Interim Repairs & Engineering Manager

We are delighted to work on behalf of one of the leading service providers in England and Wales. Our client serves 2.8 million customers across the south-west of England. Our client is proud of how they support development and career progression. We are pleased to be working with them to find a key individual to fulfil the role of an Interim Repairs & Engineering Manager working 40 hours per week with optional overtime.

This would be leading a commercial engineering workshop facility that provides a 24/7 service to the operational services department. Service delivery should be industry leading whilst ensuring repair costs remain cheaper than external competitors. Management of the operational critical space store to ensure that equipment deemed process critical is available in stock 24/7.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver a first-class safety approach to work.
• Provide quantifiable savings to OPEX and CAPEX.
• Deputise for the optimisation team to cover holiday/sickness.
• Plan and organise day-to-day work to meet the workload.
• Liaise with the team and customers.
• Understand assets and our design standards to provide the best possible service to the customer.
• Manage our cyclic maintenance investment programs for example screen refurbishments.
• Grow the business from its current turnover of £3.6m to £5m.
• Cover sites across the whole region.
• Analyse data to review system performance, leading to robust engineering solutions for each and every repair.
• Propose robust engineering solutions supported by quantifiable data.
• Monthly reporting to customers on job progress and cost.
• Site visits to review equipment issues and propose mechanical intervention.
• Feed back data to the asset database for quality improvements of corporate data.
• Build and increase in-house machining capability.

Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Proven leadership skills.
• Proven change management skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication, team and motivational skills.
• Performance management skills.
• High level of personal integrity.
• Promotes a culture of openness.
• Flexible approach within a changing environment
• Valid driving licence
• Good understanding of managing a commercial engineering workshop.
• Good understanding of ISO 55001.
• IOSH Managing Safely.
• Level 3 NVQ or an apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering/Maintenance.
• HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering (optional but preferred).

This vacancy is being advertised by New Resource Group. The services of the New Resource Group are that of an Employment Agency.