Area Manager - South in Castletown

Country: United Kingdom

City: Portland

Req ID: 517478

Job Type: Full Time

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Hydro International, a CRH Company, is a leading global provider of advanced products, services and expertise to help municipal, industrial and construction customers to improve their water management processes, increase operational performance and reduce environmental impact. With over 40 years of experience and a reputation for engineering excellence, businesses, and public bodies all over the world rely on our products, services and integrated solutions to reduce flood risk, improve water treatment and protect the environment from water pollution. We have a network of over 80 distribution partners and serve customers in more than 40 countries.

Location: Based in the South with regular travel between branches requiring overnight stays.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the management for growth, sales, customer service, operations, team leadership and site management within the wastewater services business.
• Manage Operations and Business Development giving a full 360 relationship between Sales and Operations.
• Lead business development at an operational level; guide the development of internal structure to support growth, including expansion, recruitment, resource management and business planning as required.
• Act as the Senior Key Account Manager and point of contact with clients, providing an escalation point for all major contracts for the relevant area.
• Direct operational leads and teams to ensure safe, efficient delivery to time, cost and quality; coordinate and report on branch activities to maximise efficiency and ensure KPIs and budgets are met.
• Provide overall area leadership of strategic objectives and develop profit centers to contribute to financial success.
• Responsible for all elements of P&L for the area branches, including financial and operational reporting; monitor job costings and implement financial controls as needed.
• Oversee effective project management focusing on quoting, planning and delivering projects to time, cost and quality using company resources to satisfy customer and business needs.
• People management: develop and performance manage employees to increase responsibilities and provide career development, coaching management on personnel matters.
• Write reports and analyse relevant business data to enable effective forward planning and satisfy KPI requirements of the contract or framework.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements across the business; work with SHEQ Manager to implement ISO9001, ISO14001 policies and procedures.
• Encourage and develop relationships with stakeholder groups; manage sites and assets safely.
• Promote business-wide objectives and support business development initiatives.

Requirements:

• Current valid driving licence.
• Dynamic role requiring regular working outside core hours to suit business needs.
• Regular travel including overnight stays at potentially short notice.
• Participate in emergency cover rotation; on-call for a week at a time including weekends or bank holidays every few months.

Competency & Qualifications:

• Broad knowledge of the wastewater industry and ability to guide the business in technological developments.
• Senior level sales experience in wastewater in a Key Account Manager role or similar, with customer experience at the core of outputs.
• Minimum of 5 years industry experience at a senior level.
• Engineering qualification to Degree/HND or equivalent, or qualified by experience.
• Experience with water/engineering equipment and water industry/environmental sectors preferred.
• Commercially astute with excellent business acumen.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and direct reports in a systematic and organised manner to meet deadlines.
• SMSTS – Site safety management desirable.
• IOSH safety qualification as a minimum; good knowledge of Health & Safety in construction.
• Experience managing NEC 3 Contracts.
• Project management training with experience in planning and coordination; proficiency with PM tools (e.g., Microsoft Office/Project, GANTT charts).
• Proven people manager with experience delivering time-critical projects.
• Confined spaces to City and Guilds – preferred.
• Excellent MS Office skills; strong presentation, written and oral communication and customer service skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salaries
• Annual Discretionary bonus
• 2 x Annual salary Life Cover
• Pension
• Minimum of 23 days holiday per annum + Bank Holidays
• Flu Vaccines
• DSE Eye Tests
• Mental Health First Aiders & Support programmes
• Training & Development

What Hydro International Offers You:

• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
• Highly competitive salary package
• Comprehensive secondary benefits
• Significant contribution to your pension plan
• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization

Connect your future to CRH. We are curious to learn more about you. At CRH, we believe our mutual differences contribute to the healthy, productive, and enjoyable workspace we create. Please introduce yourself and send us your application.

If this role is not for you, but you know someone who would love to join the team, please let us know. CRH finds it important that vacancies are shared with individuals who may be interested and/or could be suitable for the role.

EEO statement: CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.