Tacten Operations and Commercial Manager

Position Summary:
Tacten is currently recruiting for an Operations and Commercial Manager in our Prairies Division. This role is accountable to provide leadership and oversee the delivery of services within Prairies with a focus on growth.

The position ensures work and work assignments are efficiently organized and staffed and that adequate resources are available to satisfy ongoing operational and client needs while complying with safety, quality, and financial goals

**Responsibilities**:

- Overseeing the efficient use of equipment, consumable and human resources within divisional operations.
- Utilizing site specific metrics to improve productivity and customer service.
- Engaging in client relationship building via frequent communication and opportunity exploration.
- Providing direction to ensure commercial terms are followed to drive achievement of the financial goals.Ensuring compliance with safety and quality requirements throughout the operation.
- Performing regular site visits to engage with field staff; Ensuring direct reports are providing effective management presence and support/coaching to front line staff.
- Preparing and monitoring compliance with approved divisional and departmental operational and capital budgets;
- Reviewing, analyzing and approving monthly billable hours reports, operational expense reports, DTR’s, and expense submissions.
- Managing costs, analyzing deviations and making necessary adjustments.
- Providing oversight and direction to sales staff to identify additional revenue generation opportunities.
- Overseeing the preparation of price estimates for more complex and detailed work packages
- Managing direct and indirect labour to maximize utilization and ensuring the recruitment and development of high performing personnel.
- Approving requests for capital equipment within limits of authority.
- Communicating organizational values, objectives, and opportunities and how they support business success.

**Requirements**:

- A minimum of 5 years of industrial experience.
- Experienced within Rope Access, an IRATA certification is considered a strong asset.
- Fully proficient in P&L, budget management and reporting.
- Experienced at job costing/job bidding processes and efficient resource utilisation.
- Thorough knowledge of the range of Tacten and Acuren’s technical services.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and company-specific software programs.
- Entrepreneurial flare with the ability to leverage experience to support a successful enterprise.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective client relationships, successfully anticipating and managing client expectations.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills to support a collaborative team approach to delivering results.
- Service
- and results-orientation, with the ability to build trust within a broad network of internal and external contacts.
- Well-developed coaching and mentoring skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to develop solutions that deliver integrated and long-lasting results.

**Benefits**:
The strength of Tacten lies in its outstanding people. As a rapidly growing, intensely innovative, international privately held company, the opportunities to pursue challenging and diverse career development paths are vast.

Complemented by an attractive hours-based benefits program, Tacten offers extensive training, courses and progression opportunities. Working on a variety of projects across industries such as Oil and Gas, Civil, Construction and Engineering, we can ensure your career stays diverse, interesting, and safe

Company Overview:
For 20 years, Tacten has been leaders of innovation in delivering an integrated industrial services model based on composite crews, multi-disciplined trades, certified IRATA personnel and customized access optimization programs to industry’s largest clients in the world’s harshest environments.

Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Tacten employs dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.

Please note we will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request.