Senior 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.

Coordination and management of team and the scope of services as described in the sub- contract documentation. Partners with contractors and/or client representatives building key working relationships. Accountable for project budgets and costs.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Manages team, partnering with contracts manager advising of team and resource management.
• Manages workforce levels and site operations ensuring a competent team operating in a safe environment, shares resources and innovative ideas within the delivery community.
• Manages project activities, managing daily/weekly activities, reporting to contracts Manager and/or operations director, producing monthly delivery performance reports, ensures the collation and preparation of workforce timesheets.
• Produces monthly progress reports including red flags and outstanding EWNs and/or RFIs, partnering with commercial manager.
• Collaborates with principal contractor’s package managers, internal and external stakeholders to establish requirements, checking needs are in scope and adheres to change request process, monitoring changes to scope of programme.
• Liaises with and builds key working relationships with principal contractors and Tier 1 suppliers, monitors and assesses needs and/or recommends suggestions for project benefit.
• Provides daily and weekly activities, ensuring suppliers are conversant with delivery system, bookings and information are logged and processed correctly and issues appropriate notice to trade contractor.
• Coordinates health safety, wellbeing and environmental requirements of packages aligned with principal contractors and client expectations.
• Develops alternative methods of undertaking contractual scope of works, planning works and monitoring programme/s delivery, ensuring service quality provided, developing innovation of delivery service.
• Manages the production of weekly progress summary of key activities, aligned to 6-week look ahead and/or planned percentage complete (PPC).
• Manages the raising of request for information (RFI) and early warning notices (EWNs) or work request sheets (WRS) as necessary, liaising with commercial manager.
• Coordinate site cleaning operation, liaison with waste suppliers to agree waste collection schedules, monitoring and reporting waste trends, traffic flows and delivery quantities to increase productivity.
• Complete asset registers for all Mace logistics plant and equipment, recording losses or damages producing reports. Completing weekly audits of hired equipment.
• Manages the site health and safety documentation ensuring statutory requirements are met, supporting the HSW manager.
• 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.