Works Manager

Barrett Steel; Sutton at Hone; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Barrett Steel in Dartford is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead daily yard, warehousing and site operations. You will drive productivity, safety, quality and on-time delivery while aligning activities with commercial goals and the site Leadership Team.

This hands-on role requires strong people leadership, a safety-first mindset, and NEBOSH/IOSH qualifications; flexibility to cover shifts and a track record of lean improvements in manufacturing or processing environments.

Qualifikationen

• Experience managing safety, quality, and group policies.
• NEBOSH or IOSH managing safety qualification.
• Experience in a similar management role within manufacturing or processing environment with demonstrable people-management (up to disciplinary processes).
• Has relevant management training and experience.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills and IT literacy.
• Due to role nature, core hours are days but flexibility to cover shifts as needed.

Aufgaben

• Manage daily yard, warehousing and operational activities across the site.
• Oversee 3rd party workers or suppliers ensuring safety and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement and lean practices across site operations.
• Lead site Leadership Team and align operations with commercial goals.
• Ensure health and safety, quality and customer delivery performance.
• Develop and implement processes for stock control and goods in procedures.
• Maintain site security and protect assets.
• Step in for Operations Director during leave and oversee other departments.
• Coordinate with transport and inbound/outbound logistics.

Kenntnisse

Safety management

People management

Safety qualification

Lean techniques

Written and verbal communication

IT literacy

Jobbeschreibung

All About the Role

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 3rd 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