Service Manager – Power Generation

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🕒 October 13

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 £60k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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📋 Description

• Lead and manage the Service Engineering team and coordinate engineering resources across the UK • Plan and coordinate preventative, corrective and reactive maintenance, fault-finding, testing, repairs and operational activities • Ensure work is delivered according to agreed scopes, quotations, specifications, procedures and contractual requirements • Ensure personnel are competent, trained, equipped and authorised for their work • Ensure service and maintenance activities comply with company procedures and applicable UK legislation • Monitor job costs, labour, overtime, travel, materials and subcontractor expenditure • Prepare or support quotations, scopes of work, resource estimates and commercial variations • Monitor plant availability, reliability, outstanding works, service performance and customer satisfaction • Identify recurring failures and implement corrective and preventative actions • Coordinate subcontractors, specialist contractors, suppliers and other external resources • Plan and schedule service activities, planned maintenance, installations, testing, outages and operational work across the UK • Allocate engineers based on competence, availability, workload, location and customer priorities • Adjust priorities for emergencies, breakdowns, delays, cancellations and changing customer requirements • Act as a key contact between customers, engineers, suppliers, subcontractors and internal departments • Maintain accurate planning, scheduling, service and asset records using company systems • Provide operational and commercial reports and attend customer and internal meetings • Provide 24-hour call-out support in accordance with the agreed rota and business requirements • Identify operational risks, resource constraints and scheduling conflicts • Drive continuous improvement and undertake other duties commensurate with the role

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience within power generation, reciprocating gas engines, industrial engineering, field service, operations and maintenance, or a similar technical environment • Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance knowledge and experience • Experience of managing engineers, service teams or technical resources • Experience planning and coordinating planned and reactive maintenance in a time-critical environment • Understanding of plant availability, reliability and maintenance performance • Commercial awareness, including cost control, budgeting, quotations and job profitability • Experience of customer and/or contract management • Proven problem-solving, prioritisation, and decision-making ability • Strong understanding of relevant UK health, safety and operational requirements • Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and asset management frameworks CMMS/Enterprise Asset Management Systems • Full UK driving licence and ability to travel throughout the UK • Safety-focused, professionally accountable and commercially aware • Highly organised, proactive and technically credible • Strict HSEQ adherence • Confident leadership and ability to motivate and develop engineering teams • Strong communication skills at all levels • Flexible and adaptable to changing operational requirements • Commitment to continuous improvement and high standards of service delivery

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual Company Performance related bonus scheme • Pension (5.5% employer, 3.5% employee contributions) • Death in service 4x salary • Subsidised Private Health Scheme • Subsidised Health cash Scheme • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays • Extra annual leave option to buy or sell up to 5 days • 2 extra days holiday after 3 years service • Birthday leave • Company Sick Pay • Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay • Discounts scheme • Refer a friend • EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) • Mental Health First Aiders • Charity Work Day • Social Committee for Company Events

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