Job Description

At Cadent we're keeping the energy flowing. Join us as an Assistant MOBS Specialist and discover a career with real meaning. We’re looking for someone who has great communication skills, highly motivated with the ability to identify excellent performance opportunities through Innovation and KPI’s that create and add value to customers and stakeholders.
You’ll be supporting the MOBs Specialist in ensuring MOBs activities are completed in line with contract terms, timelines and budget and ensure expert advice is provided to all Construction Management Organisations on all MOBs issues..

Day to day, your responsibilities will include:

Collaborate with all four network Construction Management Organisations to ensure MOBs operations align with specification, NG guidelines, contract terms and best practice

• Ensure Contractors are fully competent to carry out MOBs work and competency gaps are addressed in line with seriousness
• Support the MOBs Specialist in ensuring:
• experience/expertise is made available to Contractors when necessary
• operational safety and security policy is applied consistently across MOBs activities
• deviations are assessed and addressed in line with seriousness
• process consistency and standardisation across MOBs activities is implemented
• Monitor quality assurance and audit processes and ensure Contractor processes are defensible
• Co-ordinate QA processes to ensure checks are carried out and all work completed and authorised
• Support crisis management including the direction of work activities and allocation of resources, ensuring the importance of public safety is considered at all times
• Support the management of public safety activities and issues
• Ensure Contractors are committed to public safety in their work activities
• Ensure public safety issues are addressed and escalated
• Manage the interface with Customer Operations on MOBs activities and manage customer issues through direction of the Contractors
• Assess Contractor operational and commercial performance against contract terms

You’ll possess the following skills, qualifications, knowledge and experience:

• Planning Act 1990 (Listed and Conservation Areas)
• Building Regulations 2012
• Full knowledge of relevant Cadent policies and procedures
• Full valid UK driving licence
• Extensive experience in an operational or contractor environment

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Highly motivated with the ability to identify excellent performance opportunities through Innovation and KPI’s that create and add value to customers and stakeholders. Degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline and relevant engineering experience or equivalent level of engineering experience Experience in a contracting or operational environment Experience and expertise in a MOBs environment Communication and influencing skills Knowledge of Local Authority operations and procedures with detailed knowledge of: