Brief Outline
Our client is a market leading, multi disciplined demolition contractor working across the UK on a variety of large scale projects for blue chip clients. They now have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated and ambitious Operations Director to join and help grow their ambitious business.
About our Client
- The client has been active in the demolition and civil engineering market for over 25 years with an established client base and consistent work across the UK.
- The company have a turnover of circa £80 Mill+ and have had their most successful year to date, with a large amount of work in the pipeline.
- They deal with projects in various sectors including; New Building Development, Commercial Refurbishment, Utilities and Infrastructure, Industrial Decommissioning, amongst other areas.
- Services they provide include; Demolition, Dismantling, Land remediation and Enabling, amongst other related areas
- They have developed a reputation for providing successful delivery of complex projects in challenging environments whilst placing great emphasis on safety, quality and innovation.
About the Role
The company are searching for a candidate at Director level to join their growing and dynamic division, overseeing a UK wide team, whilst reporting into the MD and helping with strategic management of the company’s ongoing expansion.
The candidate will be accountable for various disciplines including; Commercial and Operational delivery.
Duties and responsibilities will include;
- Responsibility for P&L in the division
- Contribute at board level to the ongoing growth of company
- Oversee and monitor contracts on a daily basis as they are being carried out to make sure that the work is done according to outlined specifications, conforming with project timetable and budgets
- Inspect and observe work in progress to ensure successful delivery of projects
- Lead progress meetings
- Ensure overall compliance with H&S, company and industry standards
- Arrangement and analysis of projects and scheduling of reports
- Ensuring contractual obligations are fulfilled
- Dealing with contract disputes and mitigating the impact of any issues
- Client liaison, ensuring relationships and maintained and developed with new and existing business
- Drive continuous improvement within assigned areas of responsibility with a focus on quality, safety, and cost.
- Oversee Projects Directors, Contracts Managers, H&S staff and support teams
- Hire, train and mentor employees to allow continued growth of division
- Recommending policy and procedure improvements
About the Candidate
- Previous experience in a senior Operations Manager/ Director level role within a similar demolition/ multi disciplined company
- Flexible self-starter with ability to prioritise
- Displays strong leadership skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- PC literate
- Commercially aware
Points of Appeal
- Full autonomy in the role
- Competitive salary (Negotiable on experience)
- Profit share, bonus structure and package
- Opportunity to become an integral part of an established, growing and forward thinking organisation working on flagship projects throughout the UK.