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Are you an experienced Operations Director within Industrial and Manufacturing environments? Do you consider yourself to be highly motivated and a positive leader? Are you based in or around Corby?
We have a permanent Operations Director opportunity available within TATA Steel’s Corby works. This role is ideal for someone with Heavy industry and Manufacturing experience and has familiarity within a large and complex industrial environment as a member of senior leadership.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the overall running and leadership of the large scale Tubes Manufacturing site. Therefore, a high level of resilience, motivation and strong engineering management background is imperative.
Location: TATA Steel, Weldon Rd, Corby NN17 5UA
Salary: £90,000-£100,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)
The role is PAYE and INSIDE IR35
Shift timings: Flexible in collaboration with core working office hours. A typical day, 08:00-17:30
Essential requirements:
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Educated to degree level in an Engineering or Technical discipline
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NEBOSH or equivalent H&S qualification
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5+ years experience within a Heavy Industry/Manufacturing environment in a leadership position
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Proven experience managing a team of circa 400 employees
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Substantial experience within a complex, multi layered environment, managing and implementing change
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Senior Leadership level experience within a unionised environment
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Budget responsibility of site(s) with a turnover exceeding £200M
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Extensive knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
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Ability to tackle complex challenges in a positive manner
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Strong verbal and written communication skill
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High level of motivation and resilience
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Ability to influence and negotiate effectively
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Right to work in the UK with no restrictions or limitations
Responsibilities (condensed):
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Full financial responsibility of the site (turnover circa £200M)
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Overseeing approx 400 employees on the large 24/5 manufacturing site
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Direct reports from Engineering, Manufacturing and Technical teams as well as establishing connections with Supply Chain and Commercial teams
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Providing direction across all areas and ensuring company objectives are met
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Developing and embedding a Lean Manufacturing/continuous improvement environment
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Dealing with objections and maintaining harmony of a large workforce
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Developing relationships with Unions to improve employee engagement
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Overall responsibility for effective customer delivery
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Accountability for the setting, management and spend of budgets
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Leading financial performance initiatives
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Ensuring CAPEX and revenue schemes are accurate, detailed, justified and prioritised accordingly
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Managing a challenging maintenance schedule effectively
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Overall responsibility for all Health, Safety and Environmental matters
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Managing major hazards and major accident prevention
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Ensuring the clear communication of the organisations vision and values
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Making appropriate and effective training and development programmes available for employees personal growth
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Developing a long term business plan for the works
All applicants are subject to vetting checks including, but not limited to: Right to work check, Occupational Health check and references check
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