Job Description:

Operations Manager

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent

Our client, Ringway Jacobs, a leading provider of integrated highways management, is seeking an Operations Manager to join their team in Chelmsford.

Reporting to the Area Highway Manager and acting as their deputy as part of the Maintenance and Operations Management Team, you will provide a commercially focussed operational lead for the delivery of highway maintenance services across the County of Essex. This is an exciting opportunity to utilise your management skills and expertise within a civil engineering discipline delivering a range of highway services on behalf of Essex County Council, ensuring compliance with current legislation and best practice.

The Maintenance and Operations service area provides a successful in-house service delivery with support from approved supply chain partners and involves working closely with a range of stakeholders (i.e. Councillors, civil engineering and associated service providers, employees, HR, public).

The Role

• Ensure a strong focus on delivering a professional and cost-effective service that meets the needs of the highway service and the County Council. The role will involve

• Lead a supervisory team and operational resources to deliver a range of programmes and projects on time (including a 24-hour emergency response service), within budget and to required technical standards.
• Direct complex projects and operations with a strong emphasis on health and safety, and to provide technical support and mentoring of staff.
• Lead and direct the delivery of a range of highway maintenance and improvement works through internal staff and operational resources, supply chain partners and other key stakeholders.
• Promote and ensure compliance with Health and Safety standards with the aim of minimising work related injuries by implementing Essex County Council (ECC), Ringway Jacobs and Essex Highways policies and procedures through Environmental Management Systems, Quality Management Systems and Construction Design Management responsibilities in a positive and constructive manner.

About You

• HNC level or equivalent level qualification in related subject or proven experience.
• Experience and understanding of managing and implementing Health and Safety standards within a civil engineering service discipline.
• Experience of leadership and management within in a relevant discipline.
• Comprehensive understanding of highway maintenance works and knowledge of relevant codes of practice such as Well Managed Highways Infrastructure.
• Able to demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of managing operational delivery of highway services including statutory processes involved with these activities.
• Demonstrates a high degree of knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and understanding of safety management.

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on (phone number removed), e-mail them, or click on the “Apply Now” button. This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.