Job Information
Jacobs Site Logistics Manager in Reading, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
The Logistics Manager will undertake logistics tasks that ensure logistics activities are not a constraining factor on the programme.
The key responsibilities are:
Gather from the subcontractors their delivery forecasts and integrate those into an overarching delivery plan to identify any conflicts, peaks and troughs.
Produce daily, weekly and long-term forecasts and delivery plans for special deliveries
Manage the AWE delivery process and escort requirement for subcontractors deliveries
Using the overall delivery plan, look to re-balance deliveries to avoid large peaks and site congestion, prioritising special deliveries.
Together with the project, identify laydown areas and develop the approach to laydown/storage management for contractors use.
Maintain an asset register of all equipment. Ensuring all equipment is inspected, maintained and tested to agreed frequencies
Support the HS&E team where appropriate, including ensuring any Safety, Health and Environmental monitoring is completed as necessary.
Establish and operate an optimised waste management and recycling system for all construction and logistics activity, with coordinated interfaces with all principal contractors, to ensure safe and environmentally compliant and auditable removal of waste, materiel.
Here’s What You’ll Need
Essential Qualifications / Experience
CSCS card
SMSTS / SSSTS
A track record of delivery within a construction management or logistics function (over the past 3 years)
Able to develop good relationships across a range of stakeholders
Organised and pro-active
Experience of managing costs in line with budget guidelines
Good planning skills to manage plans with 3rd parties
IT skills (e.g. Powerpoint, Word, Excel), including being able to produce and present effective reports
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.