National Service Operations Leader - Engineering

Executive Network Group; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 55,250 - 74,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Executive Network Group seeks a Head of Service & Operations to lead a national on-site service division within a fast-paced engineering environment. You will shape strategic direction of mobile service operations, ensuring safe, efficient and profitable delivery across contracts.

The role requires proven senior leadership of national service operations, experience managing large engineering teams, and strong commercial acumen. UK-based position with a £65,000 salary plus benefits and bonus.

Qualifications

• Significant senior management experience within industrial services, hydraulics, fluid power or engineering.
• Proven leadership of national service operations.
• Experience managing large engineering teams.
• Strong commercial and financial management capability.
• Experience delivering operational transformation and continuous improvement.
• Strong customer relationship management at a strategic level.
• Excellent understanding of engineering service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the strategic vision for the service operations division in line with business growth objectives.
• Lead all aspects of mobile service operations, ensuring safe, effective and profitable delivery of customer contracts.
• Manage field service engineers, project engineers and third-party contractors.
• Oversee national scheduling, resource planning and mobilisation.
• Support planned maintenance, emergency response, shutdown support and project delivery.
• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement, standardisation and innovation.
• Deliver agreed revenue, margin and profitability targets.
• Monitor financial performance, labour utilisation and operational costs.
• Support pricing strategy, contract negotiations and major customer tenders.
• Act as senior operational contact for key national accounts.
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and industry partners.
• Champion health, safety, quality and compliance across all service activities.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team.
• Support technical problem solving and engineering best practice.
• Introduce dashboards, KPIs, SOPs and improvement initiatives to enhance performance.

Skills

Senior management

National service operations

Leadership

Engineering teams

Commercial & financial management

Operational transformation

Customer relationships

Engineering service delivery

Dashboards

Tools

Dashboards

Job description

Executive Network Group seeks a Head of Service & Operations to lead a national on-site service division within a fast-paced engineering environment. You will shape strategic direction of mobile service operations, ensuring safe, efficient and profitable delivery across contracts.

The role requires proven senior leadership of national service operations, experience managing large engineering teams, and strong commercial acumen. UK-based position with a £65,000 salary plus benefits and bonus.