Hitachi ABB Power Grids
As the Head of Operations, you will be a senior leader within the UK Service Business Management Team, responsible for shaping and delivering the operational strategy across a diverse and complex portfolio. You will lead multidisciplinary teams including Project Managers, Project Planners, Quantity Surveyors, Contract Management specialists, and our expanding Switchgear Delivery team-ensuring project excellence nationwide. In this pivotal role, you will balance strategic direction with operational oversight, ensuring that all projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and commercially. You will cultivate a culture of high performance, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement to strengthen the organisation's service delivery capability. Please note we are unable to provide visa support on this position. How you'll make an impact Provide senior leadership and oversight for a broad portfolio of Transmission & Distribution upgrade projects across the UK, owning the full delivery lifecycle from planning and procurement to commissioning and close out. Drive a proactive, industry leading safety culture, working to continuously elevate behavioural safety, compliance, and operational maturity. Deliver operational excellence, ensuring all projects achieve or exceed schedule, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction objectives. Shape and implement operational strategy, contributing to long term planning, policy development, process improvement, and service integration across the business. Lead financial and resource planning, developing action plans to optimise performance, manage cost, and ensure efficient use of staffing and capability. Ensure operational governance, assurance, and compliance, overseeing quality, responsiveness, and performance standards while initiating corrective action when required. Prepare and present operational and financial reporting, including monthly, quarterly, and annual KPIs for senior leadership. Act as a visible safety leader, reinforcing safe systems of work, engaging teams on site visits, and promoting accountability across all operational functions. Lead structured monthly project reviews, ensuring transparency, ownership, and clear mitigation planning around risks, issues, and opportunities. Own workforce planning and capability management, forecasting resource needs and playing a key role in recruitment, succession planning, and professional development. Strengthen cross business collaboration, aligning activities with other business units, ensuring effective knowledge sharing, and embedding lessons learned into future programmes. Your Background Extensive experience in senior Operations and/or Project Management leadership roles within a complex, technical, or engineering focused environment. Strong understanding of Field Service operations, with the ability to manage and differentiate between project based and field based delivery streams. Proven people leader with a strong track record of motivating, mentoring, and developing technical and operational teams. Highly developed organisational, strategic planning, and decision making skills, with experience driving operational transformation or large scale change. Strong knowledge of legislation and requirements related to utility assets, site health & safety, CDM, and environmental compliance. Experience within the electrical distribution, T&D, or similar industry with significant exposure to HV/EHV equipment, site operations, and safety critical environments. Thorough knowledge of CDM regulations and associated duties. NEBOSH or equivalent HSE qualification (desirable). SAP experience (Project Cockpit, project cost analysis, ROC) preferred. Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives. With over a century in pioneering mission critical technologies like high voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time - balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonising the power system. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
As the Head of Operations, you will be a senior leader within the UK Service Business Management Team, responsible for shaping and delivering the operational strategy across a diverse and complex portfolio. You will lead multidisciplinary teams including Project Managers, Project Planners, Quantity Surveyors, Contract Management specialists, and our expanding Switchgear Delivery team-ensuring project excellence nationwide. In this pivotal role, you will balance strategic direction with operational oversight, ensuring that all projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and commercially. You will cultivate a culture of high performance, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement to strengthen the organisation's service delivery capability. Please note we are unable to provide visa support on this position. How you'll make an impact Provide senior leadership and oversight for a broad portfolio of Transmission & Distribution upgrade projects across the UK, owning the full delivery lifecycle from planning and procurement to commissioning and close out. Drive a proactive, industry leading safety culture, working to continuously elevate behavioural safety, compliance, and operational maturity. Deliver operational excellence, ensuring all projects achieve or exceed schedule, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction objectives. Shape and implement operational strategy, contributing to long term planning, policy development, process improvement, and service integration across the business. Lead financial and resource planning, developing action plans to optimise performance, manage cost, and ensure efficient use of staffing and capability. Ensure operational governance, assurance, and compliance, overseeing quality, responsiveness, and performance standards while initiating corrective action when required. Prepare and present operational and financial reporting, including monthly, quarterly, and annual KPIs for senior leadership. Act as a visible safety leader, reinforcing safe systems of work, engaging teams on site visits, and promoting accountability across all operational functions. Lead structured monthly project reviews, ensuring transparency, ownership, and clear mitigation planning around risks, issues, and opportunities. Own workforce planning