Operations Manager - Highways maintenance, street lighting and public realm services - Balfour Beatty Living Places - Northampton

This role is for an Operations Manager, this will be to oversee all PFI and 3rd Party Operations on the Northamptonshire Street Lighting PFI contract. The role will be based in Northampton

Working for local authorities, Balfour Beatty Living Places provide highways maintenance, street lighting and public realm services.

We improve every day through engaging with our customers, investing in our people and using the latest technology to create positive, more efficient long-term outcomes – ultimately creating communities where people want to live work and play.

Our solutions include consultancy, finance, design and maintenance of the entire streetscape. We’re shaping places, creating economic growth and meeting the needs of an ever-changing society.

As The Operations Manager you will be doing the following:

• Overall accountability for operational performance
• Line manager responsibility for operations supervisors
• Leadership role over all operatives and supervisors
• Uncompromising approach to Zero Harm strategy within the contract
• Ensure workforce is effectively resourced
• Ensure workforce are trained and competent
• Support the Supervisors in delivering effective briefings and stand down sessions
• Engagement with supply chain partners and ensure safe and effective deployment on the network
• Drive efficiency and right first time operational delivery
• Provide visible Operational leadership both on site and within the depot
• Proactive short interval control of operational programme
• Provide support to the Contract Manager to assist in the compliant running of the contract
• Proactively seek new sustainable
• Engage with the Asset, Design and Commercial teams throughout all stages project delivery to ensure a one team, cohesive approach

What We Are Looking for:

• Experienced in the management of Operational teams
• Solution orientated individual, with ability to analyse risks and benefits of options to resolve identified issues.
• Proven experience of working to tight deadlines with an ability to prioritise and multi-task

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

The way we live our lives is changing fast: where and how we live, work, travel, shop, relax and socialise. The evolving nature of our society means we all need to shape our environment to meet a complex array of individual and collective needs.

Living Places works in partnership with Local Authorities to consult, finance, design, build and manage the essential place infrastructure that local communities and national economies need to prosper and grow.

We are right at the heart of a dynamic place shaping agenda that brings Local Authorities, local communities, Central Government, and the Private Sector together to create safe, sustainable, flexible and dynamic public spaces geared to community social need, economic growth and personal well-being as well as being environmentally sustainable.

The provision of maintenance services for highways is only a small part of what is really needed. Our focus has moved beyond the road to deliver the potential of the street: a dynamic public place that connects and combines local community and business needs, encourages social interaction and helps pedestrians, motorists, bus riders, and cyclists to coexist safely. Building great public spaces with resource efficient assets enables functional, flexible and inspirational places to be at the heart of the community.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/