We are seeking
Dowds areseekinganOperationsManager, tooversee multiple projects, overseeing the efficiency,qualityand financial performanceacrossScotland(Edinburgh, Glasgow and West Beith). The role requires strong leadership, analyticalskillsand the ability to manage resources effectively. This is a senior,business criticalleadership role for anOperationsManager who wants real ownership, influence, and scale.
Whatyou’llbe responsible for
- Provide senior operational leadership across multipleprojects, ensuring design coordination, installation, commissioning, and handover activitiesasrequiredare deliveredsafely,toprogramme, and to the required quality standards.
- Drive consistent project delivery through theimplementation and continuous improvement of operational standards, systems, and ways of working across the delivery portfolio.
- Maintain overall accountability forproject delivery and compliance, ensuring all works meet statutory requirements, quality benchmarks, and client specifications, with robust reporting against agreed company and project KPIs.
- Overseefinancial and resource performanceacrossallocatedprojects
- Lead and embed astrong health, safety, and environmental culture, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and company standards, while proactively driving operational improvements and lessons learned across projects.
- Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship within the operational function
- Responsible for direct reports of project managers
- Act as a senior point of coordination betweenclients, consultants, architects, and supply chain partners, ensuring effective integration of MEP systems andtimelyresolution of delivery or interface issues.
- Working closely with internal teams to influence buildability,programmestrategy, procurement, and supply chainappointmentfrom enquiry stagethrough tocompletion, defects, and liability close‑out.
- Champion Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) asrequired, including off‑site fabrication,modularisation, and digital delivery, embedding innovative approaches that improve safety, quality, productivity, andprogrammecertainty.
What we are looking for
Essential
- Construction and / or Engineering Qualification (ONC, HND or Degree Level in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services or Constructionor equivalent experience.
- AppropriateCSCS card or ability to obtain
- Proven experience overseeingoperational delivery, including cost control,programme, quality, and resource allocation across projects
- Experience managingbudgets, cost forecasts, and commercial risk,with accountability for operational performance
- Strong leadership capability, with the ability to drive performance, manage conflict, and influence at multiple levels (site teams through to senior leadership)
- Demonstrable experience leading and managing teams, including Project Managers, Site Managers, Supervisors, or Engineering teams
- Experience managing a portfolio of projects, from small works through to major projects.
- Knowledge of the construction and engineering industry’s statutoryrequirements,methods,and processes.
Desirable
- Chartered status or progress toward membership of a relevant professional body (e.g.CIOB, CEng, IET, ICE)
- Project Management Qualification or Chartership
- Experience contributing tobusiness improvement initiatives,processoptimisation, or operational changeprogrammes
- Exposure to strategic planning, growth, or scaling operations across regions or business units
Why Join Dowds
Dowds is an Equal Opportunities Employer
