- Manage the delivery of CCTV, wastewater assets, and flow surveys on sewer networks for our clients.
- Manage the delivery of our lead investigations.
- Manage the health, safety, and well-being of our field-based teams.
- Safety, ethics, integrity, and the environment – always embraces and upholds RPS's high professional standards, and advocacy - an ambassador for our wider business at all times.
- Deliver a high level of customer service to our external and internal customers.
- Manage the day-to-day running of field staff members initially, with a view to this increasing in line with our growth plan.
- Ideally based in the central belt, the successful applicant will be experienced in working in confined spaces and highway working, ideally holding both a Confined Spaces Certificate and NRSWA Signing Lighting & Guarding qualification.
- Experience and awareness of managing work in high-risk environments such as confined spaces and highways.
- Team leadership - experience of successfully leading integrated/blended/diverse/multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex project outputs and programme outcomes.
- Communication – high emotional intelligence - listens and questions effectively, concise verbal and written communication skills.
- Strive to exceed client aspiration and are goal driven.
- You will have extensive experience in the leadership and management of field-based teams, ideally gained in the utility service industry or similar and will have the ability to deliver results in an often unpredictable, operational environment.
- You will have proven experience managing performance and able to implement change.
- Proficient in the use of the MS office suite, work management systems and applications are essential.
- Demonstrable track record of reliability and flexibility
- Water industry experience – knowledge of the working practices
- Detailed knowledge of both public sewer networks and domestic drainage system
- A degree qualified in a relevant subject is desirable although significant previous experience will be considered.
- IOSH managing safely.
- A full UK driving license is also essential.
Delivery Manager - Grangemouth, United Kingdom - RPS Group
Description
Delivery Manager - Water Consultancy
RPS has an exciting opportunity for a Delivery Manager to join our Water Consulting business. This is a senior-level position and will deliver and build upon our existing frameworks and relationships with utility companies across Scotland.
Your responsibilities will primarily focus on the direct line management of our field staff working across our Lead Investigation and Wastewater Projects, ensuring policies and procedures are followed, training is kept up to date and investigation are carried out to a high standard. As well as supporting the day-to-day operations, the Delivery Manager will support, develop, and manage growth within the team.
About The Team:
RPS Water Consulting is a team of Engineers, Modellers and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development, to our Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry, providing challenges and opportunities which require innovation, dedication and team work to help us meet our clients' needs.
Your Responsibilities:
About You:
Desirable but not essential:
Qualifications:
What's in it for you?
We're proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised, and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master's degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.
We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we're happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you
We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You'll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their well-being.
What's in it for you?
We will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself. Successful candidates are trained by industry-leading professionals who are committed to the personal development of their teams. We also run a comprehensive suite of training courses throughout the year which focus on softer skills and personal development, with needs identified through our annual appraisal process.
A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you'll be supported as far as you want to go.
Why RPS?
We're a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that's right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.
RPS, A Tetra Tech company:
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023, RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems.
About RPS Water Consultancy
It's an exciting time to be working for our UK Water business as the workload in the water market takes off. With a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place, we are ideally placed to help our clients deliver on the challenges facing them over the coming years - whether that is reducing leakage, pollution and flooding, or improving the environment and levels of service to their customers.
Our Water business employs around 1000 highly skilled and motivated people working on projects for all of the water and sewerage companies across the UK, and most of the water-only companies. We deliver a full range of end-to-end water and wastewater services including data collection and analytics; modelling and risk analysis/optimisation; data visualisation and mapping; artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions; feasibility studies; outline and detailed design of capital solutions; and development of optimised, risk-based, operational interventions.
Come and join our team and truly make a difference in the future of water
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Our commitment to Diversityand Inclusion
Mindful that a truly inclusiveorganization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and withoutunnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusionprinciples in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communitiesand clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the bestavailable talent for the company's future.
Our approach to Diversityand inclusion
Our people live our purpose,deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behavioursdefine who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that wedo. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a greatplace to do great work.
'Stronger Together' is one ofour five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace:
'We are respectful,acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution ofeveryone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent.People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.'
Recruitment Agencies
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