Operations Manager - Regional Contractor
• Up to £110,000 + Full Package
• Hertfordshire
• October 2024
• Permanent

A successful principle contractor has a great opportunity for an Operations Manager with the remit to oversee their £40m business to ensure its future commercial success.

The business focusses on JCT and traditional refurbishment projects within an array of sectors such as heritage, church, education and health.

With this integral and important position you will report to the board and manage a team of Contracts Managers. Your brief will be to manage and coordinate projects with the objective of delivering them commercially to programme and budget.

Operationally, you be responsible for the effective management of site resources to achieve maximum efficiency and cost effectiveness on these refurbishment projects, which range from £500k - £8m . You will have the ability to react quickly to challenging situations with a hands on and commercial approach.

Your brief will include:
• Estimating / Budgets
• Programming and planning input
• Client negotiations
• Tender interviews
• Cost value reconciliation budgets / reports
• Procurement schedules
• Risk and reward schedules
• Design and build change cost advise
• Subcontract, internal and external project meetings

Ideally, this opportunity role will suit if you have the following, skills, attributes and experience
• Commercial and surveying background and then have transferred your skills to operations
• Professional qualifications such as CIOB and / or BSc Quantity Surveyor
• Extensive knowledge of all JCT Forms of Contract and NEC Contracts on both traditional and design & build basis
• Ideally have at least 15 years post graduate experience
• Successfully managed operational teams that include Contracts Manager
• Driven by success to maximise budgets whilst increasing turnover and margins.
• Experience of securing framework agreements and developing long standing relationships.

An attractive salary package and potential career growth will be on offer with this established contractor.

Position is also known as Operations Director, Head of Operations, Senior Contracts Manager, Associate Director, Divisional Director