Regional Operations Manager

Wood has an immediate requirement for a **Regional Operations Manager **to join our Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Consulting team based in Australia. This position reports to the Global Director Digital Operations - O&M and is an immediate requirement.

The Wood O&M Operations team deliver a wide range of projects to global clients to help support successful start-up and restart of greenfield and brownfield facilities. The Wood O&M Operations team specialise in producing world class Operations documentation as well as a wide range of broader Operations Readiness services.

In this role you will direct and guide the growth, development and delivery performance across Asia Pacific (APAC), supporting the development of strategy and delivering O&M business plans. You will p provide client interfacing for O&M consulting, working collaboratively with Growth & Development function in winning work and promoting Wood’s wider service lines. You will also manage ongoing business, under the direction of the Global Director - responsible for budget setting and delivery, contracts, capacity and resource management, and capability management.

**Wood **is an **inclusive **and **diverse global community **of **inquisitive minds **and recognised **industry innovators **, partnering to **create new possibilities **.

**Join a culture of innovation **, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.

**Operational Delivery**
- P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection
- Deliver performance management objectives, agreed business plans, budget and targets and report on both opportunities and risks impacting on the business
- Provide mid-term direction to operational management team(s) in order to meet business plan goals
- Maintain operational integrity and excellence, ensuring robust governance, subcontractor management, and performance reporting. Work with business grouping leadership teams and operational managers to improve delivery performance and maximise delivery opportunities throughout APAC and wider business where required
- With broad strategic direction, establish annual business goals and strategies and prepare business plans
- Ensure financial, safety, and quality controls and compliance to company policies
- Establish and implement policies, and ensure appropriate governance mechanisms for continuous monitoring of their proper implementation
- Participate in technical audits and peer reviews
- Actively identify, pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customers
- Track risks and opportunities via registers and mitigation of current or emerging risks to maximise performance
- Ensure our people and the worksites at which they operate are safe and well managed
- Ownership of HSSEA matters across assigned area: ensure HSSEA values are delivered and adhered to at all times, proactively leading and demonstrating safety behavioural values
- Lead and focus the team to attain all HSE plans, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring legislative compliance
- Support resolution of any legal claims in collaboration with legal and other relevant functions
- Ensure robust Management of Change and build a learning culture

**Business Growth**
- Deliver growth in the areas of responsibility through close collaboration with Business Development
- Develop and own business plan, and drive sales, bid and tender activity
- Support continued growth, ensure that the organisation develops responsive, dependable and cost-effective services, servicing target markets, collaborating across business units and business groupings, and actively leveraging Wood solutions to address customer needs
- Foster and enhance customer relationships with open, honest and effective communications. Work with customer-facing teams to improve scope of work/offering, understand and deliver customer required level of services
- Oversee proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct

**Leadership**
- Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies
- Ensure operations maintain a continued alignment with overall corporate policy, strategy and direction
- Responsive to customer needs whilst ensuring the Company operates with the utmost integrity, in line with Code of Conduct, Company values and all applicable laws and policies
- Facilitate open and effective communication to optimise delivery of objectives, maximise team performance and achieve continuous performance improvement, working closely with o