Product Installation Manager in Poole

Location: On site / Poole, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Engineering | Mechanical
Salary: Competitive salary

Take a lead role in bringing our engineered water and wastewater treatment products safely and successfully into service.

EPS Water seek a well-organised, enthusiastic and practical Product Installation Manager to oversee the planning, delivery, installation and commissioning of a portfolio of mechanical and process equipment. The portfolio principally includes settlement tank scraper bridges and chemical dosing systems, alongside other standard and engineered EPS Water products.

Reporting to the UK Contracts Manager, you will coordinate site works from pre-delivery planning through installation, commissioning and handover. Your focus will be safe, efficient, cost-effective and high-quality delivery, to agreed programmes, while supporting Project Managers and maintaining strong customer relationships.

Based at our Poole facility in Dorset, the role involves regular regional and nationwide travel to treatment sites, including some overnight stays and occasional visits to our Group headquarters in Ireland.

What you’ll get involved in

Lead installations and coordinate delivery

• Support Project Managers in delivering treatment projects on time and within budget.
• Coordinate site and office-based personnel, EPS installation teams, specialist subcontractors, suppliers, lifting operations and other resources.
• Liaise with project personnel on contract matters and maintain positive communication with client site teams.
• Represent EPS professionally at customer, contractor and site coordination meetings.
• Act as a key point of contact and escalation for installation issues, coordinating timely resolution.

Plan, prepare and communicate

• Plan installation timelines from contract award to completion and handover of all documentation.
• Carry out pre-installation site visits to check access, lifting requirements, interfaces, enabling and temporary works, and site readiness.
• Prepare required health, safety and environmental documents, including Construction Safety Plans, Environmental Plans, Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Safety Files.
• Monitor site progress against agreed programmes, proactively addressing delays, constraints and emerging risks.
• Keep installation documents current and properly filed within project records.

Make safety, environmental performance and quality central

• Promote and enforce across the installation teams a strong safety culture and compliance with relevant site policies, procedures and safe working practices.
• Ensure RAMS, lifting plans, permits and other installation documents are prepared, reviewed and communicated.
• Identify and manage risks around operational assets, lifting, confined spaces, working at height and contractor interfaces.
• Report accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses to the Project Manager and Safety Manager; liaise with safety officers and auditors during inspections.
• Ensure compliance with approved drawings, specifications, inspection and test plans and EPS quality requirements.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, snagging and completion records; ensure defects and non-conformances are recorded and resolved promptly.
• Capture root causes, corrective and preventative actions and lessons learned, feeding improvements into engineering, production and installation teams.

Manage costs and drive improvement

• Procure project cost components including labour, parts, consumables and plant.
• Identify variations, additional works and changed site conditions, communicating promptly to the relevant Project Manager.
• Seek opportunities to improve efficiency, standardisation and value across our operations.
• Coordinate entry of project data into the company IFS system.

Contribute to the wider business

• Attend internal Contracts team meetings in person or remotely.
• Assist with management and maintenance of the Poole facility and EPS equipment.
• Develop installation teams through training, mentoring and experiential learning.
• Undertake other relevant duties consistent with your knowledge and skills as business needs evolve.

What you’ll bring to us

We’re looking for a self-motivated, inquisitive and practical individual with a water industry background, strong communication skills and the flexibility to thrive in a small business environment.

Your background

• Relevant experience in mechanical installation, construction or site management, preferably in water/wastewater treatment, utilities or process engineering.
• Experience managing installation across multiple concurrent projects and site activities.
• Third-level qualification or apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, manufacturing or a similar discipline.
• Good understanding of heavy mechanical equipment installation, lifting operations, pipework, access steelwork and associated M&E interfaces.
• Strong understanding of construction health and safety, including RAMS and safe systems of work.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors and site-based resources.
• Commercial awareness, including monitoring costs and identifying variations.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and project documentation.

Your strengths

• Keen attention to detail and ability to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Effective communication with customers, contractors and colleagues.
• Proactive problem-solving and sound decision-making under time pressure.
• Competence with standard MS Office applications and project planning/reporting tools.
• Willingness to travel regularly, including overnight stays.
• Full driving licence; any existing endorsements must be declared in the application.

At EPS Water, you'll be part of a team delivering engineering solutions that make a difference to water quality, environmental protection and sustainable infrastructure. Our ambition is to be an

outstanding place to work, a trusted customer partner and a Net Zero, sustainable business.

We are at the frontline of our industry: Our capabilities span the complete asset lifecycle, from process development and design through manufacturing, installation, commissioning and aftercare. We work with leading UK water companies and industrial customers, offering exposure to a broad range of technologies, projects and engineering challenges. Your development matters: We support our people through in-house and external training, professional mentoring and, where appropriate, assistance towards further academic or professional qualifications. Be part of our community: Being a family-owned business, we have built a strong culture of teamwork and belonging, where loyalty, inclusion and togetherness matter. And as part of the wider EPS Group, our people quickly feel part of a much larger collection of similar businesses

across the UK and Ireland.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• A collaborative and supportive work environment
• Laptop or desktop and work mobile phone provided
• See company website for more information on the benefits of working in EPS Group

We welcome speculative applications from individuals of all levels.

Equal Opportunity Statement - EPS Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Company Profile

Since 1968, we have grown from a modest electrical and pumping services business and developed into an innovative, internationally exporting product and service provider, now focused upon the water, wastewater and clean technology sectors, operating across the Republic of Ireland, the UK and Northern Europe.

We are an international water infrastructure specialist, one of the few genuine end-to-end service providers in the global water sector, providing large scale employment, bringing market leading and ground breaking technologies to Ireland and working to improve the country's water infrastructure.

Our vision is to be the best and most rewarding place to work for our teams, to be our customer’s outstanding partner of choice and we are committed to being a Net Zero, sustainable business.

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