Logistics Manager

Job description / Role

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our Consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery?consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

The project:
A major urban development project comprising of new homes, commercial properties, public spaces and smart urban mobility. Mace have the opportunity to develop and lead and implement the PMO structure to deliver this city development.

Collaborates and supports team and scope of services as described in the subcontract appointment documentation. Liaises with and takes direction from the principal contractor and/or clients representative. Accountable for budget and costs in line with subcontract order.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinates the health safety, wellbeing and environmental requirements of Logistics package in line with principal contractors and client expectations, accountable for project costs and budgets.
• Assists innovating delivery service, ensuring quality service provided and undertakes and monitors service quality, developing alternative methods of undertaking contractual scope of works.
• Plans and monitors programme and activities of Mace logistics suppliers, reviews changes to scope, monitors and assesses needs making benefit recommendations, liaising with commercial manager and suppliers.
• Manages and submits weekly progress summary of key activities, with a 6-week look ahead/ plan complete. Collates and prepares workforce time sheets.
• Raises request for information (RFI) and early warning notices (EWNs) or work request sheets (WRS) as necessary and liaises with commercial manager.
• Attends programme meetings, managing changes to scope or programme, liaising with principal and principal contractors site management team.
• Provides monthly progress reports and monthly delivery performance reports, reporting any red-flags and outstanding EWNs or RFIs.
• Liaises and builds working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to establish needs and checking in scope and in line with change request process.
• Manages workforce levels and site operations, ensuring competence and monitoring for a healthy and safe working environment, manages requirements are met and documented, liaising with HSW manager.
• Responsible for logistic team daily briefings and material delivery schedule, ensures teams are briefed and conversant of daily activities, updating construction Tier 1 Supplier teams regarding daily and weekly activities, ensuring conversant with delivery system and bookings.
• Monitors and reports waste trends, traffic flows and delivery quantities, reviewing to improve productivity, coordinates site cleaning operation, manages waste suppliers and schedules.
• Completes asset registers plant and equipment and weekly hired equipment, recording losses or damages incurred, reporting to Logistics administrator and commercial manager.
• Liaises with contracts manager regarding team performance and resource management.
• Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll need to have:
• Relevant degree qualification.
• Proven experience working on city development, programme, projects.
• Knowledge transfer and mentoring experience.

You’ll also have:
• Professional membership or working towards demonstrable professional or personal development.
• Experience in the successful delivery phase of relevant projects and programmes.
• Programme management expertise.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams.
• Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.

About the Company

Mace is an international consultancy and construction company that has delivered world class projects since 1990. Today we employ over 6,000 people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East North Africa and India, North America, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Four simple values guide our behaviour in our pursuit of a better way; Safety first - going home safe and well, Client focus - deliver on our promise, Create opportunity - for our people to excel, Integrity - always doing the right thing. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most complex and inspiring projects around the world.

We support our people who are aiming to achieve an academic or professional qualification that will help them develop personally and deliver to the highest standard for our clients. At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills and define your own path.