🚀 Business Manager – Exciting Opportunity at Assystem!

📍 Location: Blackburn or Warrington (with regular travel to client and Assystem sites)

The Business Manager will play a key role in our operations and will deputise for the Business Unit Director as needed. If you’re a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, this could be the perfect role for you!

🔹 Your Missions:

🔹 Ensure safe and efficient operations within the business area
🔹 Achieve P&L targets and drive financial success
🔹 Set and manage budgets, ensuring financial goals are met
🔹 Lead monthly reporting & forecasting for business planning
🔹 Execute the Business Plan and drive continuous improvement
🔹 Innovate – bring new methods, procedures, and efficiencies
🔹 Lead bids for new opportunities and major framework projects
🔹 Oversee governance for bids and project delivery
🔹 Review and approve proposals & quotations
🔹 Collaborate with HSEQ Manager to meet quality and safety standards
🔹 Ensure customer satisfaction and optimise efficiency
🔹 Manage staff performance and team development
🔹 Implement corrective actions post-audits
🔹 Ensure security compliance across all operations
🔹 Maintain optimal staffing and effective team structures

💡 Why Join the Assystem Community?

💡 8% pension contributions, income protection & 3x salary death in service for financial security
💡 Buy & sell annual leave – tailor your time off!
💡 Professional membership fees paid – invest in your career
💡 Exclusive discounts on restaurants, days out, and top brands

✅ Essential Skills & Behaviours:

✅ Strong experience with NEC3 / NEC4 contracts
✅ Excellent communication at all levels
✅ Proven success in Joint Venture or Alliance environments
✅ Experience in customer-facing roles, influencing key decision-makers
✅ Ability to resolve challenges and drive a win-win approach
✅ Track record in developing high-performing teams
✅ Strong leadership and people management skills
✅ IT savvy, with the ability to create high-quality presentations
✅ Confident in presenting to senior management
✅ Self-motivated, proactive, and results-driven

🎓 Qualifications & Experience:

🎓 Degree in Business Management, Project Management, Engineering (or equivalent preferred)
🎓 Experience in the Nuclear Industry (highly desirable)

If you’re ready to take on this exciting challenge, apply today and become part of a team shaping the future! 🌟

**Security clearance**
Due to the nature of work to be undertaken, applicants will be required to meet certain residency criteria in order to attain a minimum level of UK security clearance, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.