Build Manager (FTTH / FTTP / Fibre)

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Build Manager (FTTH / FTTP / Fibre)

Main Purpose:

The Build Manager oversees the coordination of all aspects of daily build programme including planning, organising, leading and controlling project activities across a designated build area/city.

The Build Manager ensures that the project is delivered on time, to budget and to the required quality standard (within agreed specifications). He/she manages relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external.

The Build Manager is responsible for managing, leading and developing Field Supervisory staff

Key Responsibilities;

• Management of day to day project delivery within a geographical area, including delivery to requirements, safety, quality, street works, supplier performance and improvement.
• Drive a “Safety First and “Right First Time” culture across the field operations backed up through plans and engagement with suppliers.
• Manage and lead FTE field supervisors responsible for ongoing civils and cabling contracts.
• Ensure accidents, incidents and near misses, quality failures and service deterioration trends are investigated competently and corrective action is taken where and when appropriate.
• Through a close working relationship with commercial, identify at the earliest opportunity risks to delivering the budget, supplier and/or overhead cost impacting upon the project.
• Manage the operational relationship with all suppliers and have monitoring in place to ensure that the Company’s standards are adhered to and met.
• All direct reports to have clear performance objectives and regular 1:1 meetings used to drive engagement.
• Budgetary and cost control for each project.
• Manage staff, oversee work schedules and assign specific duties accordingly.
• Deliver quality service to the client ensuring that performance standards & contractual KPI’s and SLA’s are met ensuring that performance standards & contractual KPI’s and SLA’s are to ensure the performance standards of project staff by holding regular reviews and reporting back to the Operations Manager
• Carry out regular audits of staff performance and quality of work to ensure the highest standard of service and workmanship is being achieved.
• To establish and maintain close working relationships with key partners and stakeholders in the region.
• Communicate closely and provide timely and accurate reports as required to the Operations Manager

Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years supervisory and management experience with the utilities industry.
• Proven track record of successfully managing teams, including contractor partners
• Civils project experience including both the field and back office elements, i.e. noticing a distinct advantage
• Strong stakeholder management and engagement experience
• Good commercial acumen
• Ability to understand, manage and deliver KPI’ s
• Ability to lead, motivate and manage field teams.
• Ability to contribute technical knowledge to proposals and reports
• Excellent literacy, numeric and IT skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Innovative, creative and proactive with a solution-oriented approach
• Flexibility in line with business requirements
• Ability to represent the company in a professional manner at all times
• Commercially focused and aware
• Full, clean driving licence

General

• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and overtime when necessary
• Flexible to travel as necessary
• Carry out such other duties as are consistent with the job-holder’s knowledge and skills and are necessary for the satisfactory completion of contracts or for attainment of the goals of the business.
• Perform other duties as required from time to time.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £40,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• No