An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior operations manager to join our team as Business Manager, Heysham. The successful candidate will have experience in the provision of shore base logistics services to offshore energy industries including oil and gas and offshore wind. Experience in business development, bid writing, setting and managing budgets, and running a profit and loss account is also essential.

As the senior manager for our facility at Heysham Port, you will take a diverse and collaborative role in positioning this business unit to support an integrated energy energy landscape in the East Irish Sea. You will also be accountable for the safety performance, profitability, and growth of the business. Crucially, you will be a champion for change and skilled at leading transformation and implementing continuous improvement methodologies.

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations, and individuals we work with. Therefore, we positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

To be considered for this position, you will have experience operating at a similar level. You will also be a self-starter with drive and energy to transition a business and support others on the journey. A commitment to health and safety is essential, as is a focus on delivering operational excellence for our existing and future customers.

Peterson offers a comprehensive range of safe, reliable and value added logistics solutions to the energy industry globally from strategic locations. Peterson works closely with customers, supported by a suite of industry leading digital applications, to identify and create opportunities to work together by sharing resources and securing operational efficiencies resulting in significant cost savings.

Established in 1920, the organisation has expanded internationally with facilities at a number of prominent ports. The company is part of a wider group operating in over 70 countries with 4,000 people globally.