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SalaryWe're looking for a General Manager to join our Transportation team based in Wymondham. Kier Highways Solutions (KHS) provides a one-stop-shop end to end works management and delivery capability from carriageway treatment design, product manufacture, installation, temporary traffic management through to small civils works, patching & road markings. Within this role, you can enjoy 26 days holiday plus bank holiday with the option to buy/sell, fantastic, matched pension scheme and even more.
Location: Wymondham,
Contract: Permanent, Full time
What will you be responsible for?
As a General Manager, you'll be working within the senior leadership team, supporting them by leading the teams across our Kier Highway Solutions business to deliver the requirements of the contracts and our clients, focusing on delivering high quality specialist surfacing solutions, manufacturing of highway bituminous emulsions from our factory at Wymondham, and our 12D traffic management business.
Your day to day will include:
- Ensuring compliance with all Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality policies, delivering the business plan, achieving financial targets and ensuring profitable growth of the business
- Producing budgets and forecasts for the business
- Supporting the Work Winning team in securing new contracts, promoting the wellbeing of your team and ensuring that an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought, background and experience is actively encouraged and achieved
- Working with internal and external clients to identify effective use of resources and budgets
- Leading, participating and implementing in business improvement projects in support of the KHS business and the wider Kier business, planning objectives, analysing business performance, presenting alternative solutions, and making recommendations
What are we looking for?
This role of General Manager is great for you if:
- You have experience managing high performing operational teams, with great leadership, organisational and communication skills
- Strong knowledge of health & safety practices
- Commercial and contractual awareness and knowledge of modern forms of contract with a good background in asset management / professional services
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
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