Costain Group
Logistics Manager
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Control Tower Shift Manager
The Control Tower Shift Manager will report to the Control Tower Manager and join the SCS Logistics team that manages construction logistics across the HS2 main works. They will be responsible for Control Tower Operations and ensuring all stakeholders' requirements are exceeded.
The role has line management responsibility for a team of logistics coordinators and will be expected to lead, coach, and develop their team.
The role is aimed at an ambitious, dynamic, and enthusiastic Logistics professional who wants to be part of a team that is developing a logistics operation which will be deployed across future major construction projects.
Location: On-site role at Willesden Junction
Role Success Criteria
- Promotion and implementation of SCS Core Values.
- High Performing and Motivated Team.
- Positive Engagement with the wider Logistics Team and the SCS Area Teams.
- Completion of all shift tasks.
- Good Relationship with the other shift manager to ensure smooth handover between shifts.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Control Tower Operations while on shift.
- Daily briefings and high team performance.
- Offering continuous improvement opportunities.
- Deputising for Control Tower Manager when required.
- Control Tower Systems Super User.
- Escalation for any incidents/problems.
- Management of Team Performance.
- Good working relationship with all Stakeholders.
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience in Construction Logistics advantageous but not essential.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English (essential).
- Good organization skills (essential).
- Good IT skills, e.g., Excel, Word (essential).
- Be a team player.
- Be a problem solver.
- Positive, dynamic, and enthusiastic.
About the Company
The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high-speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable, and frequent high-speed services.
The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks, and the construction of site compounds.
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You’ll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military, or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g., as a STEM ambassador).
Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment, for example.
HS2 – working with Skanska, Costain, and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous, and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
SCS Railways is a Disability Confident Leader. We want to encourage disabled people to apply for our roles and have an opportunity to display your skills, talent, and abilities. We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.
Please see the disability confident commitments: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-guidance-for-levels-1-2-and-3/level-1-disability-confident-committed
To be considered for an interview under this scheme you have:
- A physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
- Demonstrated in your application and pre-interview stage that you meet the minimum job criteria and person specification for the role.
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Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation, and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising, and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation, or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciates the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at the application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview.
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that discloses they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations, such as high-volume, seasonal, and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details, please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
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