Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading safety and operations firm in the Reading area seeks a Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager to ensure a 24/7 safety shift. The role involves strategic direction, regulatory compliance, and team management to deliver operational excellence. Candidates should have strong financial awareness and communication skills, with experience in regulated environments preferred. This position offers a competitive salary of up to £70k, alongside generous benefits including flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

270 hours of annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life Assurance

Various discounts and savings

Qualifications

• Candidates should demonstrate financial and strategic awareness.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Experience in high hazard/highly regulated environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for operational and tactical management of the group.
• Promote and develop business relationships with stakeholders.
• Ensure provision of suitably qualified personnel for program requirements.

Skills

Financial and strategic awareness

Excellent communication skills

Decisive managerial and leadership skills

Experience managing in high hazard/highly regulated environments

Job description

Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager

Salary - Up to £70k (Dependant on suitability and experience)

Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area

Closing date - 28th March 2024

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution).
• Life Assurance.
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

As Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager you will be accountable to Group Leader Site Services for the provision of a 24/7 Safety Shift. You will maintain regulatory, legislative compliance to support safe, secure, and clean operations across all sites.

Key Accountabilities

• Define, implement, and lead the strategic direction of the Safety Shift group.
• Delivery of all contractual milestones to agreed targets.
• Effective financial and resource planning and budgeting.
• Implementation of performance management arrangements.
• Develop and support transformation initiatives.
• Protection of the company's brand and reputation.
• Ownership of all relevant corporate standards and processes.
• Engaging and inspiring colleagues, promoting a diverse and inclusive environment that encourages them to seek opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards of ethical working, environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
• Implementation of efficiency and value adding initiatives.
• Responsible for undertaking other duties as reasonably required by line and task management.
• Prepare and own companywide Shift Management processes, standards, procedures, work instructions and undertake management review to ensure standards etc. are being adhered to.
• Promoting and maintaining effective relationships with external stakeholders and regulators.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for operational and tactical management of the group.
• Promoting and developing business relationships with all internal and external stakeholders (regulators and customers).
• Responsible for the provision of suitably qualified and experienced personnel capable of delivering the requirements of the programme.
• Responsible for maintaining minimum manning numbers and competence in compliance with LC11.
• Responsible for the provision of safe, clean, and secure services and operations.
• Intelligent customer responsibilities.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Financial and strategic awareness.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to motivate, enthuse and empathise when necessary and challenge and constructively manage conflict.
• Decisive managerial and leadership skills.
• Ability to identify problems, evaluate options and formulate effective solutions.
• Ability to engage, communicate and negotiate effectively at all organisational levels.
• Experience managing in high hazard/highly regulated environments.
• Interaction with internal and external stakeholders, including customer and regulators and translate stakeholder needs and business strategy into tactical plans.
• Experience in Emergency management/operational response.
• A background in Nuclear/chemical/oil and gas industry would be beneficial but is not essential.
• This is a Monday - Friday (9 day fortnight) role however some flexibility and willingness to work outside of standard hours would be required if needed to support the 24/7 shift team.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.

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