Power Earthing Manager

Omega Red Group Ltd; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-Friendly Leave

Company Pension

Health & Wellbeing programme

Cycle to Work

Professional Development

Inclusion networks

Job summary

Omega Red Group in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Power Earthing Manager to lead the national Power Earthing function within the Compliance Division, guiding operational delivery, technical capability and commercial performance across a multidisciplinary engineering team.

This senior role partners with senior leaders and customers to drive safe, efficient and profitable service delivery, shaping strategy and supporting major infrastructure and compliance projects across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong governance of safety, quality and compliance.
• Proven track record in budget management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead Power Earthing Engineering, Design and project engineering teams.
• Manage safety, revenue, margin, utilisation and customer experience targets.
• Drive planning, budgeting and resource management for the function.
• Develop workforce planning, recruitment and succession strategies.
• Ensure technical standards and accreditations are maintained.
• Review delivery performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Health & safety

Change management

Commercial awareness

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Professional membership (IET/ICE)

Job description

Salary:Competitive | Company Benefits | Travel Allowance

Location:Nottingham | Hybrid (regular UK travel and occasional overnight stay required)

Contract:Full-Time | Permanent | 40 hours per week

About Us:

Omega Red Group is the recognised UK market leader in earthing, lightning protection, and height safety protection.

Omega Red offers survey, design, installation, testing, maintenance, and repair solutions for earthing, lightning protection, surge protection and height safety. The business is passionate about protecting people, property, electrical equipment and systems, from the damaging effects of lightning strikes, electrical faults and surges.

The Role:

We are seeking an experiencedPower Earthing Manager to take ownership of our national Power Earthing function within the Compliance Division, leading operational delivery, technical capability and commercial performance across a multidisciplinary engineering team.

This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for driving operational excellence, commercial performance, customer satisfaction, and team development across a multidisciplinary technical environment.

Working closely with senior leaders, technical specialists and customers, you will ensure the safe, efficient and profitable delivery of services while supporting the continued growth and development of the department.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of the UK's most respected Power Earthing teams, taking ownership of operational delivery, commercial performance and future growth. You'll play a key role in shaping strategy, developing technical capability and supporting major infrastructure and compliance projects across the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• - Lead and develop teams across Power Earthing Engineering, Design, Electrical Project Engineering and Estimating.
• - Manage departmental performance against safety, revenue, margin, utilisation, quality and customer experience targets.
• - Drive operational planning, budgeting and resource management to support business objectives.
• - Build a high-performing team through effective workforce planning, recruitment, succession planning and employee development.
• - Work alongside Technical Managers to ensure technical standards, quality assurance and accreditations are maintained.
• - Review delivery performance, project pipeline, work in progress, cash flow and customer metrics, resolving constraints and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• - Foster a culture that prioritises health, safety, wellbeing, quality and continuous improvement.
• - Strengthen stakeholder relationships across customers, suppliers and internal teams.

About You:

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical understanding with proven leadership experience.

You will ideally have:

• - Experience within power earthing, electrical infrastructure, utility, compliance or related engineering environments.
• - Significant experience leading multidisciplinary technical or engineering services teams.
• - A track record of managing people, budgets, customer relationships, operational delivery and business risk.
• - Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance customer expectations with business objectives.
• - Excellent organisational, planning and stakeholder management skills.
• - Understanding of power earthing design, installation, testing or maintenance activities would be advantageous.
• - The ability to influence, motivate and lead teams through change and growth.

Qualifications & Experience

• - A relevant qualification in Engineering, Construction, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• - Leadership and health & safety training or development.
• - Professional membership (such as IET, ICE or similar) and/or commercial qualifications would be advantageous.

Why This Role Matters:

In this role, you'll be responsible for driving operational excellence, developing future technical capability and ensuring the safe, profitable delivery of projects across the Power Earthing function. Your leadership will directly influence customer satisfaction, business growth and the continued success of a specialist service that is critical to protecting people, assets and infrastructure across the UK.

What You'll Get:

• - Family-Friendly Leave: Enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity & Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support, and up to 5 paid Carer’s Days
• - Financial & Life Assurance:Company Pension Scheme with salary sacrifice options
• - Health & Wellbeing:Employee Assistance Programme and 24/7 Virtual GP access for you and your dependents
• - Lifestyle & Perks:Cycle to Work Scheme and My Premier Benefits discounts, cashback, and vouchers
• - Professional Development: Hands-on training and ongoing career development opportunities
• - Inclusion & Belonging: Active People Networks – Disability & Neurodiversity, Unity+, Women’s Network, Parent & Carer Networking Group and more
• - Performance & Recognition: Annual salary review, Reward & Recognition Scheme, and Long Service Awards.

At South Staffordshire Group, inclusion matters. We have a wide range of employee networks which are employee-led communities that bring our people together, support different perspectives and create a strong sense of belonging. Our people are encouraged to get involved as members or allies.

We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including all genders, ethnicity, sexual orientations, and physical and neurodiverse abilities.

We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and encourage you to let us know how we can best support you throughout the recruitment process.