Senior Logistics Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Oxford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Senior Logistics Manager to lead complex project logistics, focusing on strategy, material movements, and transport planning. The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement and integration with central logistics teams to share best practices across the business.

Ideal candidates will drive utilisation of delivery management systems, implement CCC-related processes, and ensure safety and sustainability standards are upheld on site.

Qualifications

• Create major project logistics strategy documents including Site/ Factory setup mobilisation plans.
• Forecast materials, develop flows and reporting; lead entry/exit planning for materials with Delivery Management System.
• Develop transport profiles for road, rail, shipping, and forecast vehicle movements and quantities.
• Develop people forecasting, monitoring and reporting of data.
• Support demand profiling for site utilities and project mobilisation activities.
• Have knowledge of Construction Consolidation Centres (CCC) and safety considerations for loads.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of major project logistics strategy documents and mobilisation plans.
• Manage materials forecasting, flow development and reporting for project logistics.
• Forecast and coordinate transport movements across road, rail and shipping.
• Develop workforce forecasting and data reporting to support project needs.
• Support during site mobilisation coordinating design, installation and handover to operations.

Skills

Major project logistics strategy

Materials forecasting

Transport planning

Data analysis

Sustainability awareness

IT skills

Delivery management systems

CILT member

Interpersonal skills

Tools

MS Applications

Job description

Job Title: Senior Logistics Manager
Location: Didcot in Oxford

Due to continued growth, Select Logistics are looking for a Senior Logistics Manager to join our team.

The ideal candidate willhave proven experience working on major projects and excel at building solid stakeholder engagement. This role will build on experience gained through our Logistics community ensuring best practices are put in place and communicated to the central logistics team for sharing across the business.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience of creating major project logistics strategy documents including Site/ Factory set up mobilisation plans.
• Materials forecasting, flow development and reporting - Lead the plan for entry and exit of all material movements inclusive of Delivery Management System
• Transport, including road, rail, and shipping - development of the freight profile (including bulks and AILs) – Forecasting vehicle movements and quantities.
• Develop people forecasting, monitoring, and reporting of the data.
• Support demand profiling for site temp utilities
• Support in project mobilisation - coordination of design, installation, and handover to operational teams
• Have good knowledge and experience of Construction Consolidation Centres (CCC)
• Ideally with nuclear, power, infrastructure experience
• Understanding of critical transport set up on construction projects.
• Have a developing knowledge of strategic planning and project / programme management systems.
• Proven data analysis experience and experience in Construction activities and plant movements.
• Have a working knowledge of safety of loads of vehicles and H&S standards for pedestrian access routes.
• Be an advocate for Sustainability best practise and innovation in your function, ensure ongoing developments & improvements are made to maximise the benefits to the business & celebrate successes.
• Competent IT skills – MS Applications and use of delivery management systems, access control and telematics
• Member of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT)
• Having good interpersonal skills, organised and proactive and being programme production driven.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are aninternational engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty,reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

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