Operations Director

The Vacancy

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operations Director to join our Smartspace team. Working within a team of Operations Managers and one other Operations Director, you will provide on a national basis, operational leadership to our site and project teams, consisting of Contracts Managers, Project Managers, Site and Section Managers as well as operational support to the wider Smartspace business.

As an Operations Director, you will report to the Construction Director and be a visible leader of health, safety and quality, leading project teams through bid, pre-construction and project handover, identifying and mitigating project, functional and business risk.

We are looking for an experienced individual who leads from the front, motivates and inspires teams to deliver brilliantly.

To be successful in the role you will already be in an operational leadership role and have demonstrable experience that includes site based delivery progression through to your current position, operating within the fit out and refurbishment sector. You will have successfully lead high performing project teams across a wide range of projects from fast paced repeat schemes to high value and complex projects, and been accountable for implementing functional improvement measures that have driven increased operational performance levels.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car
• Travel covered to any of our sites
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies or to discuss career opportunities in strict confidence, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.