Operations Manager Construction

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Newstaff Employment Services Ltd

Newstaff Employment Services are working in Partnership with an award-winning, privately-owned Ground Engineering company based in Milton Keynes, the company services projects throughout the UK and across Europe, headquarters in Sydney Australia and been trading since January 2015

The group presents creative and effective solutions to many types of ground engineering problems in a wide range of sectors such as Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Civil Engineering and Mining

We are recruiting for an Operation’s Manager from a Construction background, that will be involved in the overseeing of the operation for the UK side of the business which is currently at a head count of 32 people in a growth stage.

The Operations Manager will be assisting the coordinators and schedulers to ensure the smooth running of the business. This is a critical role within the business and the Operations Manager will be reporting directly to the General Manager.

Responsibilities will include:

• Develop the position within the company.
• Manage the Operational teams within the business.
• Office manager duties
• Liaise closely with the workforce (office and site workers)
• Evaluating employee programmes, improving employee relations and disciplinary, reducing staff turnover
• Ensuring that on boarding, recruitment, and training are carried out effectively.
• Performing financial predictions by preparing the annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analysing variance, and initiating corrective actions
• Developing operations policies by evaluating and enforcing
• Reviewing and approving operational invoices and forwarding them to payment.
• Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations and H&S

Requirements Of the Operations Manager:

• Have previous experience with HR as a function and involvement of reviews and disciplinary.
• In addition, knowledge of Health and Safety within the Construction sector
• Must be qualified to degree level or equivalent with professional qualification.
• 5 + year’s experience in a managerial position
• Previous experience working as an Operation’s Manager
• Experience with quality control procedures and performance management
• Previous experience in running a logistics operation.
• Good level of numeracy, verbal, and written skills

Operations Manager Remuneration:

• Salary up to £55k depending on experience.
• 20 days holiday, plus 8 x Bank holidays
• Working for an innovative fast-growing company
• Company mobile phone and laptop
• Progression opportunities
• Worked on constructions jobs before

Please forward your updated CV with the correct contact number on it so we can call you today to, or call Nikki on

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