Site Services Department Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Company

VT Recruitment Limited

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Manufacturing / Surveying

Job summary

Supplying to the industrial, commercial, and private sector, my client is a leading supplier of power distribution solutions throughout the UK. They have an opportunity for an experienced Site Service Department Manager based at their office in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The Role:
Managing and coordinating all activities and scheduling of the site service function for contract installations (fitting, wiring, pre-commissioning of transformers), post contract investigations, corrections, and any ad hoc site requirements.
Key areas include:
Liaise with the Contract Managers and Head of Quality and Health & Safety (QHS) regarding any element of site work/warranty work, including contacting the relevant customer representative at site to discuss the elements of the task to ensure that proper preparation takes place for the attending site operatives.
Undertake site surveys where necessary, including collating all relevant information which may be required relating to upcoming site work, and producing a report inclusive of photos, drawings, special requirements and details from the site.
Plan how the site work will be undertaken safely, noting any additional material or equipment required to do so along with any access requirements for discussion with the customer.
Produce Risk Assessments and Method Statements, including the collation of all relevant drawings, work orders, CoSSH certificates, MSDS sheets, training certificates etc, to produce a comprehensive pack that is acceptable to the customers requirements and ensures the site operatives attending have all the relevant information they may require.
Plan resources efficiently by gaining full understanding of the task, equipment, skills and knowledge required and source any third-party elements, equipment or services.
Plan the delivery schedules to sites by liaising with the hauliers, customers, site service teams and materials/stock handlers to ensure that goods and equipment arrive on site in the required order to enable efficient execution of the work on site.
Liaise with the Contract/Project Manager regarding costs.
Expedite and review site reports from the site service team to maintain quality and enable full traceability of all elements of any task performed, filing and communicating them as necessary.
Liaise with the Production Manager to plan available resources for both site and when the site team are available for factory-based tasks, (e.g. In-house building of Power units).
Organise the team to complete all Rework items in a timely manner when not involved in sitework / Power Transformer assembly, with input from the Technical Department to compile detailed fault reports to be fed back
Keep all required training for site access and equipment use up to date for site team members, scheduling training where required.
Identify and work with others to resolve inadequate or unclear information.
Ensure all site vehicles are well maintained and kitted out correctly for any relevant sitework.
Ensure all required documentation is checked and completed correctly and on time.
Ensure that the companys Quality, Health Safety & Environmental policies and procedures are constantly adhered with.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
Experience and competence of working/managing on site fitting distribution and power transformers is essential.
Hands on experience of working within a mechanical/electrical engineering environment is essential.
The ability to understand mechanical and schematic drawings is essential.
Apprentice trained or a Mechanical/Electrical qualification is essential.
Experience of Health & Safety and conducting risk assessments and method statements is essential.
IOSH, NEBOSH or similar is desirable
ECS accreditation is desirable
You will have good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise with customers and resolve issues in a proactive and positive manner
You will have good I.T. skills with knowledge of the MS suite of software in particular excel, outlook and word with the ability to use a computer/laptop.
Strong trouble shooting skills
Excellent attention to detail
You will be flexible and adaptable and be prepared to attend site at short notice which may be outside your normal working hours
Experience of working collaboratively with other operations personnel with the ability to train and enhance your work colleagues skills.
Ideally experience of working within a continuous improvement environment
Full UK driving licence is essential
Salary and benefits:
Salary negotiable dependant on experience
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Company Bonus Scheme
Healthcare scheme and employee benefit programme
Pension
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