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Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 15 days ago
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Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading energy company to recruit an Assistant Operations Manager for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Runcorn.
The Assistant Operations Manager role comes with a salary of 70,000 + Bonus + Benefits.
If you're an experienced operations professional and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for:
- Succession plan to move into Operations Manager position in approximately 18 months.
- Responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of the plant
- The day-to-day management of the full operations team
- Ensuring the power station operates and complies within environmental regulations at all times
- Liaising with the Maintenance Manager and other relevant personnel regarding projects, maintenance, outages, costing and programming of plant improvements
- The day-to-day monitoring of plant efficiency and directing the operations staff to optimise the power station accordingly
- Preparing the annual budget for the Operations department for review and work within this budget
- Carry out annual performance reviews with operations staff
- Prepare reports and presentation relating to the plant's operational activities as required
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- A relevant engineering or technical qualification at degree / HND / HNC level
- An IOSH or NEBOSH qualification will be desired
Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge
The Assistant Operations Manager role would suit someone who has:
- Extensive operations experience in industrial engineering environments such as Power (EfW, CCGT, CHP, Biomass, Coal, etc), Paper Mills, Oil & Gas, COMAH sites, Utilities, etc
- Knowledge of environmental permits, H&S issues and safe working environments
- Experience liaising with governing bodies such as the EA and HSE
- Experience of managing budgets and in the training and development of staff
- Supervisory / management experience
Salary and benefits of the Assistant Operations Manager role
- A salary of 70,000
- Bonus
- Private healtchare
- Other company benefits
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 7 days ago
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Job title: Assistant Operations Manager
Location : Central London
Package : up to 40,000 (DOE), covered transport costs, on-site chef, 22 days holiday (plus bank)
Company: Medium sized Accountancy Practice
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forthcoming Assistant Operations Manager, to work for a vibrant, medium sized, Accountancy Practice, in Central London.
The purpose of this position, is to support the delivery of UBTA's operational objectives by assisting in the management of back-office functions, including workflows, resource planning, customer service, recruitment, reporting and compliance. This newly created role will work closely with the Operations Manager to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations.
If you have experience in operations management, in a professional, client facing setting, this is a great opportunity for you!
Assistant Operations Manager Job Overview
Financial Performance and Growth
- Assist in developing resourcing plans and coordinating team capacity to support growth targets.
- Support internal finance processes, including overhead expenses, expense approvals, and liaison with the CSC team for debtor/creditor management.
- Support the maintenance of performance dashboards and tracking of KPIs across the team.
- Maintenance and improvement of company performance dashboards.
Customers and People
- Provide day-to-day support and guidance to the CSC team.
- Assist the Operations Manager with recruitment, onboarding, and staff development plans.
- Help manage the induction process for new hires and assist in coordinating training sessions.
- Support the school leaver program and assist in marketing and recruitment communications where required.
Operations and Systems
- Assist in reviewing and refining systems and processes to ensure operational efficiency.
- Coordinate the implementation of new tools and systems and assist with project rollout.
- Assist with the management of outsourcing processes.
- Liaise with IT teams to ensure operational systems and hardware support are delivered effectively.
- Support ongoing compliance, including Practice Assurance Manual updates and implementation
- Ensure client compliance is being completed to a high standard with ongoing checks.
Environment, Health & Safety
- Adhere to EH&S policy and ensure safe working practices.
Assistant Operations Manager Job Requirements
- Experience in an operational or administrative role, preferably within a professional service.
- Demonstrated ability to manage or coordinate teams and workflows.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Teams, Outlook).
- Familiarity with compliance and assurance frameworks is a plus.
- Excellent organisational, multitasking, and communication skills
Assistant Operations Manager Salary & Benefits
- Salary dependant on experience, ranging from 30,000-45,000
- 22 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus your birthday off, and option to purchase additional holiday
- 1 day working from home
- All transport costs are covered, in your commute
- Breakfast and Lunch is available on-site, with an On-site Chef
- Mon-Fri 7:00am-16:30pm, on-site role (salary is taken into account for longer working week)
- Excellent office environment with latest tech, and a vibrant team
- Statutory pension and sick pay
Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
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Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 15 days ago
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Job Description
Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading energy company to recruit an Assistant Operations Manager for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Runcorn.
The Assistant Operations Manager role comes with a salary of 70,000 + Bonus + Benefits.
If you're an experienced operations professional and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for:
- Succession plan to move into Operations Manager position in approximately 18 months.
- Responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of the plant
- The day-to-day management of the full operations team
- Ensuring the power station operates and complies within environmental regulations at all times
- Liaising with the Maintenance Manager and other relevant personnel regarding projects, maintenance, outages, costing and programming of plant improvements
- The day-to-day monitoring of plant efficiency and directing the operations staff to optimise the power station accordingly
- Preparing the annual budget for the Operations department for review and work within this budget
- Carry out annual performance reviews with operations staff
- Prepare reports and presentation relating to the plant's operational activities as required
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- A relevant engineering or technical qualification at degree / HND / HNC level
- An IOSH or NEBOSH qualification will be desired
Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge
The Assistant Operations Manager role would suit someone who has:
- Extensive operations experience in industrial engineering environments such as Power (EfW, CCGT, CHP, Biomass, Coal, etc), Paper Mills, Oil & Gas, COMAH sites, Utilities, etc
- Knowledge of environmental permits, H&S issues and safe working environments
- Experience liaising with governing bodies such as the EA and HSE
- Experience of managing budgets and in the training and development of staff
- Supervisory / management experience
Salary and benefits of the Assistant Operations Manager role
- A salary of 70,000
- Bonus
- Private healtchare
- Other company benefits
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 14 days ago
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In your role as Assistant Operations Manager, you will be directly responsible for managing all day-to-day operations of the site, meeting customer delivery and quality expectations whilst maximizing and continuously improving site efficiencies and minimizing costs.
Major Job Responsibilities
* Full responsibility of people management for both the Warehouse and Transport departments.
* All aspects of people management for direct reports; including absence management, daily manning (agency and permanent headcount), recruitment and onboarding, performance management, investigations, disciplinary and grievances, payroll and hours management (annualized hours and driver hours management), tacho infringement reviews, communications such as team briefings and employee forums.
* Main point of contact for internal and external customers to ensure the efficient and effective running of the site.
* Provide daily operational leadership and ensure site delivers day to day service requirements.
* Effectively manage and develop team members with specific coaching provided to Supervisors and Training & HSE Coordinator.
* Motivate team and support the identification of training requirements / gaps - defining optimum organisational structure of site.
* Manage projects/organise workloads.
* Work closely with Continuous Improvement & Quality Manager, Training & HSE Co-Ordinator and Operations Manager to raise overall standards - ensuring consistency of approach within the business.
* Support the Training & HSE Coordinator in providing a safe working environment through facility management, risk assessments, safe systems of work, support accident investigations, promoting a positive safety culture through accident and near miss reporting whilst ensuring site adheres to legislative requirements at all times.
* Support the Training & HSE Coordinator in setting up and maintaining a robust training system, ensuring all of site are adequately trained and signed off as competent, ensuring refresher training is carried out as and when required.
* Support the Operations Manager to deliver daily and annual site targets, budgets and KPIu2019s.
* Support the Continuous Improvement & Quality Manager implement and drive continuous improvement activities across site.
* Develop a data management network of KPI performance to support the site and drive efficiency & improvements.
* Undertake any other duties required by Management.
Critical Skills / Capabilities
* Organizational Skills: Plans, arranges and/or monitors work to ensure achievement of desired results; establishes a systematic course of action to accomplish objectives; self motivated.
* Interpersonal Skills: Can relate to and communicate effectively with others to build rapport and relationships.
* Negotiation: Takes a lead role in negotiating issues with others in routine or non-complex situations; identifies and removes barriers to agreements; tries multiple strategies/actions to persuade others; discusses/considers alternatives, persuades others toward a specific course of action, and bargains for win-win solutions; provides input into future negotiation processes or strategies.
* Customer-Oriented: Demonstrates concern for satisfying external and/or internal customers; resolves customer issues in a timely manner; communicates with customers to ensure alignment and satisfaction; ability to operate with customers' best interests in mind.
* Communication: Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas, and messages through written, verbal, and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience; listens carefully and attentively.
* Time Management: Plans, prioritizes, and manages time spent on accomplishing tasks to increase productivity and efficiency; demonstrates awareness and control over amount of time spent on activities; meets deadlines.
* Strategic Thinking: Demonstrates an understanding of important aspects of the organizationu2019s strategy such as customer needs, organizational goals, policies, procedures and specific competitive, customer, supplier, industry, or marketplace trends; communicates the importance of considering strategic issues in daily work; provides input into developing strategies.
* Problem-Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations; demonstrates tackling a problem by using a logical, systematic, or sequential approach
* Growth and Results Oriented: Demonstrates an interest, willingness and drive to learn new things; standards driven; seeks to understand concepts, processes, and ideas within area of functional expertise; naturally inquisitive; sets meaningful goals for personal work productivity.
* Collaboration: Works effectively with others to complete a task or achieve a common objective; ability to cooperate in both interpersonal and team relationships to foster enthusiasm and maintain mutual trust, candor, and respect for others. Works through conflict constructively.
