Engineering Duty Manager

Bristol Airport has an unprecedented period of change ahead with capital investment of £400m+. The ultimate vision – to be everyone’s favourite airport, delivering a future we can be proud of. It’s an incredibly exciting time for Bristol Airport. We are looking for an Engineering Duty Manager to join us on this journey. Reporting into our Engineering Manager, the Engineering Duty Manager will be part of a team primarily responsible for leading the day-to-day activities of all the airports engineering Department, delivering 24/7 support and service to the operational needs of a thriving airport. Providing essential maintenance and technical service across the airport’s infrastructure, whilst maintaining the highest safety and compliance practices. This is a shift based role, 4 on 4 off, 2 days, 2 nights. Annual leave is pre scheduled to ensure operational consistency but we do have flexibility for emergency annual leave and shift swaps to ensure a positive and flexible work life balance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Airport Engineers to be a high performing team; coaching, developing and empowering them to deliver a consistent and high standard of service.
• Plan the engineering operation proactively and efficiently, managing the duty teams to deliver the brand and ensure all parts of engineering process are delivering to Bristol Airport standards.
• Actively monitor, manage and implement department safety policies & processes to ensure the safety of your teams and others in line with regulations such as: Electrical safety, HV & LV Permitry and approvals, Permit to work, Confined spaces, Hot works and Work At height.
• Maintain effective communications between all operational duty teams, and wider stakeholders, accurately recording activities, issues, actions taken and requirements for escalation where necessary.
• Identify, drive and deliver continuous improvement opportunities across the Customer Journey in collaboration with the respective subject matter experts.
• Maintain infrastructure and systems, contributing to the development of maintenance processes and controls.
• Contribution to company wide projects working with various stakeholders across the Airport.
• Management of Exceptional Events / Equipment failures ensuring all engineering colleagues are trained and competent in exceptional incidents and critical equipment failures.
• Work cross functionally to manage all planned and reactive maintenance duties responding to system and equipment failures in a timely manner to sustain the Airports services, ensuring a focus on equipment availability & up time with a right first time approach to repairs to minimise downtime of critical assets including, but not limited to; HV and LV distribution systems, Airfield Assets and systems, Baggage handling systems, Emergency lighting, fire alarm, Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning systems.
• Providing Assessment and feedback on equipment condition, updating and completing records and making recommendations for asset improvements, replacements or cost savings.
• Day to day management of site contractors and contractor activities including permits, audits & safety compliance.
• Positively contribute to the Airport Operation, growth & compliance requirement with contractor management & performance against SLAs, by holding them accountable through contract ownership and management.

Skills and experience

• HND / HNC or other recognised qualification, in either Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Passionate about People and experienced successfully leading a high performing team.
• Experience with High Voltage Electrical Installations, preferably as a Senior Authorised Person.
• Have completed a recognised apprenticeship as a Maintenance Electrician or Mechanical Engineer, whilst also being competent as a multi-skilled trade person who can carry out general maintenance trade jobs.
• Previous experience of successfully leading and developing a team building on engagement & performance.
• ILM or similar qualifications or equivalent experience in leadership.
• IOSH managing Safety or Equivalent qualifications.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with accuracy and attention to detail both verbal and written.
• Awareness of the need for efficient working practice and cost control.
• A high standard of numeracy skills to enable interpretation of data to enable positive decision making.
• Previous experience of working with automated PLC controlled equipment: Baggage, conveyor systems, Manufacturing equipment, Industrial equipment, Facilities / BMS controls.

Pay range and compensation package

We offer a competitive rewards and benefits package, find out more about our benefits here.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and disability confident employer - our passengers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues – it is this blend of talents, focus and passion makes us extraordinary. Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from all walks of life and are happy to support applicants who may require reasonable adjustments. Please contact recruitment@bristolairport.com for more information, and to see how best we can support your application.