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Operations Manager - Highways & Infrastructure

Job Posted: 17 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside

Expire in: 11 days

Job Description

Procter Street is working with a well-established civils contractor delivering highways and infrastructure works across multiple local authority frameworks. They are seeking an experienced Operations Manager to take ownership of day-to-day operational delivery across a portfolio of schemes, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient execution of works. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in driving performance, maintaining strong client relationships, and ensuring consistent delivery across multiple live sites within the highways and public realm environment.

Key Responsibilities

  * Lead operational delivery across highways and infrastructure projects within local authority frameworks

  * Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality standards across all sites

  * Take ownership of site management teams, ensuring effective coordination of supervisors, engineers, and subcontractors

  * Oversee planning, programming and resource allocation to ensure efficient project delivery

  * Drive compliance with CDM regulations and company management systems

  * Monitor project performance, cost control, and productivity across multiple schemes

  * Act as a key point of contact for clients, local authorities, and stakeholders

  * Ensure works are delivered in line with contractual obligations and framework requirements

  * Lead operational reporting, progress updates, and performance reviews

Health & Safety, Technical & Compliance Focus

This role carries a strong emphasis on maintaining a proactive safety culture and ensuring technical excellence across all operations. The Operations Manager will be responsible for embedding robust health and safety practices across all sites, ensuring all works are delivered in full compliance with legislation, permits, and framework standards. A strong technical understanding of highways construction, civils methodologies, temporary works, traffic management, and utility coordination is essential. The role also requires a disciplined approach to quality assurance, environmental compliance, and adherence to local authority specifications and audit requirements.

Candidate Profile & Requirements

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Operations Manager from a civil engineering or highways background, ideally with local authority framework experience. They will bring strong leadership capability, a solid technical understanding of infrastructure delivery, and a proven ability to manage multiple live projects safely and efficiently.

  * Proven experience in highways or civil engineering operations

  * Strong health & safety and CDM knowledge

  * Excellent stakeholder and client management skills

  * Strong technical understanding of infrastructure delivery

  * Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and teams

  * Commercial awareness with strong organisational skills

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