Senior Operations Manager

  • 8912
  • Dartford
  • Manchester, England
  • WC1
  • Permanent

Senior Operations Manager – Power Solutions

Select Plant Hire | London / South East with national travel

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We're looking for an experienced Senior Operations Manager to join our Power Solutions team within Select Site Solutions.

Our Power Solutions team provides temporary electrical solutions across major Laing O'Rourke projects and to external customers. We're looking for someone who knows temporary electrics, understands the demands of busy construction environments and can lead people, resources and operational delivery across multiple projects.

What you'll be doing

  • Leading operational delivery across multiple projects.
  • Planning, forecasting and deploying labour effectively.
  • Making sure projects have the right people, plant and materials when they need them.
  • Working closely with project teams to understand current and upcoming requirements.
  • Driving strong safety, quality and operational standards.
  • Maximising the utilisation of labour, plant and equipment.
  • Visiting projects, identifying improvements and sharing best practice.
  • Leading and supporting our operational workforce.

What we're looking for

Temporary electrics experience is essential for this role.

You'll ideally bring:

  • Strong operational management experience within temporary electrics, temporary power or electrical site services.
  • Good technical knowledge of temporary electrical installations.
  • Experience managing labour and resources across multiple construction projects.
  • Strong leadership, planning and communication skills.
  • Good commercial awareness with a focus on productivity and performance.
  • Relevant electrical qualifications, ideally including ECS Gold Card / Electrical Site Manager Black Card and Level 3 Electrical Installation.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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