General Manager

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We're seeking a General Manager to join our Transportation team in Brackley. This position will support a major project focused on diverting all utilities along an 80km section of HS2. The work is delivered under a framework agreement, with multiple live schemes running concurrently. A full driving licence and CSCS card is essential for this role.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we're working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Brackley, Northamptonshire - travel to the office required with some remote working available

Hours: Permanent Fulltime 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: up to £108,000 per year + 25% bonus opportunity + £7,350 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As General Manager you'll provide inspiring leadership for our multi utilities framework on HS2. In this collaborative role, you'll guide project delivery across the full EKFB section, nurturing team development while ensuring exceptional service delivery.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing Contract Managers across sections, coordinating resources and nurturing team development
• Collaborating with the commercial manager to ensure favourable outcomes while maintaining financial awareness
• Facilitating client meetings and presenting progress updates with confidence and clarity
• Building meaningful relationships at all levels while planning ahead to balance workloads
• Supporting team members and fostering a positive, collaborative culture with a growth mindset

What are we looking for?

• Proven experience coordinating multi-utility diversions
• Experience managing high-performing operational teams in major projects
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and inspire others

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

• General Manager Brackley job

• Location: Brackley

• Vacancy ID: 9108
• Background check: None
• Closing Date: 31 Dec 2025
• Flexible Working: Yes
  
  Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

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