Operations Director

Operations Director

Location: North East & Cumbria

Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits

Full Time (37.5) hours - Happy to talk Flexible and Agile Working

Let us say why we believe you should choose Morgan Sindall as the next step in your career.

At Morgan Sindall Construction we encourage diversity of people and thought, and we embrace peoples' differences.

Everyone is unique and we value the different ideas, experiences, and perspectives that everyone brings to their work, their team and the wider business.

We are committed to ensuring we create the very best place to work in the industry, and an environment where every person feels included and is treated equally, fairly and with respect.

We actively promote an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work. It's this approach we believe brings out the best in everyone and creates a fun, dynamic, innovative, and rewarding environment.

We are a Real Living Wage Employer and an Investors in People - Platinum company. We are also accredited to the Gold standard of the Armed Forces Covenant, for us it's a promise to supporting the people who have protected us. The accreditation is held by all Morgan Sindall Group companies, so you can be assured you're joining a business where veterans and their families are supported and valued.

You'll work with our teams as an ambassador to promote and influence future generations to our thriving industry and have access to an extensive range of learning and development opportunities on what YOU want, after all it is your future with us.

An insight into the North East and Cumbria Team!

Our people in the North East and Cumbria area are encouraged and rewarded to work as a team to achieve our Perfect Delivery philosophy. The success of this strategy to find - win - deliver - repeat has yielded a healthy forward order book, enabling us to focus on strengthening our long-term work winning capability in our primary sectors of education, public sector frameworks, civic buildings, leisure, investment linked opportunities and healthcare.

Our commitment to our people is as strong as the commitment to our clients. At Morgan Sindall Construction we recognise that our employees play a vital role in helping us achieve our goals. As a result, the company develops and promotes these employees who share their same sense of dedication. Our strength is our people whose skills, knowledge and integrity keep us at the forefront of our industry.

What's in it for you?

In addition to working in a company where diversity is encouraged, and people's differences are celebrated our Operations Director opportunity is a permanent contract with a competitive salary on offer with the additional benefit of a Company Car or Cash Allowance reflecting your Morgan Sindall Benefit Grade.

We strive to support our colleagues to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We understand that many of our people have family and personal responsibilities and so we are committed to providing that support. Here are just some of the benefits you can expect:

Pension Scheme matched up to 6%; 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and rising to 30 days after 8 years' service and the holiday plus scheme; Private Healthcare Cover; Life Assurance up to 4 times your basic salary; 10-days fully paid Reservist leave; professional qualification/ membership achieved up to £1250; Mental Wellbeing and Employee Supports; People Portal for high street discounts; Long Service Awards; Sharesave Plan; Incentive Scheme; Enhanced Family leave from Day One and more!

What we need from you

You will be working within our North East & Cumbria business, where you will:

• Need to be able to provide or obtain the right to work in the UK
• Need to be able to drive and provide or obtain a full UK Driving Licence to travel across our projects
• Support Construction to ensure projects are adequately resourced and are successfully delivered to scope, cost and quality, ensuring Perfect Delivery is achieved
• Ensure that project imperatives and stakeholder interfaces are clearly communicated and understood throughout the project and to others, as appropriate
• Provide direction, motivation and leadership to both internal staff and external consultants or supply chain partners engaged in providing support activities to the project
• Responsible for all safety, health, environment and quality matters including driving excellence and championing continuous improvement
• Be accountable for, and deliver, high levels of performance in key areas of health and safety, environment, sustainability and quality and champion continuous improvement and best value, to support our Perfect Delivery philosophy
• Deploy appropriate and competent resources to all project management activity
• Advise the Area Director on project schedule activities and initiatives and present action plans and project delivery status updates to key customers and stakeholders
• Lead, review and challenge project budgets and forecast to ensure a consistent, challenging but deliverable approach is adopted
• Lead delivery of all projects demonstrating a thorough understanding of associated processes and technology
• Develop, manage and enhance key customer relationships, through regular reviews of contract performance with customers, understanding and managing needs and gaps
• Implement the appropriate Morgan Sindall management, monitoring and control mechanisms, policies and procedures to ensure compliance and adherence to statutory and legal requirements and manage the projects risks and opportunities in line with company procedures
• Actively seek out, drive and promote service excellence, best practice and continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage project costs ensuring maximum utilisation of resources
• Coach and motivate the project team and lead by example
• Implement Performance management regime to maximise team performance
• Develop and Improve mutually beneficial supply chain relationships
• Continually review suppliers performance and share information
• Review and approve project management plans, health and safety plans, environmental work package plans (WPPs)
• Work with the Area Director to deliver annual business plan objectives, plans and budgets that meet Morgan Sindall budgets and targets
• Implement the business plan for projects, managing and reviewing performance of contracts against financial and operational targets
• Seek opportunities for business growth both within and outside the existing contract base
• Support work winning activity as required including planning bid strategy, resourcing, overseeing solution development and planning and negotiations.
• Actively engage with and contribute to the wider Morgan Sindall Construction team, promoting collaboration and shared learning across the business
• Support a team-based approach, encouraging open, honest and cooperative working
• Have a real passion for the role and want to deliver exceptionally, the places where we live, learn, work, play, care and protect.

Anything else?

The question is, do you want to be involved in creating iconic buildings and using intelligent solutions to deliver bespoke projects to our customers AND be part of the future of construction? Then join our team and start the future, today!

As an equal opportunities and accredited Disability Confident Committed employer, Morgan Sindall Construction is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage and welcome suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. If you require reasonable adjustments during any part of our recruitment process, please get in contact with our team.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

This role may require eligibility for the level of security clearance applicable to the relevant project (minimum BPSS) is appropriate.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: Morgan Sindall Construction has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Morgan Sindall and any agency terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be invalid.