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Field Manager - SPD
Lanes Group
Colnbrook, GBR
Full-time
Manager
Onsite
Discovered 5 days ago
Full Job Posting
Key Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day management of allocated field-based engineers and operational teams.
- Providing visible leadership and support to employees working across operational sites.
- Ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.
- Regularly visiting operational sites to monitor safety, quality, productivity and compliance.
- Ensuring employees understand their responsibilities and the standards expected of them.
- Monitoring individual and team performance and addressing areas requiring improvement.
- Working closely with planners and operational management to ensure resources are effectively deployed.
- Supporting the resolution of operational issues and escalating significant concerns where required.
- Ensuring company vehicles, plant, tools and specialist equipment are appropriately maintained and used correctly.
- Ensuring appropriate PPE is worn and maintained by all employees.
- Conducting regular team briefings, toolbox talks and safety discussions.
- Supporting incident, near-miss and operational investigations where required.
- Maintaining a professional and positive working environment across the team.
Skills & Experience:
- Have previous supervisory, team leader or management experience.
- Demonstrate strong leadership and people-management skills.
- Have a good understanding of Health & Safety and operational compliance.
- Be confident managing field-based employees.
- Be comfortable challenging poor performance or unsafe behaviour.
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be organised and capable of managing multiple operational priorities.
- Be able to make appropriate decisions in a fast-moving operational environment.
- Have good IT and administrative skills.
- Have a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Hold a valid UK driving licence.
- Desirable:
- Previous drainage or wastewater industry experience.
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.
- Experience carrying out site audits and safety inspections.
- Experience managing training and competency matrices.
- Experience managing employee performance and absence
- Living the Company Values
- By embedding our companies core values and purpose into each role, ensures that every employee, regardless of their role or level, understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose of ‘improving today for a better tomorrow’.
- Each role and value has an alignment to set proficiency levels and expectations; this role holder is expected to:
- Leading: Acts as a role model, shaping the learning agenda and influencing change.
- Agile: Anticipates learning needs, adjusts quickly to changing operational contexts.
- Nurturing: Supports the development of others through coaching and structured development plans.
- Engaging: Inspires and motivates learners, builds trust and credibility
- Safe & Secure: Ensures all learning is aligned to safety and compliance standards.
- Your Contribution to the company:
- · Strive to be always positive and constructive
- · Adhere to all company policies
- · Straight talking about the facts of the situation – open discussions are the best way to find solutions
- · Help others through communicating clearly
- · Deliver on commitments
- · Ensure that any ideas that may enhance the productivity or systems of the company are brought to the attention of Senior Management, or your colleagues
- · Deliver our Company Values understanding that by working together in unity we are ‘Stronger Together’
- Equality, Diversion & Inclusion
- At Lanes Group, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups. Join us in our commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse world.
Qualifications
- Have previous supervisory, team leader or management experience.
- Demonstrate strong leadership and people-management skills.
- Have a good understanding of Health & Safety and operational compliance.
- Be confident managing field-based employees.
- Be comfortable challenging poor performance or unsafe behaviour.
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be organised and capable of managing multiple operational priorities.
- Be able to make appropriate decisions in a fast-moving operational environment.
- Have good IT and administrative skills.
- Have a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Hold a valid UK driving licence.
- Previous drainage or wastewater industry experience.
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.
- Experience carrying out site audits and safety inspections.
- Experience managing training and competency matrices.
- Experience managing employee performance and absence
- Living the Company Values
- By embedding our companies core values and purpose into each role, ensures that every employee, regardless of their role or level, understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose of ‘improving today for a better tomorrow’.
- Leading: Acts as a role model, shaping the learning agenda and influencing change.
- Agile: Anticipates learning needs, adjusts quickly to changing operational contexts.
- Nurturing: Supports the development of others through coaching and structured development plans.
- Engaging: Inspires and motivates learners, builds trust and credibility
- Safe & Secure: Ensures all learning is aligned to safety and compliance standards.
- · Strive to be always positive and constructive
- · Adhere to all company policies
- · Straight talking about the facts of the situation – open discussions are the best way to find solutions
- · Help others through communicating clearly
- · Deliver on commitments
- · Ensure that any ideas that may enhance the productivity or systems of the company are brought to the attention of Senior Management, or your colleagues
- · Deliver our Company Values understanding that by working together in unity we are ‘Stronger Together’
- Equality, Diversion & Inclusion
- At Lanes Group, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups. Join us in our commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse world.
About Lanes Group
Civil & Infrastructure Construction4000 employeesFounded 1992
UK provider of water and wastewater solutions and infrastructure services.
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