FCE Services & Operations Director

This role offers remote or hybrid working, with travel to UK sites and offices as required

Help shape the next phase of growth for Binnies’ Flood, Coast & Environment business.

We’re looking for an inspiring and commercially minded Services & Operations Director to provide strategic and operational leadership across our Flood, Coast & Environment (FCE) business.

This is a pivotal role within our FCE Leadership Team, helping to strengthen multidisciplinary delivery, drive operational excellence and support the continued growth of our environmental, flood resilience and nature-based solutions services.

You’ll bring together people, services, systems and operations to create an environment where our teams and projects can thrive. You’ll also play a key role in building strong client relationships and supporting Binnies’ wider growth ambitions.

We offer more than a job - we offer a career with purpose, built on a supportive culture that values collaboration, inclusion and personal growth. In addition, we offer excellent benefits including:

• Car Allowance
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Private Health Insurance & Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Clear career paths and development support
• Annual pay reviews and bonus opportunities
• Highstreet discounts

And many more…

• Provide visible, inclusive leadership across FCE, championing Binnies’ ENGAGED values and high standards of health, safety, wellbeing, quality and sustainability.
• Lead the ESF Department Heads across EIA & Consenting, Ecology, Landscape, and Water & Catchments, supporting delivery, capability and clear accountability.
• Drive collaboration, continuous improvement and investment in people, systems and processes.

• Provide oversight of resource planning, utilisation, capacity and operational performance across FCE.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and business planning, ensuring effective commercial and financial decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience and sustainable growth.

• Help shape and deliver FCE’s growth strategy, aligning services, people and capability with market and client needs.
• Support major pursuits, frameworks, strategic bids and new services, advising on capacity, governance, risk and delivery resilience.
• Build strong relationships with clients, partners and the wider RSK Group to strengthen capability and support growth.

• Lead effective governance, systems, processes and reporting across FCE to improve consistency and decision-making.
• Develop and improve operational tools, dashboards and processes across project management, resourcing, finance and reporting.
• Ensure clear accountability, decision-making and escalation routes across the business.

• Provide operational oversight of service quality, capability and supply chain resilience, while maintaining discipline-led accountability.
• Ensure capacity and supply chain arrangements reflect demand, client needs, delivery risks and growth plans.
• Strengthen quality processes, professional standards and collaboration across Environmental Services.

• Provide senior technical, commercial and operational insight to support decision-making, escalation and growth readiness.
• Enable ESF Department Heads and technical leads to retain ownership of technical leadership, project delivery and assurance.

The successful candidate will bring…