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About The Role:
Location: M12 4HR
We are currently recruiting for Rail Depot Manager (Cleaning) to join our passionate and driven team based at our client’s site. This role will involve travelling between and working across two depots Longsight, Manchester and Edge Hill Liverpool.
Working Hours:
- Monday to Friday Nights
- Weekends according to business needs, 9pm to 5am
Requirement: As this role requires travel, a driving license will be required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountability: For all financial overtime and stock control within your location.
- Collaboration: Working collaboratively with all employees in your location and across OCS where applicable, you will be a champion for change; implementing new policies and processes and be an advocate of new ways of working, influencing employees, to ensure buy-in.
- Operational Delivery: Leading the effective operational delivery and facilitation of all services within your location.
- Communication: Liaise closely with the Supervisors, Team Leaders and your employees to ensure common service delivery standards and collaborative working are met.
- Initiatives: Working closely with Senior Operations Manager you will review and implement new initiatives, legislation, and other changes both internal and external.
- Financial Oversight: Authorise expenditure as agreed by the Account Director. You will ensure that budgets and expenditure for your location is robustly monitored through regular reviews and stock spot checks.
- Reporting: You will provide regular reports (Daily Report / Equipment / Night Report / Cabin Trackers / Additional Work / Overtime / Stock / Training Records) regarding the Operation to the Senior Operations Manager.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Interface with the clients, service providers and stakeholders, to ensure the expectations are being met and any additional services can be supported.
- Team Leadership: Lead, own and be responsible for liaison with supervisors and teams in your location to enable them to supply the required staffing, that ensures fulfilment of contract and service requirements.
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The Ideal Candidate:
- Right to Work in the UK
- Experience:
- A proven track record in cleaning service delivery. As this involves train presentation experience in the same sector or Retail (high standard clean environments) would be a good fit.
- Experience of implementing, reviewing, and achieving the standard for safety, quality, time, and cost.
- Demonstrable experience of managing a team.
- Skills:
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to operate and build credibility with employees
- Excellent diplomacy skills combined with the confidence and resilience to handle potential conflict situations.
- A willingness to travel to sites across the contract region at short notice.
- Good IT skills including use of Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet Explorer
- Organisation skills for meeting deadlines and supporting others to do the same
- Qualifications:
- Recognised Health and Safety qualifications e.g., IOSH
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Additional Requirements:
Due to the working environment, you will be required to complete a track safety awareness course and drug and alcohol screening prior to starting in this role.
About The Company:
OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security, and catering.
Our Mission: To make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers, and the communities we serve.
Our Values: Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.
How to Apply:
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Equal Opportunities Employer: We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
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