Business Manager - Rail Component Solutions

UGL is a diversified services company delivering critical assets and essential services that sustain and enhance the environment in which we live.  Our capabilities extend across a broad range of services and whole-of-life solutions for diverse industries, utilising world leading, sustainable and innovative technologies.

We partner with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies, government agencies, private enterprise, and public institutions.  
Career progression & a long term opportunity of making an impact with a high performing, collaborative and professional team are just some of the benefits that UGL Transport will offer you.

UGL Transport – Manufacturing and Maintenance are looking for a passionate & enthusiastic Business Manager – Rail Component Solutions to join our team.

Job Purpose

This role provides overall leadership and accountability for profitability and performance of the Business Area profit centre in line with the overall Operations Strategy. 
This position is a champion for cooperation and driving decisions that provide the best outcome for UGL. This role involves interactions directly with current and potential customers as well as frontline interaction with Business Area production teams, other parts of UGL and CIMIC as well as contractors and suppliers.

Responsibilities

•    Lead the Business Area to deliver or exceed profit centre performance targets.
•    Support the Operations Manager in development and implementation of Newcastle Operations strategy in line with the M&M strategy and targets.
•    Develop and implement Business Area strategy in line with Newcastle Operations strategy and targets.
•    Interact with customers to develop new relationships and sources of revenue and maintain existing relationships.
•    Support the M&M Business Development team and other parts of UGL in securing new revenue.
•    Undertake regular and detailed reviews of contracts and customer portfolios to ensure control of work ensuring speedy identification and resolution of technical and commercial issues and risks. 
•    Communicate customer issues with production teams and devise ways of improving the customer outcomes, including resolving problems and complaints.
•    Manage Business Area financial performance including developing budgets, tracking actuals, updating forecasts, managing WIP and REIB, analysing variances and initiate corrective actions.
•    Maintain Business Area forward work plan based on market intelligence including order book, pipeline and blue-sky data to support revenue, work force and facilities planning.
•    Monitor production performance and support the Production Delivery Manager and production team to improve production performance metrics and achieve KPIs.
•    Drive continuous improvement initiatives throughout the production areas to improve safety and quality, increase productivity and/or reduce costs.
•    Develop and maintain production capability in line with targets and strategy including facilities, equipment, workforce and rotable spares.

Qualifications

•    Trade qualification and/or tertiary education in front line management, programme management, or production management, and/or an Engineering discipline.  
•    Minimum 10 years’ experience in a production and/or plant maintenance environment.
•    Strong systems, operational, financial, resource planning and reporting skills. 
•    Strong communication skills (oral & written) including strong negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with a variety of people at different levels both internally and externally.
•    Proficient skills in computers: MS Word, Excel, email.
•    Experienced gained in the rail, automotive, military, Defence, avionics or any other safety critical environment

About Us 

UGL is well-known and respected for providing end-to-end engineering, construction, and maintenance services within, rail and transport, communications and technology systems, oil and gas, power, renewables and resources, water and defence markets. UGL partners with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises and public institutions. We are a member of the CIMIC Group of companies

At UGL, we value diversity – in the backgrounds, ideas, work styles and perspectives of our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Please note that relevant screening checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include a national criminal history check and for you to undergo pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol screen.

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