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Are you an experienced Operations Director within Industrial and Manufacturing environments? Do you consider yourself to be highly motivated and a positive leader? Are you based in or around Corby?
We have a permanent Operations Director opportunity available within TATA Steel's Corby works. This role is ideal for someone with Heavy industry and Manufacturing experience and has familiarity within a large and complex industrial environment as a member of senior leadership.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the overall running and leadership of the large scale Tubes Manufacturing site. Therefore, a high level of resilience, motivation and strong engineering management background is imperative.
Location: TATA Steel, Weldon Rd, Corby NN17 5UA
Salary: £90,000-£100,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)
The role is PAYE and INSIDE IR35
Shift timings: Flexible in collaboration with core working office hours. A typical day, 08:00-17:30
Essential requirements:
- Educated to degree level in an Engineering or Technical discipline
- NEBOSH or equivalent H&S qualification
- 5+ years experience within a Heavy Industry/Manufacturing environment in a leadership position
- Proven experience managing a team of circa 400 employees
- Substantial experience within a complex, multi layered environment, managing and implementing change
- Senior Leadership level experience within a unionised environment
- Budget responsibility of site(s) with a turnover exceeding £200M
- Extensive knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
- Ability to tackle complex challenges in a positive manner
- Strong verbal and written communication skill
- High level of motivation and resilience
- Ability to influence and negotiate effectively
- Right to work in the UK with no restrictions or limitations
Responsibilities (condensed):
- Full financial responsibility of the site (turnover circa £200M)
- Overseeing approx 400 employees on the large 24/5 manufacturing site
- Direct reports from Engineering, Manufacturing and Technical teams as well as establishing connections with Supply Chain and Commercial teams
- Providing direction across all areas and ensuring company objectives are met
- Developing and embedding a Lean Manufacturing/continuous improvement environment
- Dealing with objections and maintaining harmony of a large workforce
- Developing relationships with Unions to improve employee engagement
- Overall responsibility for effective customer delivery
- Accountability for the setting, management and spend of budgets
- Leading financial performance initiatives
- Ensuring CAPEX and revenue schemes are accurate, detailed, justified and prioritised accordingly
- Managing a challenging maintenance schedule effectively
- Overall responsibility for all Health, Safety and Environmental matters
- Managing major hazards and major accident prevention
- Ensuring the clear communication of the organisations vision and values
- Making appropriate and effective training and development programmes available for employees personal growth
- Developing a long term business plan for the works
Benefits:
- Advice and editing on your current CV
- Dedicated team throughout your journey within the role
- Paid holiday of 35 days per annum
- One of the UK's leading pension schemes (10% employer against 6% employee contribution)
- Annual pay review
- Bonus scheme based on performance
- Private Health-care scheme
- Exclusive online services including restaurant and retail discounts
- Chance to receive £300* for referring a friend
All applicants are subject to vetting checks including, but not limited to: Right to work check, Occupational Health check and references check.
Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
