Engineering Performance Manager

OpticoreIT; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

23 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Dental cover

Pension plan

EV salary sacrifice schemes

Nursery fees access

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Opticore IT in London is seeking an Engineering Performance Manager to lead on-site and client-site engineering teams, overseeing performance reviews, development plans, and stakeholder alignment with client needs.

You will monitor time sheets, project utilisation, and bonus processes while driving continuous improvements across the engineering portfolio. Hybrid role with three days at client sites and Opticore HQ.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated history in people management, including one-to-ones and annual reviews.
• Experience building individual development plans and coaching to progress.
• Strong stakeholder management across multiple functions.

Responsibilities

• Manage team leaders and on-site engineers, conducting one-to-ones and performance reviews.
• Support direct reports development objectives and coach progress.
• Assist Pay Reviews and make recommendations to Technical Director.
• Identify development points and skills gaps for engineers.
• Track metrics and update management for annual reviews and bonuses.
• Highlight opportunities to sales for additional client work.
• Collaborate with back office teams to align engineering delivery.
• Address issues and ensure timely resolutions.
• Ensure time sheets are checked and aligned with live projects.
• Monitor project utilisation and CRM reporting for accuracy.
• Suggest improvements to resource management processes.
• Review and update engineering skills matrices.
• Onboard new starters at HQ and client sites.

Skills

People management

Stakeholder management

Performance reviews

Coaching

Communication

Organisational skills

Job description

Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.

Opticore IT are currently searching for an Engineering Performance Manager to take on the day to day people management of Opticores Engineering teams. The ideal person will have a good understanding of people management, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with Account Managers & Stakeholders in client accounts.

This opportunity is hybrid with 3 days split across client sites and Opticore head office.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage team leaders and on-site engineers, ensuring that one to ones, performance reviews and end-of-year reviews are carried out in line with the business’s competency framework model
• Support all direct reports in setting their development objectives and monitor, support, and coach them to encourage their development progress
• Assist with Pay Reviews process and make recommendations to the Technical Director
• Highlight key development points to engineering staff to cover any skills gaps
• Track and analyse key metrics, providing regular updates to management that full into the annual review process and bonuses
• Highlight sales opportunities to the sales team for additional / new opportunities within client accounts
• Collaborate with various back office teams (Technical Director, Ops, HR, Technical Assurance, Account Managers) to align strategies and improve engineer offerings
• Address engineer's issues and complaints with urgency, ensuring effective resolutions
• Ensure all time sheets for all reports are checked and submitted each week and are in-line with live projects
• Monitor and report project utilisation, ensuring that all reporting is accurate on CRM and reporting any discrepancies
• Suggest and implement innovative solutions to improve resource management processes
• Review and update engineering skills matrix
• Onboard new starters at Opticore HQ and client site

What you'll bring:

• Demonstrable history in people management. I.E. One-to-one meetings, formal performance reviews, and end-of-year reviews.
• Expertise of creating individual development plans to monitor, support and coach to encourage development progression.
• Exceptional stakeholder management able to work across multiple functions across the business.
• Strong active listening skills by attentively engaging in conversations, ensuring full understanding of individual, client and team needs.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
• Ability to handle conflict resolution

What we offer:

• Competitive Edge: A salary that reflects your talent and hard work, plus a discretionary bonus to celebrate your successes
• Time to Recharge: 23 days of annual leave, increasing with service on top of bank holidays - because work-life balance matters
• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive private healthcare and dental cover to keep you in top shape including 24/7 GP, Life Stage Cash Plan, Supplementary Benefits, Structured Counselling and EAP
• Secure Your Future: A solid pension plan to help you plan for tomorrow, today
• Perks with Purpose: Access to salary sacrifice schemes for EV cars, workplace nursery fees, cutting-edge tech, and cycle-to-work options - supporting your lifestyle and goals
• Fun & Connection: Regular team and company-wide social events to keep the good vibes rolling (recent examples bowling, golf, quiz nights and much more!)
• Rewards & Awards: Our Kudos awards enable all employees to be rewarded by managers and colleagues, celebrating achievements throughout the year with prizes and additional time off

Diversity:

At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so, please speak to our recruitment team.