Logistics Manager - North in Birmingham

Location: Two Snowhill - Birmingham

Salary Base salary: c£55,687.20pa to £65,514.00 pa depending on skills and experience (inclusive of a 20% flexible benefits fund), as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Job Purpose

The Logistics Team is responsible for enabling the safe, cost-effective, sustainable, and compliant delivery of HS2 through the provision of industry-leading logistics guidance, integrated planning, and assurance. As a Logistics Manager North at HS2 you will be responsible for undertaking a risk-based approach to the assurance of the Logistics supporting the Works, whilst maintaining industry standards of health and safety, and supporting the required project delivery outcomes, namely, efficiency, quality, environmental impact, Undertakings and Assurance obligations.

The Logistics Manager will also provide support to the HS2 NEC3 Project Manager and be accountable for providing specialist Logistic support and expertise at each stage of the construction process. You will influence, support, and hold accountable the Contractor Logistic Lead to implementation of their Logistic Strategy.

Establish and maintain key external stakeholder relationships with other Government and industry bodies such as DVSA, RSSB, CILT, CLOCS.

About the role:

• Accountable for providing specialist advice and expertise at all stages of the construction process to the NEC 3 Project Manager in administering the contract.
• Responsible for assessing the feasibility of the work.
• Responsible for accepting, monitoring and assuring contractor compliance through their Construction Logistics Strategy (CLS), Construction Logistics Plans (CLP), and Logistic Environment Safety Sustainability Management Plan (ESSMP) to meet quality and safety assurance purposes and to ensure the efficiency of the coordinated strategy and ensuring contractors implement their legal requirements under the HS2 Act specific to vehicle safety and professional driver standards.
• Responsible for liaising with the relevant teams within HS2 and the contractors to identify the logistics requirements in each area based on material demands, location of suppliers/receivers and plant requirements and people requirements to form a base logistics plan for each area.
• Responsible for liaising with the mass haul manager and earthworks teams on the Mass Haul strategy to identify vehicle movement requirements in each area and amend the plans to suit.
• Responsible for collaboration with the other Logistics Managers and work closely with other HS2 stakeholders to ensure interface items and arrangements have been incorporated into the construction logistics plans.
• Responsible for assisting the Senior Logistics Manager in the review, production, and delivery of route-wide requirements, processes, coordinated strategy and programme for construction logistics.
• Responsible for undertaking an assurance role during planning and construction, monitoring and reporting on the contractor’s management of logistics, safety, and compliance with the EMRs and Undertakings and Assurances in each area and for the success and efficiency of the Project, provide support and advice on logistics issues to HS2 team and contractors.
• Responsible for the planning and integration of the MWSC, Rail Systems and Operations contracts and providing logistics guidance and support for the Rail Systems Alliance.
• Responsible for leading and supporting collaboration and logistic forums.
• Accountable for maintaining the integrity of HS2’s compound and gate naming conventions with the contractors and within HS2 asset management system.

Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• An ability to work in a complex, matrix environment across different disciplines.
• Ability to produce and present information aimed at a variety of audiences.
• Data analysis and reporting skills.
• Time management skills.
• Conflict Management - Ability to cooperate, collaborate and reach constructive outcomes with a range of colleagues from different disciplines and backgrounds.
• Decision Quality - Gathering and synthesising information, identifying options, and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason.
• Making use of a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data.
• Clear Direction - Defining and prioritising objectives, analysing inputs, assessing, and challenging data, defining strategies, and supporting rationales.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of quality assurance processes.
• Knowledge and experience using proprietary software and IT resources.
• Knowledge and experience of site-based processes and procedures for health, safety, environmental and environmental management.
• Knowledge of Civils and Rail construction methodology.

Types of Experience:

• Experience within a construction and/or logistics environment with a large proportion of “on-site” operations.
• Construction logistics.
• Supply chain management.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised, and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.