Project Team Leader

Project Team Leader

Opportunities in Prenton and our Wales regions.
Salary from £42,000 - £52,500 per year (negotiable based on experience) plus strong benefits package and career progression opportunities
Full Time / Permanent
Closing Date: 30th September 2024

Help us create a better future, quicker

At SP Energy Networks our focus is on harnessing technology and innovation to create the networks of the future. Our team is building a dynamic network to meet the changing demands for electricity and increasingly, renewable electricity - safely, securely, and sustainably in the communities we serve.

At SP Energy Networks, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.

Role

Responsible for leading and developing a multi-disciplined team of industrial and contractor staff in delivering the safe, effective and productive provision of outputs associated with Statutory inspections of Overhead lines, Substations and LV plant.

What you'll be doing

Deliver business plan outputs for Overhead line, Substations and LV plant inspections in line with financial, regulatory and business plan objectives.

Lead and coach a team of industrial staff inspectors to ensure safe working practices are utilised in the course of maximising outputs and productivity levels in line with relevant business objectives.

Contractor management to enable project delivery without compromising on safety and quality.

Analyse business performance to ensure ongoing delivery of outputs are completed within unit and authorised prime costs, to required quality standards and within required timescales, identifying opportunities for future improvement.

Produce monthly inspection output reports

Through utilisation of productivity reports and effective performance management, manage the behaviours and performance of team members, where appropriate ensuring that all concerns are managed in accordance with relevant Company procedures.

Ensure teams are competent, authorised and equipped to meet the needs of the work programme.

Promote and drive exemplary health and safety culture and performance to ensure safe and efficient delivery of all works associated with the overall district delivery plan.

Proactively assist respective areas in the management of daily and longer term resource planning.

Prepare and manage budgets and monitor appropriate cost information from relevant financial systems. Focus on minimising discretionary spend and ensure proactive control of costs.

Support robust stakeholder and customer interfaces to facilitate the delivery and communication of short, medium and long term plans and deliverables affecting local communities and stakeholders.

To lead and manage teams to ensure each individual’s potential is fully developed and inspire a culture that ensures the delivery of business outputs.

Lead and manage the development and assessment of assigned trainees including apprentices, skills seekers, adult craft trainees etc.

Integrate Operational Excellence in all undertakings

Support the integration of asset stewardship values within teams through delivery, incorporating localised feedback.

Support the delivery of depot management activities and responsibilities as allocated within Organisational Arrangements documentation as required by the business to ensure effective depot management across the operational depot aligned to the district.

Respond appropriately to Customer Complaints, taking ownership and resolving as appropriate

What you’ll bring

Expert knowledge of standards required of network operational activities, construction and maintenance, including working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation.

Expert knowledge of corporate systems required to manage resource deployment and productivity, finance, output delivery and safety.

Contract & SLA management and general commercial & regulatory awareness with the ability to balance customer service, operational delivery and efficient financial performance.

Proven experience of managing, motivating, coaching and developing teams to ensure each individual’s potential is fully developed and to inspire a culture that ensures the delivery of business outputs.

Team management experience, with a strong performance ethos and a track record of driving and delivering projects and initiatives.

Effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.

Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels

Ability to manage competing priorities using practical engineering and financial judgement to determine optimal solutions

Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SPEN is operating

Where appropriate, technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering leading role within a utility environment.

Awareness of Energy Networks policies, procedures and working practices, associated with th