Installation Manager

Siemens Mobility; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Mental health support

Subsidised gym memberships

Subsidised healthcare

Annual bonus

Pension match

Parental leave

Extra holidays

Learning & development

Job summary

Siemens Mobility is seeking an Installation Manager to lead our telecommunications construction team in the Chippenham area, within the Rail Infrastructure CIS unit. You will manage delivery across the market, coordinating senior site staff and installers, ensuring safety, quality and on-time performance.

The role requires strong leadership, rail industry knowledge, and the ability to liaise with stakeholders while maintaining safe working practices and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Extensive communications biased multi-disciplined experience in the rail environment with knowledge of industry standards.
• Leadership of behavioural safety with CDM 2015 and HASAWA 1974 requirements.
• Extensive experience as a telecommunications construction CRE with knowledge of Midlands routes advantageous.
• Experience managing subcontractors and the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritise and assign roles within area of responsibility according to procedures.
• Gather information to organise installation activities and plans across the project lifecycle.
• Identify deviations from tasks and adjust plans with recorded approvals.
• Identify task interdependence and ensure logical work sequencing.
• Allocate activities to staff based on competencies and provide instruction.
• Maintain effective communications with stakeholders and teams, remotely and face to face.
• Ensure awareness of environmental, health and safety requirements and demonstrate safe working practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Safety culture

Team management

Stakeholder liaison

IT skills

Education

Leadership and management qualifications Level 5

CDM 2015 knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Siemens Mobility is dedicated to pioneering the future of transportation. Our dynamic team is always exploring new ways to drive innovation and efficiency in rail. We are searching for forward-thinkers who are eager to challenge themselves and make a tangible impact. If you are passionate about creating sustainable and intelligent transport solutions, we want you on our team.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Installation Manager to lead our telecommunications construction team within the Siemens Rail Infrastructure CIS business located in the Chippenham area.

Rail Infrastructure offers a wide range of systems for signalling, monitoring and control, communications and electrification for main line, regional, metro and light rail infrastructure applications. By bringing together the combined expertise of UK and Germany, we offer complete infrastructure solutions tailored for our market. Siemens’ dedicated rail infrastructure team is fully committed to delivering an efficient, reliable, safe and green railway.

Reporting to the National Construction Manager, the Installation Manager is a true leadership role which will be responsible for all aspects of construction activities within the defined regional area of the Rail Infrastructure CIS business. The construction community implements our market-leading products and solutions, providing a safe, cost efficient and timely realisation of complex solutions with appropriate quality and to budget, even in the face of challenging and evolving business cases, requirements, delivery mechanisms and other business drivers. The role heads-up a team of both permanent and variable Senior Site Managers, Site managers, Lead Installers and installers.

You will gain an overall understanding of the business and ensure that culture, behaviours, and decisions made align with the overall business goals. The delivery lifecycle operates from the early stages of bids and tenders to customer requirements elicitation and capture, estimation, design, development, constructability validation, testing, approvals, and deployment, to ongoing in-service support. The Siemens delivery processes support all accepted delivery models, the model selected being determined by the scale, scope, and appropriateness for the project.

You’ll make a difference by..

• Plan, prioritise and determine roles and responsibilities within area of responsibility in line with Siemens and client’s procedures, throughout the solution lifecycle from estimates to disposal
• Gather and collate relevant information to help you organise installation activities, including site availability and access, operations and engineering notices, plans, schedules, procedures, diagrams, records and specifications, throughout the solution lifecycle from estimates to disposal
• Identify potential deviations from allocated tasks and alter the plan as required within the limits of your own authority, ensuring alterations are recorded, reported, approved and their impact on the allocated tasks are monitored and controlled
• Accurately identify tasks and their interdependence, ensuring work is organised in a logical order
• The allocation of activities and responsibilities to staff according to their competencies is also one of your responsibilities and you will be able to provide staff with the required instructions to fulfil your portfolio responsibilities
• You will establish and maintain communications and effective liaison arrangements with relevant stakeholders, including team members, other teams, operations staff, engineering staff and peers
• Communication will be both remote and face to face. Also, you will be able to obtain suitable clarification and assistance where information is unclear, inaccurate or conflicting
• You will be aware of any environmental, health and safety requirements applicable to your area of responsibility. You will be required to demonstrate your teams safe working practices throughout and you will understand the responsibility you owe to yourself and other in the rail environment

What you’ll need to succeed..

• Extensive communications biased multi-disciplined experience in the rail environment, including the knowledge and application of applicable national and international industry standards, line standards and developing processes and procedures appropriate to the rail industry
• A natural leader of behavioural safety with demonstrable evidence of successes with experience of applying national and industry legislative requirements within the rail environment, including but not limited to CDM 2015, HASAWA 1974 and applicable sub legislature
• Extensive experience as a telecommunications construction CRE, with knowledge of routes around the Midlands area extremely advantageous
• Significant experience of managing the subcontract and supply chain regarding resources and materials
• Experience and knowledge of personnel performance management processes
• Operating according to ISO 9001 experience is highly desirable
• Knowledge and experience of auditing and investigating is desirable, but training can be made available to the right candidate
• Industry recognised higher learning qualifications are beneficial
• Nationally recognised Leadership and management qualifications pursuant to Level 5 difficulty is desirable but training can be made available to right candidate.
• Excellent IT, interpersonal, presentation, communication, organisational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Full UK Driving licence

At Siemens, we believe that work should work for you. We go beyond standard benefits to create an environment where our people feel supported, empowered and valued both professionally and personally.

• Wellbeing: Flexible working, 24/7 Mental health support, Subsidised gym memberships, Subsidised Bupa healthcare, Enhanced sick pay
• Financial: Match and More Pension, Life Assurance, Perks at Work discounts, Cycle to Work scheme, Annual Bonus
• Family: Day-one maternity and paternity rights, shared parental leave, extra holidays for length of service, generous time off - including volunteering days and sabbaticals
• Personal Growth: Access to online learning, Support for external training and development opportunities, Inclusive culture promoting equality and belonging, Active employee networks, Opportunities to grow your skills and career

Transform The Everyday with us

Siemens recognise that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.

If you are successful in your application, you will receive a new contract detailing the standard terms, conditions and benefits associated with this role. Please note that this may impact any existing entitlements to legacy terms.

Please note that Siemens advises employees to inform their line manager when formally applying for a new role within the company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from all individuals, including those with disabilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter who will be happy to support you.