Operations Manager

Babcock International•Berkeley, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking an Operations Manager for its Berkeley, Gloucestershire site. The role leads operational activities in a specialist services environment, ensuring delivery meets customer requirements, regulatory obligations, and business objectives. The position is 37 hours per week, with hybrid working available and a minimum onsite presence of three days per week.

Requirements

Experience successfully delivering multiple complex services across large- and small-scale operational activities.
Strong operational leadership experience within a regulated environment.
Financial awareness, including previous profit and loss responsibility.
Sound commercial awareness and customer service expertise.
Experience developing and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships.
Demonstrable operational management experience within a manufacturing, engineering, nuclear, defence, utilities, or similarly regulated environment.
Ability to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Responsibilities

Lead, coordinate, and develop operational teams, deploying resources effectively to achieve objectives.
Deliver health, safety, quality, environmental, and security performance through leadership, governance, and accountability.
Implement operational plans, schedules, and improvement programmes to meet departmental objectives and key performance indicators.
Champion continuous improvement and introduce innovative approaches to enhance operational performance and service delivery.
Manage budgets and build strong internal and external stakeholder relationships to support business performance and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance.
Matched-contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
Employee share scheme.
Employee shopping savings portal.
Payment of professional fees.
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days of special paid leave.
Holiday Trading, allowing UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave; the window opens annually from February through March.
One paid working day per year (or equivalent hours) for volunteering through Be Kind Day.
Development opportunities and an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Flexible working patterns may be discussed.