An established M&E contractor is presently looking to appoint a senior manager to assume P&L responsibility of a branch currently generating over £10 million annual revenue.

The Position:

Based from our client’s Manchester office but involving regular travel to sites through the Northwest, the appointed Operations Manager will be responsible for:

• Overseeing all projects from tender stage to installation
• Managing all office based design, estimating and administration staff
• Coordinating all engineers and subcontractors on site installations
• Ensuring that all projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Promoting a positive work culture
• Ensuring adherence to company and statutory health & safety and PPE policies
• Recruitment, retention development and training
• Dispute resolution and negotiating financial settlements

The Candidate:

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

• Previous experience as an operations branch or general manager
• A track record of success in the M&E, building services, hard FM or related contracting sectors
• Experience of managing and monitoring budgets
• Exceptional planning, organising, quality inspection, auditing, reporting and records management skills
• Sound financial and commercial judgement in managing expenditure, income and budgets
• A good understanding of property-related compliance legislation (asbestos, fire, legionella, electrical, gas etc)
• Proven leadership and man management skills

The Company:

Established for over 15 years, our client is a specialist M&E contractor providing professional building services to communities, businesses and organizations across the UK and internationally.  With a particular niche in delivering engineering installations for airports, the company has grown year on year and also provides general M&E on-site services, design & build and data network infrastructure.