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Operations director -engineering

Cambridge
REM Associates Ltd
Engineering estimator
£120,000 - £135,000 a year
Posted: 17h ago
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Operations Director Reporeting to the Divsional director ideal candidate must be a graduate. Enaging with the Commercial Director and Solutions team to confirm scopes, timelines and commitments are achievable, ensuring a smooth and consistent transition from project award through to mobilisation.

• Proven experience gained within an engineering environment, including responsibility for leading and developing engineering teams.
• Experience leading and scaling project delivery teams in a fast-paced growth environment.
• Able to motivate and engage teams, building high-performing teams that deliver consistently high standards of performance during periods of growth or change.
• Strong project and programme management experience across multiple concurrent projects. Ideal candidate must have

• Experience leading business transformation and developing scalable processes.
• Strong understanding of technology integration within operational delivery.
• Commercially aware, with the ability to balance profitability, risk and client
• Demonstrated ability to improve or formalise delivery governance at scale.
expectations.
• Data-driven and confident using KPIs and reporting tools.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting year-on-year business growth, working closely with the Divisional Director to develop, challenge and implement new ideas and approaches
ensure every project delivers on its profit potential, while strengthening the people, systems and processes that underpin our goal of 60% year-on-year expansion.
responsible for:• Leading the project delivery function, ensuring ownership across all stages of the Framework.• Acting as operational lead to support the Director’s focus on strategy and transformation.
.• Representing Operations at Board and Senior Leadership level, providing insight and constructive challenge Taking full ownership of delivery performance, ensuring projects meet time, budget, quality and safety targets.
Improving gross margins through standardisation, repeatability and right-first-time delivery.
• Overseeing risk management, escalation and customer communication.
• Collaborating with Finance and Commercial on forecasting, cost control and margin management.
• Owning and evolving delivery processes, documentation and handover standards.
• Leading delivery reporting across turnover, margin, schedule, safety and customer satisfaction.Overseeing capacity planning, resource allocation and forecasting.
• Working closely with the Technology Director to ensure products are deployment ready.• Building and developing project delivery capability to support growth and succession.
• Aligning workforce planning, recruitment and development with business needs.
• Coaching and supporting managers, engineers and coordinators, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
• Championing safety and ensure it’s embedded in every function.
• Line managing Project Managers, Coordinators and discipline leads

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