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Our client a successful and thriving utilities and infrastructure business are currently looking to appoint a new Civils Manager on a full time, permanent basis to join its water & drainage division.

As a Civils Contracts Manager, you will be required to lead and manage the civils teams whilst developing work and relationships both internally with your teams and direct reports as well as, externally with the companies’ client base to ensure the company safely provide a first-class drainage repair and maintenance service throughout.

Principal Accountabilities

• Produce all relevant health & safety paperwork required for particular tasks that the staff under your management carry out, ensuring that current safe systems of work and RAMS are followed.
• Ensure all incidents are reported and investigated, with remedies and learning outcomes implemented.
• Monitor performance and safety requirements regularly and implement improvements.
• Ensure staff in your management are competent and qualified to undertake tasks assigned and provided with appropriate PPE.
• Ensure all equipment and tooling used is checked and compliant.
• Provide timely customer quotes ensuring best prices to obtain work whilst maximising value and profit.
• Ensure resources are adequate for the workload and that projects are delivered in an economic and timely manner.
• Efficiently plan and programme operations utilising business systems and ensuring regular updates recorded in accordance with job progress.
• Ensure a “One Team” approach and maximise resources by communication with operational colleagues.
• Lead by example, as an ambassador of the business always behave professionally.
• Encourage team involvement in, and ownership of, the Company business aims.
• Ensure clear roles and responsibilities are understood throughout the team and hold people properly accountable for their work.
• Actively engage in ‘business improvement’ and ‘change’ programmes
• Develop, maintain, and measure performance against agreed KPI’s and SLA’s.
• Champion a theme of improvement and ‘best practice’
• Carry out interim and post-project reviews, both internally and with customers

To be a successful candidate for this role you will be required to have management experience within the utilities / civil engineering industry, strong communication skills with experience of both leading a team and dealing with clients, both existing and new. Qualifications and experience should include SMSTS, Streetworks Supervisor, Cat Location, Trench Support and ideally NEBOSH or IOSH. A UK driving licence is essential for this position.

In return our client offers starting salary of £35,000 - £40,000 per annum based on experience along with company vehicle and fuel card, 30 days holiday per year, pension and life cover, cycle to work scheme along with various other benefits and reward schemes.