Labour Manager - Ports sector

at  MCGINLEY SUPPORT SERVICES

McGinley Support Services is a specialist recruitment agency providing the infrastructure industry with permanent, contract and temporary staff at all levels. Consulting and recruiting for nearly four decades, they have customers in Airports, Energy, Metro, Ports, Rail, Roads, Telecoms, Waste and Water, and can supply staff and labour nationally.
We are currently looking for an experienced Ports Labour Manager to work on a corporate account based in Sheerness docks. This a very busy team working on a high volume contract. You will have a proven track record in the bluecollar Ports/civils sector .
The role of the Ports Labour Manager is to supply, coordinate and manage ports operatives to optimise contract profitability through the provision of the required labour resources for project execution and safe and effective management, delivering to time and to the satisfaction of our client.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE:

Previous recruitment experience within ports/civils resourcing;
Attention to detail;
Excellent communication with strong language skills, both written and verbal;
Good organisational skills;
MS Office packages;
An interest in infrastructure services;
A willingness to help other members of your team on a flexible basis.
We have a fair and comprehensive selection procedure .We regret that if you have not been contacted within ten working days that your application for this position has been unsuccessful. However, please check your junk email folder to ensure that an email from us hasn’t been blocked by your spam filter. We receive many CVs and are unable to enter into telephone conversations until we have completed our initial selection procedure.
McGinley Support Services is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependants, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.
McGinley Support Services is committed to making reasonable adjustments in order for all candidates who are successfully put through to the interview stage to be able to attend.
We have a fair and comprehensive selection procedure. We regret that if you have not been contacted within five working days that your application for this position has been unsuccessful. However, please check your junk email folder to ensure that an email from us hasn’t been blocked by your spam filter. We receive many CVs and are unable to enter into telephone conversations until we have completed our initial selection procedure. As an equal opportunities employer, McGinley is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join McGinley. McGinley Support Services is committed to making reasonable adjustments in order for all candidates who are successfully put through to the interview stage to be able to attend

Labour Management
Partner with the client to ensure the right quantity, quality and skills mix of operatives are provided within agreed time lines;
Manage the transfer of labour between projects, locally and nationally;
Visit each customer project / location in accordance with your teams servicing plan;
Deliver or collect PPE / tools / equipment when necessary;
Review worker performance weekly and take necessary action regarding client and operative;
Complete Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) reports weekly and send to clients where appropriate.
Sales/ Account Management
Create and develop business opportunities with both existing and new clients;
Focus on selling all grades of workers and support services supplied by the company, on temporary hired, contract hired workers or permanent placement fee basis, as agreed with your line manager;
Maintain contact, build and maintain a good working relationship with existing clients by way of pro-active telephone contact and ‘face to face’ meetings;
Recruit various grades of operatives as and when required by the needs of the contracts you are managing or the company;
Arrange regular site visits with operatives, increasing interaction at the workface;
Training
Deliver all soft skill training and site inductions.