
General Manager
4 hours ago
- Executive Leadership Role | Building Solutions | Social Infrastructure
- Globally recognized brand | Leading Domestic and Regional Projects
About Our Client
Our client is a leader in transforming integrated building operations through advanced automation and control technologies. They deliver system integration services that convert facilities into efficient, safe, intelligent, and environmentally friendly structures. Their solutions enable seamless management of multiple building systems, enhancing operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability across complex projects.
Our client leverages smart building technologies, including IoT-enabled automation and advanced analytics, to optimize building performance, energy use, and operational insight. Security solutions cover access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection, integrated with intelligent building systems to provide enhanced situational awareness and risk management.
They provide tailored HVAC services, including design, installation, and maintenance, engineered to reduce energy use and operational costs while maintaining comfort and efficiency. Energy management solutions optimize consumption and support renewable integration and sustainability initiatives.
Our client works closely with contractors and stakeholders on large-scale social infrastructure projects, including airports, hospitals, and rail stations. Their integrated solutions ensure complex facilities are delivered safely, efficiently, and sustainably, supporting long-term performance and operational excellence.
Job Description
Leadership
- Lead a high-performing, engaged, and motivated team.
- Ensure team members are clear on objectives, held accountable, and supported in career development.
- Retain top talent and foster professional growth
Financial Management
- Take ownership of financial performance for the projects and operations portfolio.
- Monitor financial performance, reviewing estimates versus actuals across projects.
- Implement productivity-enhancing process improvements to improve operational metrics
Cost Control & Productivity
- Drive costs down to remain competitive while maximizing operational efficiency.
- Implement effective methods, standard processes, and engage relevant teams to optimize performance.
- Ensure availability of tools, equipment, and materials while maintaining controlled inventory levels.
Estimate & Risk Reviews
- Participate in review processes before quoting jobs or contracts to ensure feasibility and accuracy.
- Ensure subcontracts are complete, documented, and aligned with technical and commercial requirements.
- Participate in risk reviews to mitigate potential project and operational risks.
Performance Management
- Conduct performance appraisals, coaching, training, and career development.
- Oversee salary administration, rewards, and recognition programs for the team.
Team Building & Communication
- Foster a collaborative and goal-oriented team culture.
- Build strong relationships with operational leaders to ensure smooth handovers and optimized resource use.
- Promote collaboration across teams to maximize project delivery outcomes.
Project Delivery & Growth
- Drive project delivery to achieve operational and commercial targets.
- Use all available levers to ensure projects continue to grow through a talented, motivated, and accountable team.
The Successful Applicant
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and results-driven leader, capable of managing complex projects while motivating and developing a high-performing team. They will combine strong operational, financial, and strategic skills to deliver outstanding outcomes across multiple projects and regions.
It is key this individual has a background in complex infrastructure projects, with a knowledge of the wider MEP and building services market.
Key Attributes and Skills:
- Financial Acumen: Able to interpret contract-level financial data, identify variances, and take appropriate actions to meet key metrics.
- Operational Analysis: Skilled at gathering information from multiple sources, recognizing trends, and identifying cause-effect relationships to inform decisions.
- Decision Making & Execution: Makes considered decisions and mobilizes resources to implement action plans, delivering results reliably.
- Risk Management: Understands risk implications, applies appropriate mitigation strategies, and balances risk with operational goals.
- Customer Relationship Management: Builds and maintains strong relationships with clients based on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
- Change Leadership: Embraces change and guides teams positively through periods of transformation.
- Delegation & Team Development: Achieves results through empowering direct reports, setting clear objectives, providing support, and coaching for performance improvement.
- Influencing & Persuasion: Gains buy-in by communicating with conviction, selling the benefits of proposals, and using logical reasoning.
- Drive for Results: Demonstrates energy, determination, and resilience to overcome obstacles and challenge the status quo.
- Communication: Provides timely, clear, and compelling messages while valuing input from employees and stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree (BSc) in a relevant technical or management field; MBA or similar advanced qualification is highly desirable.
- Proven ability to lead, influence, and inspire teams across multiple functions and geographies.
The successful candidate will be both strategic and hands-on, able to balance operational delivery with long-term growth, and thrive in a fast-paced, complex environment while driving excellence in every aspect of the business.
What's On Offer
- Lead and inspire a top-performing team, driving growth, accountability, and career development across complex projects.
- Own project delivery and operational success, optimizing resources, productivity, and costs for maximum impact.
- Shape and execute high-profile projects with strategic oversight, risk management, and process excellence.
- Build trusted client and stakeholder relationships, guiding teams confidently through change to deliver results.
- Drive innovation, challenge the status quo, and deliver tangible outcomes in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
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