Senior Innovation and Improvement Manager

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Are you an experienced Innovation and Improvement Manager looking to drive meaningful change and improvement across a well known company like Sir Robert McAlpine? This could be the perfect role for you!

This role will need to be based in the South of England as travel will be required to various locations including our offices Hemel Hempstead, London and Woking. We can offer flexibility and hybrid working for this role

Why join us?

For 155 years Sir Robert McAlpine has worked at the forefront of the construction world - gaining a reputation for engineering excellence and the respectful, honourable way of doing what we do. Our achievements through the decades are down to the people we employ and the opportunities we give them to succeed. With so many stand-out projects and opportunities ahead, now is the perfect time to join our family-owned business, and proudly build Britain's future heritage with us.

The Innovation Manager role

The Operational Improvement Manager is responsible for actively promoting a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. Train/Coach/Mentor employees at all levels on the tools and methods that support a continuous improvement culture. You will be responsible for driving continuous and significant improvements in the areas of buildsure (safety, quality, programme, cost). This will be achieved by developing a lean/continuous improvement strategy and methodically implementing this alongside our project, regional and function teams.

This position's responsibility includes all aspects of operational improvement, focusing on developing and executing strategies and establishing a vision that leads to operational excellence through application and utilization of world-class lean manufacturing principles.

Your profile

• You will be highly analytical and experienced with project coordination, using problem-solving skills to foresee obstacles and make strategic decisions.

• Forward thinker, leader and motivator to provide vision to the business and identify long term goals. Set focused targets and reassess goals to identify areas of the business on track and which requires refocusing.

• Active coach & problem solver, interacting with employees and looking for opportunities to improve processes. Enhance productivity and continue to make processes flow even better

• Technical expertise - a firm understanding of process improvement techniques and experience applying these to make organizational changes (a background in lean would be of benefit)

• Analytical thinking - evaluate individual processes and projects, to arrive at a summary of overall organizational status

• Communication skills - excellent verbal, listening and written skills to hold presentations, facilitate meetings, training and report writing.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or extensive experience using a PMI-based Project Management Methodology/Process Improvement methodology desired.

• Membership of an industry related professional body would be advantageous

Rewards

We're ready to invest in you and your future, and offer wide-ranging, performance-related progression opportunities. Our competitive rewards packages feature flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

We'd love you to join us in proudly building Britain's future heritage. Apply online now.

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