Harbourne Associates
Regional Operations Manager
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Regional Operations Manager – Traffic Management
Location: Reading
Salary: Up to £50k + benefits
Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00am–5:00pm (50 hours per week)
About the Company
Established in 2013, My client has rapidly grown to become a trusted partner for clients across the UK, delivering award-winning services across the clean water, wastewater, gas, multi-utilities and highways sectors. The business works closely with clients and partners to maintain the essential utility services that keep modern life moving, with a strong focus on quality, safety, customer service and operational excellence.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Regional Operations Manager – Traffic Management to take responsibility for the operational performance of multiple Traffic Management depots across Reading and surrounding areas. This is a senior operational leadership position with significant responsibility. You will lead delivery across a multi-depot network, ensuring services are delivered safely, efficiently and profitably within a fast-paced environment incorporating both planned and reactive work. Working with regional and national clients across a broad range of commercial and industrial sectors, you will ensure consistently high levels of service while delivering against contractual SLAs, KPIs, budgets and commercial targets. You will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the company's reputation for quality, reliability and customer service.
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Key Responsibilities
- Take overall responsibility for the delivery of budget across the North and Midlands depots.
- Lead a high-volume, 24/7 reactive and planned Traffic Management operation across a diverse client base.
- Ensure smooth, effective and proactive service delivery across the depot network.
- Drive consistency, quality and operational excellence across all service streams.
- Lead by example, embedding the company's values and creating a strong performance culture.
- Ensure customer requirements remain at the heart of operational decision-making.
- Manage the cost-effective delivery of services while maintaining exceptional standards of quality.
- Ensure client SLAs and KPIs are consistently achieved and exceeded.
- Act as the key operational point of contact for day-to-day issues across the region.
- Work closely with Depot Managers to drive accountability, productivity and profitability.
- Motivate, coach and develop teams to adopt a right-first-time approach.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, customer service and commercial performance.
- Ensure teams consistently deliver a safe, compliant and professional service.
- Build strong relationships with clients, colleagues and key stakeholders across the business.
About You
The successful candidate will be an experienced operational leader with a strong background in Traffic Management and/or a reactive service environment. You will be commercially aware, highly organised and confident managing multiple teams and locations. Most importantly, you'll be able to demonstrate a track record of leading people and delivering profitable operational performance.
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Essential Experience & Qualifications
- Previous experience in an Operational Management role.
- Proven experience leading and supervising large teams.
- Strong experience within Traffic Management or a similar reactive service environment.
- NRSWA accreditation.
- LANTRA 12ABCD qualification.
- Good knowledge of permit schemes.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Confident using operational systems and technology.
- Strong commercial and financial awareness.
- Excellent leadership, coaching and motivational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, reactive environment.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and make effective decisions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
What We're Looking For
This is a role for someone who thrives in a busy operational environment and enjoys taking ownership of performance across multiple sites. You'll need to be an engaging leader who can bring teams together, drive accountability and ensure operational delivery translates into a profitable, high-quality service for customers. If you have strong Traffic Management experience and are ready to take the next step into a senior regional leadership position, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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