Local Operations Manager - Co Kerry and surrounding areas
Nordex
has an exciting opportunity for the role of
Local Operations Manager covering our windfarms across Co Kerry and surrounding areas
Contract Type:
Permanent
Location:
This role is based at our
Listowel Service Point in Co Kerry and covering windfarms across this region including Co Cork
How can you make a difference?
Working as an integral part of the UK & Ireland Region service team, the Local Operations Manager provides strong leadership of the service teams in the region, being a role model for safety and delivering effective financial management for the region.
As a leader, this role requires strong commercial acumen, leadership skills with the ability to drive success through the team, and a customer-focused approach.
This role is also responsible for ensuring that all service activities are completed within specified timeframes and quality standards.
What will you be doing?
Overall responsibility for QHSE in your respective service area, implementing internal and external regulations as required to ensure QHSE compliance
Displaying Role model behaviours and actively driving safety and safe working practices in your Service area
Overall responsibility for the financial and commercial performance of your Service area (CSO) including budget planning and performance
Effectively driving and reporting on KPI's meeting all reporting requirements
Overall responsibility for operational performance in the service area by ensuring availability of Wind Turbine Generator (WTG)
Managing stock levels and inventory
Providing leadership to the site teams and effectively delegating to team leads to ensure all work is carried out effectively, safely and to the required standard as well as reviewing and managing team performance
Recruitment and development of all service employees within the service area including the identification of training and development needs to build and maintain a high-performing team
Creating and implementing staffing plans for the area
Analysing operational data to monitor team, individuals' and wind farm performance and act as appropriate to share successes, address shortfalls and make improvements
Ensuring that quality standards are always met and acting as a role model for quality
Ensuring a smooth transfer from build phase team to the Service team
Creating business plans for new service points in case of growth in the area, or needed for relocation due to business development
Overseeing site safety auditing and reporting
Ensuring management of site facilities
Management of large operations (such as gearbox exchange) and improvement initiatives
Managing customer operational topics and ensuring effective and collaborative communication
Reviewing reporting from the site: Maintenance, HSE, timekeeping and making sure that reports will be submitted on time
Checking employees' time tracking regularly to ensure compliance with Working Time Regulations and submit correct data for payroll purposes
Working closely and in cooperation with local Project Management
Working on other initiatives to improve efficiency and competitiveness
What are we looking for?
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a leadership role within the wind industry or a similar sector and will have completed an apprenticeship or have relevant experience in a Mechanical or Electrical engineering role.
You will have a working knowledge in commercial or financial controls and be comfortable with managing financial performance, KPI's and budgets.
A qualification or relevant experience in business management would also be desirable.
Experience of managing remote field-based teams is essential to this role alongside having the ability to deal with the full spectrum of people management.
Essential skills and behaviour
Strong computer literacy with the ability to use MS Office and workload management systems (SAP)
Experience in dealing with complex businesses, preferably matrix organisations
A strong customer focused approach
Excellent decision making, planning and prioritisation skills
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Flexibility and adaptability
A systematic working approach
Strong team-working, collaboration and delegating approach
Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate is required to hold a full UK Driving Licence.
There is also a requirement to travel on a regular basis which will require nights away from home.
What we can offer you?
Time Off
Our teams receive
33 days annual leave including bank holidays.
After two years continuous service you will be entitled to an additional day's holiday per annum (Maximum 5 days).
You will also receive an
extra day off for your birthday.
In addition we also offer our employees the
opportunity to purchase up to 5 days of additional annual leave
every year.
Health & Wellbeing
Employee Assistance Programme (offering therapy sessions)
Bike2Work Scheme
Paid eye tests & contribution towards glasses
Company sick pay scheme
Option to purchase private healthcare
Volunteering
All our employees can use
2 paid working days per calendar year
to carry out volunteering activities in your local community.
Family friendly
Our family friendly policies include: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave; Compassionate Leave, and Life Insurance.
Memberships
Nordex will reimburse the cost of
one annual professional subscription fee
to one professional institution relevant to your work.
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