Regional Operations Leader, Embedded Energy

Join Equans, a leading energies and services contractor and a proud member of the global industrial group, Bouygues. With a rich history of excellence in designing, constructing, and maintaining buildings and critical infrastructure worldwide, we are now offering an exciting new opportunity for a Regional Operations Manager from a technical engineering background to support our Embedded Energy business.

Equans Embedded Energy operates multiple customer sites with large-scale embedded energy capacity across the UK, providing specialist management of onsite generation for industrial processes and the ability to export to the Grid. We combine multiple technologies to meet our customers’ specific needs and provide design, build, operate and maintenance services. Our skills and expertise can help industrial businesses to achieve their carbon reduction goals. We are experts in many technologies, including combined heat and power (CHP), biomass, and energy from waste. By locating generation on customers’ sites, we provide our customers with industry-leading safety management, reduced energy costs and carbon footprint, and assured energy security for their operational needs.

Job Overview
Reporting to the Business Director for Embedded Energy, the Regional Operations Manager shall be responsible for the performance of a region comprising a number of contracts. The principal objectives of the role are to create and deliver the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) discipline and strategic direction in line with business plan targets, compliance, health, environment, safety and quality delivering best practice and to industry standards.

Key Activities

• As part of the SLT develop an efficient organisational structure in line with business needs.
• Monitor & manage KPIs to measure and improve efficiency, service quality, and profitability.
• Minimise OCPs by driving performance & contractor management.
• Ensure the delivery of high standards of compliance, accurate asset management & maintenance in line with EQUANS CMMS & contract deliverables.
• Provide Site teams with direction to ensure Contract data and reports are compiled to the required standard, are retained and managed in a suitable electronic document management system or equivalent.
• Drive operational excellence, ensuring the delivery of high-quality O&M solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations.
• Monitor & refine business processes to enhance productivity, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee contract management, ensuring effective project delivery and adherence to health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Ensure all performance reports for the region are completed timely and with accuracy for both senior leaders & client reporting.
• Ensure full compliance with company policies, legal requirements, industry regulations, and safety standards across all sites.
• Monitor financial budgets, ensuring effective cost control, revenue forecasting, and financial planning to meet business objectives.
• Champion a customer-centric culture, ensuring customer satisfaction and retention through exceptional service delivery.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, suppliers, industry bodies, and government authorities.

Qualifications and Skills

• Engineering qualification - degree or equivalent.
• Operation & Maintenance of Utility Plant including Generation Equipment.
• Leadership skills to balance financial, technical and people priorities.
• Commercially focused to drive profitability and growth.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Flexible and pro-active approach, both personally and by influencing others.
• Customer and employee focused, including developing key talent.
• Clear SHEQ leadership and Safe Systems of Work (SSoW) management.
• Excellent IT skills and experience of operating a range of management systems.
• Collaborative and results orientated.

What can we offer you?

• On offer is a competitive salary, car or car allowance and benefits package, which includes; 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays).
• Life Cover equivalent to 3 times annual salary.
• 10% Bonus.
• Private health.
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year.
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes.
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme.
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in EQUANS), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app.

Who are we?
EQUANS is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros. In the UK & Ireland, EQUANS is a provider of technical, FM, regeneration and energy services – with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables. EQUANS’ 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live. EQUANS is a Bouygues group company.

What’s next?
If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

As part of a positive action drive to address under-representation in senior management positions, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. In support of our positive action measures, we will consider applications that do not meet all the technical requirements if candidates can demonstrate how transferable skills will enable them to successfully deliver the remit of the role in an environment which promotes a flexible working culture.

At Equans we're committed to delivering a culture where everyone's voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do; should you join Equans you'll find a welcoming and open workplace where you're supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. You'll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.