The Opportunity

An exciting and challenging new opportunity exists for an experienced Engineering Manager to work for this leading M&E and Data Communications Contractor. The position will involve taking on responsibility for the allocation of works, management, performance, and development of all field engineers within the IT & Data Services Division.

The Position

As the Engineering Manager you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring all work is strategically planned in a cost effective manner and that client requirements are met
• Working to recruit / engage strategic geographically placed engineers and sub-contractors with the right skill set and cultural fit
• Managing engineer issues, carrying out performance reviews and agreeing training and development plans
• Allocating labour requests received from colleagues in all departments
• Working with the sales team to understand the business pipeline, liaising with the operations managers and taking appropriate actions to ensure resource is in place to deliver the works
• Regularly reviewing the Positives & Improvements Control Sheet (PICS) and taking appropriate action based on entries
• Working closely with the engineering team, effectively communicating work schedules and reviewing works in progress
• Analysing engineer utilisation levels and associated costs of travel, hotels, subsistence, fuel, etc
• Changing the work schedule to accommodate short notice requests for maintenance calls and other short notice jobs and communicating any changes to the relevant colleagues.
• Utilising the vehicle tracking system in order to monitor the engineer’s whereabouts in order to manage short notice works.
• Managing any holiday requests received from field staff taking into consideration the needs of the business and managing the sickness process for all Engineers.
• In addition to the above, liaising with relevant departments including logistics, HR, H&S

The Person

• Preferably from an IT/Data Comms background
• Managerial experience is essential
• A flexible and proactive approach
• Field service scheduling experience
• Excellent communication, project management, decision-making, interpersonal and team working skills.
• Experience working with and managing field engineers
• Excellent IT skills across a broad spectrum of software systems
• Dealing with high numbers of incoming emails and phone calls in and out of normal working hours
• The ability to work under pressure whilst meeting tight deadlines

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