* Lead by example: be proactive and encourage others to achieve targets and improve site performance
Technical Skills
* Previous experience of leading and managing a team
* Methodical with the ability to prioritise workload
* Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to adjust communication style to interact with employees and internal & external customers
* Ability to remain calm under pressure
* Innovative thinker and great problem solver with the ability to apply "out of the box" thinking and knowledge to frame, simplify, and solve complex challenges
* Extremely detail-oriented, adept at planning and completing work with thoroughness, giving attention to specific information and individual details
* Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Experience
* Required: Minimum 2 years People Management experience
* Desirable: Management Degree or Vocational Qualification
* Desirable: Minimum 2 years experience operating in a distribution and/or transport environment
* Desirable: CPC
What we offer
* Inclusive culture based on loyalty, integrity and respect
* An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
* A career with a global packaging company where sustainability, safety and inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 5 days ago
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Assistant Operations Manager Social Housing
Location:
Houghton Hall Park, LU5 5YG
Salary:
Competitive, plus benefits
About the Role
We are looking for a proactive and organised Assistant Operations Manager to support the Assistant Director in overseeing a portfolio of social housing reactive repair, planned works and void refurbishment contracts.
In this role, youll work closely with multiple Contrac.
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Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 7 days ago
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Job title: Assistant Operations Manager
Location : Central London
Package : up to £40,000 (DOE), covered transport costs, on-site chef, 22 days holiday (plus bank)
Company: Medium sized Accountancy Practice
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forthcoming Assistant Operations Manager, to work for a vibrant, medium sized, Accountancy Practice, in Central London.
The purpose of this position, is to sup.
WHJS1_UKTJ
Assistant Operations Manager
Posted 15 days ago
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Job Description
Job title: Assistant Operations Manager
Location : Central London
Package : up to £40,000 (DOE), covered transport costs, on-site chef, 22 days holiday (plus bank)
Company: Medium sized Accountancy Practice
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forthcoming Assistant Operations Manager, to work for a vibrant, medium sized, Accountancy Practice, in Central London.
The purpose of this position, is to sup.
WHJS1_UKTJ
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Remote Executive Assistant, Operations Support
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Responsibilities include:
- Managing complex and dynamic executive calendars, scheduling meetings, and coordinating appointments across multiple time zones.
- Arranging domestic and international travel, including flights, accommodation, and ground transportation, preparing detailed itineraries.
- Screening and prioritizing communications, including emails and phone calls, responding on behalf of executives when appropriate.
- Preparing reports, presentations, and other documents, ensuring accuracy and professional formatting.
- Conducting research on various topics as needed by the executive team.
- Acting as a liaison between executives and internal/external stakeholders, fostering positive working relationships.
- Managing expense reports and assisting with budget tracking.
- Coordinating and taking minutes for important meetings.
- Providing logistical support for virtual and in-person events.
- Proactively identifying areas for process improvement and implementing solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
- Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information.
Operations Assistant
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The salary for this contract is 5,395.70 per year (9.5 hours per week, term time only) , based on a full-time equivalent of 25,052 per year for a 36-hour week. The working hours for this role are Monday from 4:30pm to 9:30pm and Tuesday from 4:30pm to 9pm. This is a fixed term contract position of 12-months from the start date.
Surrey Adult Learning is looking for proactive and customer focused Operations Assistant to be the welcoming and supportive face in our centres across Surrey.
This opportunity is based at our Camberley Adult Learning Centre, with the expectation of supporting at our other centres if required.
Rewards and Benefits
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
- Annual leave allowance (for bank) or remove for term time
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Discount on Adult Learning Courses
About the Team
Surrey Adult Learning is a leading provider of diverse daytime, evening and Saturday courses and learning opportunities for adults which is part of our lifelong learning offer. We offer a wide range of qualification courses, including English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), maths and digital skills. Our courses also cater to individuals with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and parents/carers seeking to upskill to support their children. Additionally, we provide courses for personal development in various subjects such as arts and crafts, languages and exercise. Our outreach provision is designed to assist those currently facing life challenges.
About the Role
As the welcoming face of our centre, you will be the go-to person for learners, offering friendly, high-quality information, advice, and guidance to help them enrol on courses and feel confident in their learning journey. You'll also be a key support for tutors, assisting with room and equipment queries and ensuring resources are ordered and available when needed.
Your day-to-day tasks will include managing shared inboxes, responding to enquiries or directing them to the right colleague, and using your IT skills to keep our learner management system accurate and up to date. You will help maintain a safe and smooth-running environment by reporting building issues and acting as a fire warden or first aider when required.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
- Strong IT skills and experience in data entry or high-volume processing.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- A team player with the ability to work under pressure and manage time effectively.
- Experience in customer service and an understanding of safeguarding practices.
- Willingness to travel between centres as needed.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners and expect all staff to share this commitment. Online searches may be carried out on applicants who are shortlisted for interview, and a DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check is required for this role, which will be discussed further at interview.
Contact us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
For an informal discussion please contact Phil Evans by e-mail
The job advert closes at 23:59 on Monday 08 September 2025.
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Surrey County Council is preparing for Local Government Reorganisation which will allow us to implement the Government led policy of devolution, which is all about giving more powers to local areas.
Currently, Surrey has a two-tier council system, with 11 district and borough councils and a county council, all responsible for different services. All these councils will be reorganised into a smaller number of new unitary councils which will come into effect in April 2027. At this point, this role will be transferred, with all existing terms and conditions intact into one of the new unitary councils.
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