Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager

Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager

Salary - Up to £70k (Dependant on suitability and experience)

Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area

Closing date - 28th March 2024

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution).
• Life Assurance.
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

As Senior Safety-Shift Operations Manager you will be accountable to Group Leader Site Services for the provision of a 24/7 Safety Shift. You will maintain regulatory, legislative compliance to support safe, secure, and clean operations across all sites.

• Define, implement, and lead the strategic direction of the Safety Shift group.
• Delivery of all contractual milestones to agreed targets.
• Effective financial and resource planning and budgeting.
• Implementation of performance management arrangements.
• Develop and support transformation initiatives.
• Protection of the company's brand and reputation.
• Ownership of all relevant corporate standards and processes.
• Engaging and inspiring colleagues, promoting a diverse and inclusive environment that encourages them to seek opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards of ethical working, environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
• Implementation of efficiency and value adding initiatives.
• Responsible for undertaking other duties as reasonably required by line and task management.
• Prepare and own company wide Shift Management processes, standards, procedures, work instructions and undertake management review to ensure standards etc. are being adhered to.
• Promoting and maintaining effective relationships with external stakeholders and regulators.

• Responsible for operational and tactical management of the group.
• Promoting and developing business relationships with all internal and external stakeholders (regulators and customers).
• Responsible for the provision of suitably qualified and experienced personnel capable of delivering the requirements of the programme.
• Responsible for maintaining minimum manning numbers and competence in compliance with LC11.
• Responsible for the provision of safe, clean, and secure services and operations.
• Intelligent customer responsibilities.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Financial and strategic awareness.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to motivate, enthuse and empathise when necessary and challenge and constructively manage conflict.
• Decisive managerial and leadership skills.
• Ability to identify problems, evaluate options and formulate effective solutions.
• Ability to engage, communicate and negotiate effectively at all organisational levels.
• Experience managing in high hazard/highly regulated environments.
• Interaction with internal and external stakeholders, including customer and regulators and translate stakeholder needs and business strategy into tactical plans.
• Experience in Emergency management/operational response.
• A background in Nuclear/chemical/oil and gas industry would be beneficial but is not essential.
• This is a Monday - Friday (9 day fortnight) role however some flexibility and willingness to work outside of standard hours would be required if needed to support the 24/7 shift team.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.

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