Area Operations Manager

We're looking for an Area Operations Manager to join our Anglian Water Reactive team based in Kings Lynn.

Location: Kings Lynn
Hours: 45 hours per week 

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to oversee the operational management and delivery of our alliance, working closely with the senior leadership team to implement work safely, on time and to budget. You'll be responsible for driving performance management throughout the team and continually championing industry-leading solutions to ensure continuous improvement. Working alongside our design, planning and operational services teams, you'll create and maintain clear plans to ensure successful delivery of reactive work, making sure resources are in place, fully trained and hitting required performance targets in a safe manner.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Area Operations Manager, you'll be working within the IMRDS Reactive team, supporting them in delivering operational excellence and meeting performance targets. Your day to day will include:

• Ensuring all work complies with Health & Safety, CDM and Environmental legislation, embedding a positive safety culture with zero harm targets
• Leading behavioural change across the operational delivery management structure to ensure focus on efficiency and delivering excellent customer service
• Managing and optimising resources effectively to meet changing work volumes and driving performance improvement to deliver key targets
• Coaching and supporting managers, enabling development of all employees to ensure the team has the relevant skills required to deliver against the plan
• Driving customer-focused behaviour where all employees own customer journeys, putting customers at the heart of everything we do

What are we looking for?

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.