Operations Manager

Descripción general / **Responsabilidades**:
Wood is currently recruiting for an Operations Manager for Mining and Minerals operations in Peru. This role requires a presence in Lima, Peru and the successful professional must possess strong experience in the mining industry.

**Job Objective**:
Directs and guide the growth, development and delivery performance across country/region, supporting the development of strategy and delivering related business plans.

Accountable for safety, technical and financial performance across country/region, assuming budgetary and P&L responsibilty and demonstrating clear safety leadership; achieving monthly and annual targets and embedding company values.

Provide guidance and direction to management and support teams in the day to day management of delivery, ensuring appropriate controls and governance are in place and ensuring Wood is working to the highest possible standards of integrity, safety, quality and operational excellence.

Produce solutions to complex strategic, contractual, technical, commercial, operational and personnel related challenges which impact on customer service and performance.

Manages ongoing business, responsible for budget setting and delivery, contracts, capacity and resource management, and capability management. May be delivering a number of services and capabilities, may manage a single major office or facility or multiple smaller offices / facilities

**Responsibilities**:

- Accountable for delivery of contract performance directly focu on assigned customer/ contract(s)
- Develops and delivers a robust business plan, whilst driving and supporting corporate initiatives, ensuring company values are at the core of all activities
- P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls and accounts payable/billing
- Accountable for maintaining positive customer relationship, fostering and enhancing relationship management with open, honest and effective communications
- Negotiates changes to contract scope or terms with the customer. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve scope, cost and schedule and manages risks
- Maintain operational integrity and excellence, ensuring robust governance, subcontractor management, and performance reporting
- Work with leadership and peers to improve delivery performance and maximise delivery opportunities throughout wider business where required
- Pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customer
- Develop and implement a focused strategy at Contract level, support bid and tender activity as required and assume responsibility for positioning and new growth opportunities
- Understand customer needs beyond the immediate scope and introducing other Wood Service Lines to the Customer to grow the overall scope for Wood and add value to the Customer/Asset
- Ownership of HSSEA matters across Contract: ensure HSSEA values are delivered and adhered to at all times, continuously influencing and personally role modelling safety behavioural values. Focus the team to attain all HSE plans, ensuring all contracts have HSSEA plans in place, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring legislative compliance
- Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies
- Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct
- Responsible for the development and growth of the contract team including supporting and allowing development opportunities outside of their contract
- Accountability for recruitment, selection and development of talent, ensuring effective performance and capability management, acting as a coach/mentor and encouraging and supporting open and effective communication to optimise delivery of objectives, maximise team performance and achieve continuous performance improvement
- Participate in peer reviews as required

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**Qualifications**:

- Degree qualification in Engineering, Scientific Discipline, or related technical field OR degree qualified in a commercial/business discipline with significant experience in a technical organisation
- Considerable Operations / Contract management experience, typically minimum of 5 years for smaller/less complex contracts and 15 years for largest/most complex contracts/portfolios
- Track record of successful delivery within relevant industry sector
- Strong experience in the power industry required
- Broad understanding of the industry and networking capability
- Experience of customer / contractor facing communication / negotiation
- Relevant technical expertise as appli