Operational Delivery Director

Description:

Operational Delivery Director - Cambridge
£90,000 - £120,000 + Bonus

Reporting directly to the BUD you will have full accountability for the successful delivery of the P&L and associated revenue of your programme of work through the successful delivery of allocated project(s).

Working collaboratively with other departments across the Group, you will be responsible for ensuring effective resource planning to meet the deliverables of the project as agreed with the Client in addition to recruitment, deployment of resource, training & development and day to day management of your team including performance management and appraisal.

As the key stakeholder, you will identify opportunities within your direct area of responsibility and across the Group to work 'smarter' maximising both service delivery and retained value over the project term.

Key Accountabilities
·Ensure H&S excellence is at the forefront of everything you do. ·Own the programme deliverables and maintain the alignment to the Groups strategic priorities ensuring detailed project plan(s) that successfully deliver client requirements and the projected project(s) P&L

·Be a leader for all business development activities to ensure a pipeline of quality works exists to meet the business plan.

·Direct and lead the delivery and implementation of the programme, taking personal accountability for the outcome(s) and the realisation of the associated benefits

·Manage the programmes governance arrangements ensuring the work undertaken by you and your teams are aligned to JHG policy and procedures and represent the company values

·Identify key risks and manage effectively, reforecasting project plan(s) where necessary minimising impact to client delivery and successful achievement of the project(s) P&L

·Lead the interface with senior stakeholders and deliver effective interfaces and communications to all stakeholders

·Guide the operational delivery teams through the process of change and make necessary adjustments to programme deliverables to realise benefits

·Report progress of project(s) to the BUD in a format that can be utilised in Board presentation including the operational delivery against the project, safety and financial performance

·Devise & implement clear objectives for your team aligned to project deliverables and monitor progress against these objectives; formally review performance with individual members of your team on a regular basis

· Ownership of the client relationship for operational delivery, including agreement of the 'point of escalation procedure' acting as the senior point of escalation for project related issues

Key Skills

·In depth knowledge of the Electrical industry - including ICP's/DNO's/IDNO's and other Power potential clients ·Track record of delivering HV projects with great commercial success

. Strong communication skills, audience appropriate

·Able to build effective and influential Client and stakeholder relationships

·Commercially astute, can work with Business complexity and conflicting demands to positively retain value

· Proactive, results orientated with a creative approach to problem solving, adept at using calculated risk as a tool to overcome obstacles

·Ability to engage, inspire and influence people within reporting line and across wider organisation

·Able to create project plan(s), prioritise resources to deliver against plan(s) and reforecast plan(s) where required taking account of P&L impact

·High drive for continuous improvement in ways of working with an organised and flexible approach to work

·Proven people manager with the ability to adapt own style to maximise productivity of others within direct area of responsibility and across the wider organisation

·Competent in the use of systems including MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint & Excel)

Qualifications

Background in Electrical/Power Engineering
Degree qualified
In return our client will offer:

£90,000 - £120,000 Per Annum
Bonus
Opporutnity to grow this side of the business.

If you would like to find out more, simply apply or reach out to (url removed)

(Delivery Director, HV, LV, HVLV, 132kv, power, power distribution, Utilities, Director, Project director, Managing director)