Field Operations Manager

Job Title: Field Operations Manager

Location: Baden, Switzerland

Join us and you’ll join one of the Europe’s largest construction, engineering, and infrastructure companies. As a Field Operations Manager, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things - for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.

Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Field Operation Leadership

End to end responsibility for field operation (site management, civil, installation and commissioning) execution across various sites with focus of EPC turnkey solutions Globally, in offshore wind in Europe, Transportation (Train in UK, IN and TH) and other various countries. Develop, introduce and follow internal processes and tools in close cooperation with the Operations Manager’s, responsible for project execution of all projects on our market.

Responsible for coordinating all field operation activities to ensure timely mobilization of sub-contractor/s for local works, proper manpower planning to manage site mobilization, civil construction, installation, testing and commissioning activities in alignment with contract specifications, quality standards, schedule, health & safety requirements. Support our project manager with instruction and guidelines, method statements, procedures, risk assessment and various supporting documentation to fulfill customer satisfaction and demobilize and close the project on time within agreed budget.

Mainly leads and oversees the field operations organization for Linxon CH/DE, ensuring that Linxon policies are consistently followed. Follows, customizes and continuously improves standard processes and gives regular feedback to Operations Manager’s. Ensures that lessons learned are analyzed and conclusions are incorporated in continuous improvement actions.

Travel within CH/DE and if needed Globally may be required.

• Tender Support

Participates in Sales planning to schedule tender support for field operation cost estimations, contracting strategies, time schedules, site execution organizations with other functional members to manage quality during our sales process of our target opportunities to secure our business growth with quality.

• Operations planning

Participates in Operations planning and staffing needs with other members of the functional teams and takes actions to forecast budget for internal training courses to close potential gaps in Field Operations functional capacity.

• Health, safety and environment (HSE) and project security

Ensures that all sites within the area of responsibility have detailed and up-to-date Health & Safety (H&S) plans & security protocol in place for each project site, compliant with the Linxon H&S and security plan. Ensures all Civil Construction & Site Managers have conducted all training on company health, safety and environment policy and that our sub-contractors strictly follow all required trainings before being mobilized at site and proactively adhere to health and safety routines established for each project throughout the project lifecycle from mobilization to closure.

• Sub-contractors

In close coordination with Supply Chain and Operation Management, manage selection of the right sub-contractor for each project and ensures that our selected sub-contractors perform the execution as per contractual and customer requirements and that we manage to close the project and demobilize within contractual completion time and budget with full customer satisfaction.

• Field Operations - cost management

Support tender managers and project manager’s with competitive budget for all local works submitted at tender stage. Monitor site spending as per budget including active claim management towards customer or sub suppliers or partners in collaboration with our project managers.

Ensure that site material handling procedures are in place and implemented, as per the Linxon global procedures, that material is properly protected, stored, marked and handed over to the installation contractor.

• Documentation

Ensures all documentation is modified and updated as necessary, the document handling system is maintained and latest revisions are used for the construction, erection, testing and commissioning work on site. Manage and update one complete set of As-Built documentation at site so we can submit contractual As Build documentation to receive Final Acceptance Certificate from customer.

• People leadership and development

Ensures (with HR support) that project construction sites are properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect reports as per HR policies.

What we offer:

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,

• Benefits: 30 days holiday entitlement
• Life Assurance and Career Progression.
• We also have a brilliant smarter working policy, too. That means many of our office-based people and some of our site-based people are able to either work from home or as part of our hybrid model.
• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon.
• We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.

About Linxon:

Our heritage

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

Our vision

We are the partner of choice for our customers for our comprehensive solution portfolio

Linxon delivers the best market offer of EPC projects through world-class power technologies and the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure activities. We want to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers and partners whilst complying with the highest standards of quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability.

Our purpose

We are building the infrastructure to power the world with carbon free energy

Linxon is driving sustainability by building vital infrastructure for the energy transition. We help cities grow, industries expand, and communities thrive by building a crucial part of the power transmission grid.Linxon combines the accumulated knowhow of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and project execution capabilities so that customers benefit from efficient and continuously improved solutions and increased industrial productivity.

“Building the infrastructure to power the world”

To know more, click on the link -https://linxon.com/