Water Hygiene / Treatment Operations Manager

Job Title: Water Hygiene / Treatment Operations Manager

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Salary/Benefits: 35k - 45k + Training & Benefits

A leading name within the Water Hygiene / Water Treatment industry is seeking a proactive and reliable Operations Manager to join their team. We are seeking someone with strong hands-on experience with conducting compliance tasks, who can utilise their expertise to successfully oversee a busy department. Our client is open to considering candidates who have some management / supervisory experience who would like to move into an operational role. You will be responsible for liaising with clients, to ensure contracts are delivered to a high standard and within agreed scopes. In addition, you will lead a team of site staff, providing technical support and general guidance on a daily basis. Our client is a respected name within the industry, with a nationwide presence and busy portfolio. They are able to offer fantastic salaries and comprehensive packages, including: company vehicle and fuel expenses.

Consideration will be given to candidates from the following locations: Leeds, Rothwell, Garforth, Castleford, Selby, Pontefract, Normanton, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Braford, Brighouse, Huddersfield, Halifax, Pudsey, Holmfirth, Barnsley, Mexborough, Doncaster, Goole, Worksop, Sheffield, Rotherham, Dronfield, Retford, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Alfreton.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Strong track record working within the Water Hygiene / Water Treatment industry
• Must have experience supervising / managing teams of engineers
• Excellent industry technical knowledge, including: ACOP L8 and HSG 274 guidelines
• Strong verbal and written communications
• Proficient in using IT software
• Ideally will hold industry-related training courses
• Good literacy and numeracy skills

The Role:

• Managing daily operations for a successful Water Hygiene / Water Treatment outfit
• Monitoring the progress of contracts / staff members
• Completing competency checks on office and site staff, and suggesting any required training where needed
• Attending client meetings on site, to discuss requirements and provide technical support
• Scoping for new projects
• Training and on-boarding new engineers / team members
• Promoting company services and identifying any potential commercial opportunities
• Working closely with the sales team to oversee new contract on-boarding
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients
• Partaking in regular internal meetings to discuss company success
• Maintaining own industry technical knowledge
• Building strong working relationships with clients

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients & candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the market.

We would be interested in speaking to candidates with experience in any disciplines from Risk Assessors, Service Engineers, Account Managers and Business Development/Operational Managers through to Director level.

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful. Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.

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