Operations Manager / Contract Manager

DMA Group
Birmingham
The Role:

Operations Manager / Contract Manager

Location:

Birmingham / West Midlands

Salary:

£60,000–£67,000, Excellent benefits

Experienced Operations Manager required to lead large-scale frontline service teams across a busy, high-profile contract. My client are only interested in individuals that have genuine Drive and desire to build successful teams and services and who want to grow with them.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a strong operational leader who thrives in a fast-moving, people-focused role. You will be responsible for driving consistency, improving deployment, supporting frontline managers and ensuring essential services are delivered effectively across the region.

The Role:

Lead and support a team of Operational Supervisors overseeing a large frontline workforce.

Manage day-to-day operational delivery across all services.

Make key judgement calls around priorities, scheduling, deployment and reactive service demands.

Drive consistency, performance and accountability across a large unionised workforce.

Support planning and improvement activity in a challenging, high-volume operational environment.

The Ideal Candidate:

Strong operations management/ Contract Management experience leading large frontline or field-based teams.

Excellent man-management, leadership and decision-making skills.

Background in street running complex operations, waste, FM ,environmental services, logistics, transport, military or similar operational environments.

Confident working with reactive priorities, workforce planning and operational deployment.

Resilient, consistent and able to lead effectively in a unionised or complex workforce setting.

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DMA recruit and source candidates into Service Led Organisations across the Industrial and Commercial space in UK & Europe working with senior, middle management and entry level professionals . If you are looking for a career in Sales, Marketing, Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics, H&S , Financial ,Engineering, Technical DMA have a portfolio of clients covering numerous sectors : Infrastructure & Construction , Manufacturing , Environmental & Recycling, Business Services, Engineering and Logistics . Please view our website
Posted 2026-05-20

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