Senior Logistics Manager

Senior Logistics Manager – Select Location: Watford Due to continued growth, Select Logistics are looking for a Senior Logistics Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have proven experience working on major projects and excel at building solid stakeholder engagement. This role will build on experience gained through our Logistics community ensuring best practices are put in place and communicated to the central logistics team for sharing across the business. This role will be supporting the Elstree and Letchmore Heath development. The Elstree substation in Hertfordshire is a 400kV regional substation transmitting and distributing electricity at 275kV and 132kV. National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has received new applications for grid connection to the existing electrical facility. However, the site is currently operating at full capacity, necessitating expansion. To accommodate the increased demand, the existing substation will be extended, and a new substation named 400/132kV Letchmore Heath constructed adjacent to Elstree, on land already owned by NGET. The Ideal Candidate Will Have experience of creating major project logistics strategy documents including Site/ Factory set up mobilisation plans. Materials forecasting, flow development and reporting - Lead the plan for entry and exit of all material movements inclusive of Delivery Management System Transport, including road, rail, and shipping - development of the freight profile (including bulks and AILs) – Forecasting vehicle movements and quantities. Develop people forecasting, monitoring, and reporting of the data. Support demand profiling for site temp utilities Support in project mobilisation - coordination of design, installation, and handover to operational teams Have good knowledge and experience of Construction Consolidation Centres (CCC) Ideally with nuclear, power, infrastructure experience Understanding of critical transport set up on construction projects. Have a developing knowledge of strategic planning and project / programme management systems. Proven data analysis experience and experience in Construction activities and plant movements. Have a working knowledge of safety of loads of vehicles and H&S standards for pedestrian access routes. Be an advocate for Sustainability best practise and innovation in your function, ensure ongoing developments & improvements are made to maximise the benefits to the business & celebrate successes. Competent IT skills – MS Applications and use of delivery management systems, access control and telematics Member of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT) Having good interpersonal skills, organised and proactive and being programme production driven. We also take care of our people Our competitive package includes: Base salary + car/travel allowance Access to PMI Enhanced pension and parental leave schemes Life, dental, and critical illness insurance Income protection 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays) Professional development opportunities About Us Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process. We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com We know a CV can only tell part of the story – we'd love to hear more about you and what you bring. Please email your interest to Gbristow@laingorourke.com