Your newpany
A leading Tier 1 infrastructure contractor is delivering key highways maintenance frameworks across Scotland. With a strong pipeline of work epassing both planned and reactive maintenance schemes, they are seeking an experienced Freelance Operations Manager to support the efficient delivery of multiple concurrent projects across the region.
Your new role
As a Freelance Operations Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of highways maintenance projects across Scotland. This role places a strong emphasis on man management and logistics, ensuring labour, plant, and materials are effectively coordinated across numerous live sites.You will lead and manage Site Managers, Supervisors, and Operatives, ensuring the right resource is deployed to the right project at the right time. You’ll balance workloads across multiple smaller schemes, maintain productivity, and drive high standards of health & safetypliance.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Managing day-to-day operations across multiple highways maintenance sites
2. Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and subcontractors
3. Planning and optimising logistics across geographically dispersed projects
4. Ensuring efficient allocation of labour, plant, and materials
5. Maintaining programme, cost, and quality targets
6. Acting as the key operational contact for clients and stakeholders
7. Driving performance in a fast-paced, reactive maintenance environment
What you'll need to succeed
8. Proven experience as an Operations Manager or Senior Project Manager within highways maintenance or civil engineering
9. Strong background in man management and workforce coordination across multiple sites
10. Demonstrable experience managing logistics across concurrent projects
11. Ability to operate effectively in a reactive, fast-moving environment
12. Excellent leadership,munication, and organisational skills
13. SMSTS and CSCS (essential)
14. Good understanding of health & safety regulations (CDM)
15. Experience working on framework or term maintenance contracts is highly desirable
What you'll get in return
16. Long-term freelance opportunity on a secure framework
17. Opportunity to work with a leading Tier 1 contractor
18. Exposure to a high-volume, varied portfolio of infrastructure works
19. Autonomy in a role where operational leadership and decision-making are key