Logistics Manager

Logistics Manager, Milan, Italy
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Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.
We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.
We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including: Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.
At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.
Scope Of The Role:
The Construction Site Logistics Manager is responsible for all aspects of the logistics supply chain, the Receiving of Material, Stores management, development, and optimisation of site logistics solutions to meet the needs of the project. They will be required to manage the movement of people, goods, equipment at the construction site and control site facilities management.
Key Responsibilities Of The Role:

• Ensure early engagement with the project planner; the commercial managers procuring the works and the senior construction manager on the site.
• Ensure that the construction team is fully aware of logistics activities in support of the build program.
• Anticipate and proactively resolve issues using internal and external resources.
• Discuss technical requirements and specifications.
• Independently consolidate and analyse information from various sources to develop complex logistics plans.
• Establish if required an off project staging area for intermediate deliveries.
• The Receiving of Materials and the carrying out of SAP transactions (Goods receiving etc.)
• Attends daily & weekly coordination & planning meetings.
• Ensures high risk activities such as plant/personnel interface & lifting operations are planned ahead with all stakeholders.
  

• Use Lean principles for all planning.
• Plan site set-up, with pre-con team and input from PM, to move labour, plant, and materials around site efficiently coupled with planning internal and external logistics routes through the project phases.
• Pre-plan the usage of key assets such as hoists to ensure planned assets meet the needs of the program. Ensure project sequencing is considered to optimise positioning.
  

• Ensure that project has key involvement in the smooth operation of the supply chain both upstream and downstream.
  

• Embrace a delivery-focussed culture.
• Responsible for ensuring logistics activities are not a constraining factor on the program, where deemed unavoidable ensuring the issues are communicated in order that de-confliction can occur.
  

• Ensuring the organisation’s safety policies are followed and enforce Mercury Safety ethos in all logistics activities.
• Create, maintain, and update the Site Emergency Plan (including the Site Fire Plan) reporting to the appointed site fire officer.
  

• Ensure that there is an effective method of communications both verbal and visual to include the utilisation of 2-way radio systems and all signage is accurate for information and communication.
  

• Ensure there is an effective system in place (Datascope) to manage and control the sub-contractor and vendor inbound deliveries to the project.
  

• Ensure Project based equipment is inspected, maintained, and tested to agreed frequencies.
• Implement and regularly utilise a competency test/checklist on plant handlers to ensure compliance with MER policy and EHS.
• Maintain an asset register of all equipment in collaboration with Group Procedures & SOPs
  

• Ensure that all Access Control and security measures are implemented and manged to protect the project and personnel from external inference.
  

• Create, maintain, and regularly update the Site Waste Management Plan to ensure the safe and efficient removal of waste from the project.
• Create, maintain, and regularly update the Proj