KAEFER UK & Ireland
Area Contracts Manager
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The Opportunity
How You Will Make An Impact
- Be responsible for managing all aspects of allocated projects with a brief to ensure on-time delivery, within defined budgets and without compromise on safety or quality.
- Undertake key elements of the role include, but not limited to, client and stakeholder management; commercial, financial and SHEQ performance; project controls, change and risk management and debt management, whilst proactively seeking new opportunities for profitable growth.
- Provide leadership to the project teams and create growth and objectives where appropriate.
- Coach and mentor members of the project team and determine actions required for employee development.
What You Will Bring
- Knowledge of Access Solutions, Work at Height practices and Scaffolding procedures (Rope Access Solutions would be desirable)
- Successful leadership and process improvement
- Experience in managing teams across multiple project locations at the same time
- Accountability for managing single projects, contracts or sites in excess of £250,000 (managing a portfolio of projects in excess of £3m would be desirable)
- Knowledge of Industrial sector projects i.e. Power Generation, Petrochemical, Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas etc
- Experience of managing teams in a unionised environment and under Working Rule Agreements and/or Supplementary Project Agreements
- Flexibility to travel around the UK with overnight stayd as required and adaptability to accommodate other working patterns
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Why KAEFER UK & Ireland?
Our mission is clear: to be the most reliable and efficient provider of technical industrial services.
KAEFER UK & Ireland provides a large and growing range of industries with asset integrity services including access solutions, insulation, surface protection, HVAC fabrication, EC&I and more. We focus on improving energy efficiency and extending asset life cycles. We have twelve operating centres across the UK and Ireland, employing approximately 3,500 highly skilled and experienced people. Our people are our lifeforce and every day they deliver excellence to our customers.
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KAEFER UK & Ireland is part of the KAEFER Group, a global €2.5 billion business with its headquarters in Bremen, Germany. KAEFER works on more than 5,500 job-sites internationally, with around 35,000 employees. With unrivalled experience and expertise, our teams provide trusted partnerships and tailored support to execute even the most challenging and complex projects for clients.
We take pride in being part of a global company, with common values and many diverse and individual voices. You can ‘count on us’ to make positive contributions in the communities where we live and work.
Our Values
- Reliability
- Ambition
- Team Spirit
- Respect
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