Resource Manager Engineering

Do you want to help power your career and be part of an evolving energy industry? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Resource Manager - Engineering to join our Field Operations Team. The energy industry is advancing with investment in smart technology innovation and Northern Powergrid, as the company responsible for powering everyday life for 8 million customers across 3.9 million homes and businesses in the Northeast, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, is at the forefront of delivering a power network that meets the region’s needs, now and in the future.

Resource Manager – Engineering will manage and develop a multi-skilled team of engineering colleagues to deliver the region’s programmes of operational work, optimising colleague utilisation, maximising productivity and anticipating future skills demand.

Along with a competitive salary between £68,286 - £80,335, enrolment into our pension scheme, 25 days holiday, transport provision, payment of professional fees, agile working, excellent opportunities for career growth, and a team leader bonus of up to 10% pa.

We’re excited to hear from candidates with a passion for our company and the industry and a desire to succeed.

• Embedding a safety culture aligned with positive, proactive and solution driven engagement.
• Driving the continuous improvement in region productivity and optimise the utilisation of the team through effective allocation of resources to work programmes and reactive activity (including major incidents).
• Ensuring timely allocation of appropriately skilled engineering resource, to enable the successful delivery of all agreed programmes of work, achieving operational and customer service performance targets.
• Setting and upholding performance expectations and standards of behaviour of colleagues, recognising high performance and actively managing under-performance.
• Coaching and developing the skills and competence of engineers to maximise their capability in line with the competency framework and anticipated skills demand of current and emerging work programme demands.
• Anticipating and maintaining an adequate pipeline of appropriately skilled engineers, actively driving the career progression of colleagues including participants in the workforce renewal programme.
• Fostering positive trade union relationships.

• Create and empower a safety culture.
• Fully resourced and prioritised programmes of work and optimal utilisation of engineers.
• Productivity and safety targets delivered.
• Pipeline of engineers progressively up skilled to meet current and future work programme demands.
• Clear evidence of effective and frequent performance reviews and executable development plans, utilising performance feedback from Programme Managers.
• Technical competency framework effectively calibrated and implemented for engineering disciplines.
• Talent profile of all resources maintained, with high growth potential assessed and actively managed.

• Be excellent at team working.
• Be able to lead, motivate and inspire others.
• Demonstrate sound judgement and effective decision making.
• Demonstrate resilience and respond well to challenges.
• Have excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Be well organised and able to prioritise and plan.
• Collaborate in your immediate team and peer group.
• Be able to coach and mentor colleagues to maximise their performance.

• HNC in Electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Full UK driving license.

• Management of programmes/projects and colleagues.
• Network operations on the LV and HV system.
• Construction/maintenance/repair background.
• SAP authorisation on overhead and/or ground mounted systems.

Closing date for applications: 22 July.

In order to comply with our electricity distribution licence, we have to ensure our colleagues are fit and proper to visit and enter our customers’ premises. Consequently, as this role may involve visiting and entering our customers’ premises, please be aware that the successful candidate will be subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please confirm in your application if you are content for this check to be completed.

Applicants are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age or disability, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.