UK Logistics Manager

Job Title UK Logistics Manager Job Description Reports to: Construction Group Leader / Heathrow Project Execution Leadership

Location: Heathrow - London

Contract Type: Permanent

Introduction to role

Vanderlande continues to deliver a growing portfolio of complex projects across Heathrow, with works taking place across live operational airport environments, baggage areas, landside and airside interfaces, welfare facilities, storage locations, Delivery Marshalling Zones and temporary working sites. The Logistics Manager will provide portfolio-level logistics leadership across all Vanderlande Heathrow projects, ensuring a consistent, controlled and forward-looking logistics strategy is applied from pre-construction through to delivery, commissioning, demobilisation and handover.
The role is responsible for developing and maintaining the Heathrow-wide Vanderlande logistics strategy, ensuring that each project has a suitable project-specific logistics plan, material delivery process, storage forecast, waste strategy, access arrangement and logistics governance structure. This includes oversight of logistics infrastructure, delivery coordination processes, access and storage arrangements, material flow planning, supplier and subcontractor logistics activities, waste and traffic management, site readiness requirements and stakeholder governance processes.

Role Responsibilities

The Logistics Manager will act as the central logistics point of coordination for Vanderlande’s Heathrow portfolio, supporting Project Managers, Site Managers, Principal Contractor representatives, HSEQ, engineering, supply chain, subcontractors and Heathrow logistics stakeholders. The role will include formal liaison with the Heathrow Logistics Forum and relevant planning groups to ensure Vanderlande has early visibility of future project requirements, airport logistics constraints, shared infrastructure demands, upcoming rule changes and opportunities to align planning across all Heathrow projects. The role will ensure that logistics risks, constraints and opportunities are identified early, managed consistently and escalated where required so that material availability, site readiness and project execution are protected.
The successful candidate will be expected to operate strategically and autonomously, building a standardised approach that supports safe delivery, efficient use of shared Heathrow logistics infrastructure, robust subcontractor control, accurate reporting and continuous improvement. The role must promote Vanderlande’s Stay Safe and Good Quality culture while ensuring that logistics planning remains aligned to CDM requirements, Heathrow processes, project programmes, permit requirements and Vanderlande governance standards.

Your responsibilities and activities will include:

Accountable for establishing, governing and continually improving the Heathrow logistics strategy for all Vanderlande projects
Establish and standardise logistics planning, material management, storage forecasting, delivery coordination, operational logistics processes, waste management, traffic management, demobilisation planning and performance reporting across the project portfolio. Ensure each project implements a robust logistics strategy aligned to project complexity, risk profile and governance requirements.Act as the senior logistics interface with Heathrow logistics stakeholders, including active liaison with the Heathrow Logistics Forum, project teams, subcontractors, suppliers and third-party logistics providers
Ensure current and future project logistics requirements are identified early, agreed with the relevant stakeholders and embedded into project logistics plans, permit packs, space requests, delivery programmes and wider Heathrow logistics planning
Provide clear direction to ensure shared Heathrow logistics infrastructure is used efficiently and without avoidable disruption to airport operations
Own portfolio-level planned versus actual logistics performance. Maintain visibility of material availability, storage constraints, delivery readiness, waste removal demands, supplier performance and logistics blockers across all Heathrow projects
Lead coordination between project delivery, supply chain, engineering, HSEQ, subcontractors, airport operations and Heathrow logistics teams to ensure material movements are planned, controlled and aligned with workface requirements
Ensure logistics responsibilities are clearly defined through project RACI arrangements, subcontract scopes and weekly coordination meetings
Confirm that suppliers and subcontractors understand their logistics obligations, including delivery booking, material handover, storage control, waste removal, traffic management and evidence capture
Champion a Heathrow-wide continuous improvement approach for logistics. Capture lessons learned from live projects, Heathrow Logistics Forum outputs, logistics plan reviews, delivery issues, storage constraints, permit challenges and stakeholder feedback, then convert these into standard process improvements, templates, checklists and briefing material
Support early engagement during project planning, pre-construction activities and future project development so logistics requirements, constraints and shared infrastructure demands are built into the project rather than resolved reactively during delivery
Lead logistics safety, quality and compliance across all Vanderlande Heathrow projects. Ensure logistics arrangements support safe access, segregation, material handling, lifting interfaces, waste removal, fire-load control, housekeeping standards, foreign object debris prevention, emergency routes and airport operational interfaces
The role must be able to challenge unsafe or uncontrolled logistics activity, escalate non-compliance and ensure corrective actions are tracked to close-out
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Role Qualification and Skills

Minimum 5 years’ experience in construction, airport, logistics or material management operations, with proven experience in complex live operational environments
Experience leading logistics strategy across multiple projects or work packages, ideally within Heathrow or another major airport environment
Strong understanding of CDM Regulations, Principal Contractor logistics obligations, permit dependencies, RAMS interfaces and construction phase planning
Ability to develop, review and govern project-specific logistics plans, delivery lookaheads, storage forecasts, material movement processes and waste management arrangements.
Experience managing logistics interfaces across complex operational environments, including delivery coordination, material flow planning, storage management, access control requirements and stakeholder engagement.Capable of interpreting project programmes, Equipment Delivery Programmes, Bills of Materials, packing lists, supply chain reports and installation schedules to generate reliable logistics forecasts
Able to chair or support logistics meetings, produce clear portfolio-level reports and escalate risks, blockers and decisions required in a timely manner
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with Project Managers, Site Managers, HSEQ, engineering, supply chain, suppliers, subcontractors and Heathrow representatives.
Experience liaising with client logistics forums, airport planning groups or equivalent governance meetings to understand future project demand, shared infrastructure constraints and portfolio-level logistics requirements
IT literate and capable of using Microsoft Office applications and digital project management, logistics, reporting and document control systems.
Proven ability to create structure, introduce standard ways of working and drive continuous improvement across project delivery teams
Demonstrable safety leadership and ability to promote Vanderlande’s Stay Safe culture through logistics planning, site control and subcontractor engagement

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