Works Manager

Barrett Steel Limited; Dartford; Remote; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

25 days holiday

Company pension

Life assurance

Discount scheme

Health & wellbeing services

Cycle to work scheme

Zusammenfassung

Barrett Steel Limited in Dartford is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead daily yard, warehousing and site operations. You will align activities with commercial goals, drive efficiencies, and uphold health and safety standards while improving delivery performance.

This hands-on role requires NEBOSH or IOSH certification, strong people management, and the ability to adapt shifts. You will work with the Leadership Team to deliver strategic improvements and ensure secure, efficient

Qualifikationen

• Experience in a management role within a manufacturing/processing environment with demonstrable people management up to disciplinary processes.
• Relevant management training and experience.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and IT literacy.

Aufgaben

• Oversee yard, warehousing and site operations ensuring productivity, profitability and safety targets are met.
• Supervise Shift Managers and consistently achieve or exceed productivity, customer service and quality targets.
• Embed a safety-first culture and drive continuous improvement across the site.
• Apply lean techniques to standardise processes and improve delivery performance.
• Manage capacity, stock integrity and goods-in procedures to meet customer requirements.
• Ensure site security and protect assets to minimise loss.
• Cover the Operations Director during leave and oversee other on-site departments.

Kenntnisse

Safety leadership

People management

Communication skills

IT literacy

Lean techniques

Ausbildung

NEBOSH or IOSH managing safety

Jobbeschreibung

Based at our Dartford site this important role reports to the Operations Director; the purpose of this role is to manage all daily yard, warehousing & operational activities across the site, whilst driving process and operational efficiencies. To manage and coordinate all goods in and picking operations, ensuring, and improving a level of productivity, profitability and efficiency which meets the site’s business requirements. You’ll fully align all site operational activities with commercial goals, to deliver short and long-term business objectives, drive cultural change to deliver process efficiencies whilst improving health and safety, quality, and customer delivery performance. You’ll be an integral part of the site Leadership Team, playing a leading role in the strategic development and direction of the business. This is a hands-on role, experience in the operation of overhead crane, MHE, HGV shunting/loading and operating steel processing machinery, is preferred. Hours of work are Monday to Friday 8 am to 6pm.

Duties Include:

• Ensure that operations, (including 3 rd party workers or suppliers), are conducted in manner which fully complies with Barrett Steel Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental and Group policies, and all relevant legislative requirements.
• Supervisor the Shift Managers and to continually achieve and wherever possible exceed productivity, customer service and quality target levels across the range activities undertaken by the site.
• To develop a “safety-first” approach within Operations and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
• To ensure that a strong customer-focus is created throughout the site and sustained, through standardised application of lean techniques.
• To improve all yard /site processes from order receipt through to the fulfilment of customer deliverables.
• To drive organisational improvements at every level, taking responsibility, and accountability for performance management of all relevant staff
• Ensure that all warehouse staff are working effectively, and site is maintained at the highest standard.
• Ensuring the operational capacity, including processing and distribution, satisfies customer requirements both current and projected; that sites operate effectively for storage and agreed goods in procedures to maintain the integrity of stock.
• Maintain and recommend improvements as necessary to the condition and performance of site.
• Maintain site security and protect assets to limit liability and minimise loss
• To step up and fill in for the Operations Director during leave and oversee the other departments on site.

All About You/Essential Skills Required

You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.

• A safety focused attitude and experience of managing safety, quality, and group policies.
• NEBOSH or IOSH managing safety qualification
• Previous experience in a similar management role within an Operational environment in a manufacturing or processing environment with demonstratable experience in manging people up to and inclusive of disciplinary processes.
• Have relevant management training and experience.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills as well as IT based understanding.
• Due to the nature of the role, although the core hours for this role are days, flexibility will be needed to work/support both operational shifts as and when needed.

summary

Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits

Hours:

Monday to Friday 8 am to 6pm

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Annual cycle to work scheme, Life assurance, Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure, Access to health and wellbeing services, Barrett Steel pension