and capability management, forecasting resource needs and playing a key role in recruitment, succession planning, and professional development. Strengthen cross business collaboration, aligning activities with other business units, ensuring effective knowledge sharing, and embedding lessons learned into future programmes. Your Background Extensive experience in senior Operations and/or Project Management leadership roles within a complex, technical, or engineering focused environment. Strong understanding of Field Service operations, with the ability to manage and differentiate between project based and field based delivery streams. Proven people leader with a strong track record of motivating, mentoring, and developing technical and operational teams. Highly developed organisational, strategic planning, and decision making skills, with experience driving operational transformation or large scale change. Strong knowledge of legislation and requirements related to utility assets, site health & safety, CDM, and environmental compliance. Experience within the electrical distribution, T&D, or similar industry with significant exposure to HV/EHV equipment, site operations, and safety critical environments. Thorough knowledge of CDM regulations and associated duties. NEBOSH or equivalent HSE qualification (desirable). SAP experience (Project Cockpit, project cost analysis, ROC) preferred. Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives. With over a century in pioneering mission critical technologies like high voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time - balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonising the power system. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
J. Murphy & Sons Ltd
Murphy is recruiting for a title to work with the Energy team, initially based at Stonecross ( WA3 3JD) Jan- June, then onsite 5 days a week at Glaslyn on the Great Grid Upgrade, to reinforce and refubish parts of the high power network in North Wales. Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come. We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries. A day in the life of a Murphy Managing Quantity Surveyor Efficiently manage all commercial aspects of the Project and maintain regular liaison with all stakeholders. Assist in building a team, manage the development of personal plans, establishment of objectives/targets for all direct reports and monitor on an ongoing basis - maintain performance. Collate, analysis & challenge Cost/Value Reports and forecasts as required, implement required actions. Negotiating terms and conditions with subcontractors and suppliers that apportion risk to those best placed to manage that risk and deliver best value to the project and the Client Design and implement a commercial strategy for their portfolio and tenders with the assistance of their functional manager. Assist with the development and training of Commercial Practitioners including supervisor / mentor / counsellor role for staff undertaking their APC or equivalent. Assist in maximising of cash position, including WIP control, cash flow production & improvement plans for all projects. Identification and advice upon of insurance related issues, including PI. Assist in work winning duties as required, including proactive release of team members and attendance at Client Presentations for Tender Interviews Ensuring optimum performance of commercial team for the portfolio of work, undertaking constant reviewing for margin gains in efficiency and timely resource forecasting. Ensure that the outturn costs on the projects are monitored monthly through a detailed bottom up resourced and costed forecast maintained. Still interested, does this sound like you? Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent preferred. Registered with RICS / ICES Excellent knowledge of Standard Forms of Contract (NEC) and Standard Methods of Measurement Capable of confident, informed, quality decision making Ability to synthesise information quickly and communicate situation reports to senior management
Murphy is recruiting for a title to work with the Energy team, initially based at Stonecross ( WA3 3JD) Jan- June, then onsite 5 days a week at Glaslyn on the Great Grid Upgrade, to reinforce and refubish parts of the high power network in North Wales. Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come. We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries. A day in the life of a Murphy Managing Quantity Surveyor Efficiently manage all commercial aspects of the Project and maintain regular liaison with all stakeholders. Assist in building a team, manage the development of personal plans, establishment of objectives/targets for all direct reports and monitor on an ongoing basis - maintain performance. Collate, analysis & challenge Cost/Value Reports and forecasts as required, implement required actions. Negotiating terms and conditions with subcontractors and suppliers that apportion risk to those best placed to manage that risk and deliver best value to the project and the Client Design and implement a commercial strategy for their portfolio and tenders with the assistance of their functional manager. Assist with the development and training of Commercial Practitioners including supervisor / mentor / counsellor role for staff undertaking their APC or equivalent. Assist in maximising of cash position, including WIP control, cash flow production & improvement plans for all projects. Identification and advice upon of insurance related issues, including PI. Assist in work winning duties as required, including proactive release of team members and attendance at Client Presentations for Tender Interviews Ensuring optimum performance of commercial team for the portfolio of work, undertaking constant reviewing for margin gains in efficiency and timely resource forecasting. Ensure that the outturn costs on the projects are monitored monthly through a detailed bottom up resourced and costed forecast maintained. Still interested, does this sound like you? Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent preferred. Registered with RICS / ICES Excellent knowledge of Standard Forms of Contract (NEC) and Standard Methods of Measurement Capable of confident, informed, quality decision making Ability to synthesise information quickly and communicate situation reports to senior management
