Job Description:

Operations Director (Fire Doors)

80,000 - 100,000 - Chelmsford

We are recruiting on behalf of a market leader within the passive fire/fire protection industry who provide professionally managed, cost effective fire compliant services to a wide range of clients throughout the UK, who are looking to recruit and experience operations director or an experienced contract manager who looking to take the step up who come from a fire background.

They have been one of the most well respected within this highly specialised field for over 30 years’ delivering a wide range of 3rd party accredited passive fire protection installation services and continue with year on year growth.

Key Duties of Role:

• Regular communication with the Managing Director and Chairman
• Responsible for Compliance/Scope and Heath and Safety
• Attract new work to the Company
• Responding to tender enquiries
• Overall Operational Responsibility
• Contribute towards marketing, networking and business development
• Oversee the Contracts Managers
• Effectively manage employees and sub-contractors and assist with the performance of their duties where required
• Co-ordinate budgets and assist in the overall management of live jobs with the Managing Director
• Manage Operational side of Variation process
• Oversee Contracts Managers in ensuring all stock is available for each job/site on a daily basis
• Train staff regularly in accordance with our training plan
• Build and maintain client relationships
• Dealing with the Client’s needs and resourcing them adequately
• Supervision of the workforce and monitoring quality
• Ordering and delivering stock as necessary
• Monitoring variations and controlling and managing day work
• Other such reasonable duties as instructed by the Managing Director

Qualifications required:

• CSCS Card/NVQ Level 2 (as a minimum)
• SSSTS/SMSTS

Essential Requirements:

• Fire Doors experience is essential
• Previous management experience is essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer literate in all Microsoft office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Highly organised and professional in approach with a keen eye for detail
• Assertive and proactive in thinking and approach
• Robust, committed and commercially minded
• Flexible and able to adapt to the needs of continuously shifting goals

We act as an Employment Agency/Business with regards to this vacancy. As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applications regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or age. All applicants are considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the job.