Reporting into Project Manager

About the role 

• Meet the business goals on Safety, Compliance, Customer Service, Environmental & Commercially on profitability, by maximising outputs & controlling costs in the delivery capacity. 
• Use resources to their optimum across contract to create maximum efficiency. 
• Work with Other Opus Site Managers to maximise continuity on programmes – cross flexing resource to meet the needs of the programme. 

Responsibilities 

• Health and Safety: Help implement and monitor health and safety protocols, reporting any incidents as per company procedures.  
• Compliance: Conduct daily/weekly inspection audits, for vehicles and plant. 
• Ensure mandatory team and site audits are completed in-line with company targets.  
• Be a good decision maker allowing work to continue / progress without hold ups.  
• Procurement: Monitor and managing site materials, equipment, and plant resources to ensure they are available as required. 
• Contractual: Ensure the early warning process is followed if works differ from the agreed work instruction.  
• Information capturing: Completing project documentation for record-keeping and future reference 
• Compliance Ensuring all work is completed according to safety standards and regulations. 
• Preparation: Preparing and presenting project progress reports to management and stakeholders 
• Identification: Identifying potential risks and issues in the project, and devising contingency plans 
• Procurement: Monitor and managing site materials, equipment, and plant resources to ensure they are available as required.  
• Legislation: Ensure Compliance in accordance to permit conditions and the New Roads and Street Works Act.  
• Briefings: Conduct daily work instructions/toolbox talks during allocation of the work to the field operatives.  
• Data Capturing: Monitor and action any missing information or data which hasn’t been captured on our internal enterprise system, Ensure DMRs are completed and returned as per OPUS/SPEN process.   
• Management of staff: Evaluate and manage subcontractors/ direct labours’ work quality, efficiencies, and their ability to meet project scope and timelines. 
• Stakeholders: Foster strong client, customer, and local Authority relationship. 
• Communication: Engage in communication across all sectors of delivery. 
• Delivery: Ensure projects are managed in line with timescales, scope, and budget.  
• Contractual: Ensure the early warning process is followed if works differ from the agreed work instruction.  
• Plant & Fleet control – weekly checks undertaken on teams being managed 
• Daily vehicle checks on own & teams’ fleet 

Attributes of a candidate 

• Provide effective, positive, and trusted management to the business Unit. 
• Empower and motivate your teams to perform at their best by setting, directing and effectively communicating the vision for Opus. 
• Leading by example in acting with integrity and upholding the highest professional standards of quality, performance, and productivity. 
• Oversee and maintain adequate succession and contingency plans for key resources within your teams. 
• Deliver stand downs, Toolbox talks to entire workforce – delivering key business messages 
• Forecasting: defining the scope of the project, including estimating costs and timeframes 
• Planning: Developing detailed project plans and schedules to ensure timely completion of projects 
• Coordination: Co-ordinating with local authorities  
• Governance: Overseeing all delivery scope for the project, including monitoring project budget, and ensuring efficient use of resources. 
• Communication: Engage in communication across all sectors of delivery