Operations Manager- Water

We're looking for an Operations Manager (construction) to join our Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks team working on the Anglian Water Alliance

Location: Flexible within the Anglian Water region- mixture of office/ visiting sites and home working

Hours: 45 hours per week

In this role, you will be working on the Anglian Water IMRDS alliance (integrated maintenance, repair & development services). The team install new assets to maintain and improve the water supply systems, replace sections of water main that experience frequent failures and develops new ways to better service customers.

What will you be responsible for?

As the Operations Manager (where internally you will known as the Construction Manager), you'll be working within the planned works team, who are committed to delivering high-quality, efficient solutions for critical infrastructure projects.

In this role, you will be leading the planned works construction team, to deliver upwards of 300 schemes annually to release improvements to the asset base, as well as being innovative and sustainable.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Working closely with the Engineering & Planning Managers to ensure the annual programme of works are delivered within the year, compliantly, within budget and scope
• Management of the delivery teams across the region, including Senior Delivery Agents and their teams
• Ensuring your team actively engage in the governance processes for schemes and reviewing scheme construction packs prior to approval
• Monitor and review commercial data
• Drive excellence within Health & Safety
  
  
  

What are we looking for?

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

• Extensive experience at management level within the construction/ water sector
• Experience of contract management and site supervision
• Experience on water networks construction projects and with water distribution systems, with a thorough understanding of the regulatory framework
• Significant commercial awareness
• Proven ability to understand the infrastructure from a strategic, tactical and operational perspective
• Balancing solution requirements with service delivery capabilities
• Good understanding and experience of the ROV process, particularly root cause analysis
• Full driving licence
  
  
  

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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