Operations Manager

Operations Manager opportunity at our UK ports and logistics operation. The role focuses on promoting a Zero Accident culture, modeling safe working practices, and ensuring high-performance operations. Using real-time data, SIC techniques, and effective communication, you'll help keep teams aligned, efficient, and focused on achieving operational goals.

As Terminal Operations Manager, you'll promote a Zero Accident culture, role model safe working practices, and ensure high performance operations. Using real-time data, SIC techniques, and effective communication, you'll help keep teams aligned, efficient, and focused on achieving operational goals.

You'll develop and support Operations Team Leaders and Control Room staff, providing clarity, guidance and opportunities for continuous improvement across both terminals. Through collaboration, inclusive leadership, and a commitment to exceptional service, you'll help enhance safety, quality and operational performance.

You will have:

• Significant experience managing operational staff within large scale logistics, transport, or port environments.
• Strong operational planning and leadership capability, with a proven record of delivering against KPIs and SLAs.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and develop others, helping individuals and teams achieve their potential.
• Solid understanding of EHS management systems and risk control, with a commitment to safe and compliant working practices.
• Analytical and evidence based driven approach, with experience using short interval control or structured performance review methods to improve operational performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling effective collaboration across teams, senior leaders, and external partners.
• NEBOSH or IOSH certification. (desirable)

Already one of the UK's leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK's leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

Together with a competitive salary, we focus on developing our people and supporting their careers. We offer a range of flexible benefits to choose from, including:

• 26 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Matched Contribution Scheme up to 10%
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development
• Support for physical and mental health, including employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we'd really like to hear from you!