Front Line Manager

1. OCU Group are now recruiting for a well motivated, experienced, Front line Manager.
2. Working within our existing team based in Deeside, to undertake the planning, estimating and delivery of our Major Project excavation works.
3. We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

Due to an expansion into the Mid Cheshire region and a continuation of our long term partnership with Scottish Power Energy Networks. OCU Group are now recruiting for a well motivated, experienced, Front line Manager. Working within our existing team based in Deeside, to undertake the planning, estimating and delivery of our Major Project excavation works.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Excellent management and people skills are an essential quality for any OCU group manager. Managing and maintaining a professional relationship with their respective teams, always showing mutual respect.
• As major projects are issued via our planning team, they will assign proposed available dates and durations to the project and Producing relevant CDM documentation. The Major projects manager will be responsible to arrange an initial overview of the Major schemes. The Manager will host a pre planning meeting on site including all OCU support Structure such as Commercial and Traffic Management. They will also include the Client representative and all other 3rd party stakeholders, specifically local highway authorities.
• The Manager will be responsible for planning all pre site health and safety, commercial estimation and scheme delivery targets
• To Maintain and manage full operational control of each scheme within a respective operational District. Ensuring all sites are erected to meet the safest and highest quality, whilst also ensuring full compliance within the agreed NRSWA guidelines for permits and noticing.
• Undertaking out of hours management duties, on a one week in eight rota. Taking calls from the SPEN control room and mobilising on call fault teams to specific locations across all operational areas within the SPEN districts. Dealing with OCU Answer link services calls, regaining customer satisfaction.
• Completing Weekly/Monthly Audits on respective Excavation, Grab and support teams, compiling all findings and remediations onto the OCU App.

Skills And Experience:

• Excellent comprehension and management of Health and Safety.
• Experienced Man Management skills in Civils utilities.
• Competencies in Commercial assessment and Management.
• NRSWA Streetworks Manager qualification.
• Excellent working Knowledge of NRSWA legislation. Monitoring and auditing of Sites and teams.
• Good customer/People skills, showing compassion, understanding and tolerance. Dealing with and resolving any customer issues arising on working sites and confirming full customer satisfaction.
• Basic, Computer and Tablet experience is essential. Further development of this will be provided, to enhance and mentor IT skills.
• Managing and issuing Works via Data systems.
• Working under regulatory targets and timeframes.
• Competitive T&C’s to offered to any successful Candidates.

Company Information:

Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.