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Area Operations Manager

March 9, 2023 | Comments Off on Area Operations Manager

We're looking for an Area Operations Manager to join our team. Within this role you can enjoy hybrid working, progression opportunities, the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects of all sizes and complexities, and even more.

Location: Lincoln based with hybrid working and travel to offices/ sites across the region- company car or cash allowance provided

Contract: Permanent, full time- part time/ flexible hours may be available if desired just let us know and we'll do our best to support you

Responsibilities

Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and business connected.

In this role, you will be working on our Anglian Water Alliance, where we work on maintaining, repairing, and upgrading the water network.

As Area Operations Manager, you'll be instrumental in implementing successful delivery through Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Water and be responsible for delivering project plan targets in line with business requirements. Driving a delivery and construction team to ensure successful solutions of small to medium projects are developed and constructed safely and successfully.

Your day to day will include:

  • Driving excellent performance of the IOS Water delivery route in terms of people utilisation, programme and cost performance
  • Work with Asset Delivery Planning, Water Quality, Optimisation and Operations to ensure install consistency across the region and people development is driven to provide safely delivered and right first-time projects.
  • Guarantee Construction, Design and Management (CDM) compliance throughout delivery and construction, including regular auditing of sites
  • Develop an active management plan with the management team to generate a culture of visible leadership around project plans, health & safety across the delivery and construction arena
  • Lead in stakeholder engagement and management to ensure that your team drives early communication with all relevant stakeholders in the provision of early risk mitigation and suitable plan development
Who are we looking for?

This role of Area Operations Manager is great for you if:

  • You have demonstrable experience of successful capital scheme delivery in the utility sector and good level of commercial and contractual acumen in line with NEC3
  • You have proven leadership skills to empower high performance in your team
  • APMP or PRINCE 2 project management
  • A Full Driving Licence
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A fantastic pension scheme
  • 26 days annual leave + bank holidays with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands including restaurants, supermarkets & travel providers
  • Private healthcare
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.

Who is Kier?

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.

We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here

Closing date: 23 March 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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