Operations Manager - Conventional Power
Wood PLC

Job Info

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Operational Delivery

• P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection
• Ownership of HSSEA matters across assigned area: ensure HSSEA values are delivered and adhered to at all times, proactively leading and demonstrating safety behavioral values. Lead and focus the team to attain all HSE plans, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring legislative compliance
• Provides tactical direction to operational delivery team(s) in order to meet business plan goal
• Ensures robust business continuity and disaster recovery plans are in place
• Carries out significant operational administrative functions, staffing activities and managing day-to[1]day employee relations and operational Issues
• With direction and within set parameters, establishes annual business goals and strategies and prepares business plan for assigned location
• Serves as consultant or project manager as appropriate
• Ensures financial, safety, and quality controls and compliance to company policies
• Maintain operational integrity and excellence, ensuring robust governance, subcontractor management, and performance reporting. Work with leadership and peers to improve delivery performance and maximize delivery opportunities throughout wider business where required
• Establish and implement policies, and ensure appropriate governance mechanisms for continuous monitoring of their proper implementation
• Ensure our people and the worksites at which they operate are safe and well managed
• Support resolution of any legal claims in collaboration with legal and other relevant functions
• Pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalization and technology use, work share and high value engineering centers, to bring value to Wood and customer • Participate in technical audits and peer reviews as required Business Growth
• Deliver growth in the areas of responsibility through close collaboration with Business Development. Develop and own business plan, and drive sales, bid and tender activity
• Assist with developing and delivering a robust business plan, whilst driving and supporting corporate initiatives, ensuring company values are at the core of all activities
• Expands the company's business in the area served, directs local business development programs, proactively identifies new opportunities and supports / leads bid and tender activity as appropriate
• Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct. Leadership
• Is a champion and role model for ethical behavior and compliance with applicable laws and policies
• Support and lead a delivery and support team including accountability for recruitment, selection and development of talent, ensuring effective performance and capability management, acting as a coach/mentor and encouraging and supporting open and effective communication to optimize delivery of objectives, maximize team performance and achieve continuous performance improvement
• Responsible for ensuring competence of employees in area of responsibility to carry out assigned duties
• Ensure day-to-day operations maintain a continued alignment with overall corporate policy, strategy and direction

RESPONSIBILITIES

Qualifications:

Degree qualification in Engineering, Scientific Discipline, or related technical field OR degree qualified in a commercial/business discipline with significant experience in a technical organization

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Track record of successful operational delivery within relevant industry sector
• Broad understanding of the industry and networking capability
• Experience of customer facing communication
• Strong relevant technical expertise or commercial/business leadership of a technical organization
• Understanding of management systems
• Knowledge of current QHSE and other legislation as applicable in the industry
• Team building skills - motivating people, proactively enabling cross functional best practice
• Ability to lead change programs

Personal attributes:

• Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda
• Passionately pursues and supports, demonstrate and embed company values
• Strong influencer, negotiator and mediator
• Flexible to respond and adapt in agile ways to changing internal and external context and customer needs
• Decisive, with ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• Exceptional communicator both verbally and written
• Strong team builder, listens to needs of team, and capable of identifying and adopting best practices to engender a spirit of cooperation and energize people towards optimum performance Pragmatic in approach with a strong commercial bias and ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence
• Customer focused - develops sincere and open relationships with customers, current and potential; listens to customer needs and constantly striving to exceed expectations and add value
• Entrepreneurial approach - ability to identify opportunities
• Ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• A motivated self starter, who can self-direct when required, able to use own initiative and have autonomy to make appropriate decisions but also know when escalation is required
• Critical thinker with problem solving abilities

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant industry experience and a degree qualification in Engineering, Scientific Discipline, or related technical field OR degree qualified in a commercial/business discipline with significant experience in a technical organization. 15+ years of relevant industry experience can be considered instead of the educational requirement.

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Track record of successful operational delivery within relevant industry sector
• Broad understanding of the industry and networking capability
• Experience of customer facing communication
• Strong relevant technical expertise or commercial/business leadership of a technical organization
• Understanding of management systems
• Knowledge of current QHSE and other legislation as applicable in the industry
• Team building skills - motivating people, proactively enabling cross functional best practice
• Ability to lead change programs

Personal attributes:

• Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda
• Passionately pursues and supports, demonstrate and embed company values
• Strong influencer, negotiator and mediator
• Flexible to respond and adapt in agile ways to changing internal and external context and customer needs
• Decisive, with ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• Exceptional communicator both verbally and written
• Strong team builder, listens to needs of team, and capable of identifying and adopting best practices to engender a spirit of cooperation and energize people towards optimum performance Pragmatic in approach with a strong commercial bias and ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence
• Customer focused - develops sincere and open relationships with customers, current and potential; listens to customer needs and constantly striving to exceed expectations and add value
• Entrepreneurial approach - ability to identify opportunities
• Ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• A motivated self starter, who can self-direct when required, able to use own initiative and have autonomy to make appropriate decisions but also know when escalation is required
• Critical thinker with problem solving abilities of the business

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