suppliers of materials or services to Vital Energi. You'll play a central part in shaping project outcomes, building strong client relationships, and driving innovation in installation methods and technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Attend pre-contract meetings in conjunction with senior commercial staff
• Understand the contract and client requirements for performance and delivery of the projects
• Ensure Contract Managers are on top of approving and maintaining construction programmes and the key milestones associated with these.
• Ensure all Contracts Managers are managing Vital Energi’s QA procedures and that they are being followed, projects are defect free and successfully completed
• Ensure all those beneath them are producing health and safety plans and managing all H&S aspects across all sites to an high standard.
• Input into selected and securing labour and sub-contractors for the all projects across the UK
• Attend key site meetings with key clients and look to ensure the team below are managing all clients expectations.
• Review systems and methods when required to improve contract performance internally and ensure those beneath them are implementing these methods
• Undertake reviews with all members of staff within this unit.
• Work closely with the key client to further develop relationships and promote the company as well as looking to secure further works.
• Engage with potential clients to build relationships and work as a key member of a bid team.
• Promote and comply with the Company’s policies on equality and health and safety both in the delivery of service and the treatment of others.
• Input into both secured and unsecured trading forecast for current year and future years
• Partake in unit commercial monthly reviews to costs across all projects can be managed and acted upon when needed by implementing measures to those under their control.

What you will need

• Several years’ experience as a Contracts Manager controlling a large value project or a number of lesser projects at one time.
• Experience of undertaking projects as the Principal Contractor & Principal Designer
• A proven track record of a similar role within a related engineering environment
• HND/degree qualification in an Engineering subject is essential.

Competetive Salary (depending upon experience)

Contributory Company Pension Scheme

Non-contributory death-in-service insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

33 Days Holiday including BH

Flexible working hours patterns

Discounted gym memberships across the UK

If you're interested in this position, please email your CV to our HR department using the button below.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Thanks you for your interest in Vital Energi.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in the UK and are currently resident in the UK are invited to apply.