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SalaryAn exciting brand new opportunity has arisen for a General Manager to join a leading guidance service and tooling company that has been supporting clients in the directional drilling industry for over 25 years. This is an excellent opportunity to help shape the future of this organisation, offering a competitive salary supplemented by generous performance-based bonuses.
The successful candidate will be responsible for understanding the business needs and goals,leading the team to success, delivering consistent operational excellence in line with Health & Safety standards, meeting customer expectations and making strategic decisions to help achieve business growth.
While a background in engineering, particularly oil and gas or construction, would be beneficial it is not essential. This role requires a confident, motivated, and business-minded individual who is also a strong communicator and team player.
Key Responsibilities (not an exhaustive list):
- To oversee performance of all departments
- To oversee the organisation's financial performance and manage monthly reporting to head office
- To develop strong relationships with customers and suppliers, including pursuing business growth and negotiating deals
- To develop a robust overall operations analysis framework
- Coordination of engineers, forward thinking with training, holiday cover etc.
- Monitor and control all legal and statutory requirements in line with industry HSE and also HMRC/other bodies.
- To act as direct line manager for all staff (currently 5 people at the yard)
- Manage company's ISO 9001 status by implementing new processes
- To follow incident reporting protocol and deliver lessons learned overview
- To continuously work in line with 5 year business model to achieve target revenues and goals.
- Assist with enquiries out of hours where required
- Assist in the preparation of quotations as required
Key Requirements
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proactive leadership skills
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to implement change and drive business forward
- Ability to manage overall performance and implement KPI's and business objectives within the organisation
- Confidence to take ownership of all operational matters
- Ability to build rapport and long lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Natural sales acumen, strong negotiation skills
Please note: you may be required to carry out additional tasks in the event of holiday cover or busy periods to meet the needs of the business, including out of ours/weekends.
