Regional Engineering Manager - Power

Sunbelt Rentals Careers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Retail discount scheme

Company pension

Job summary

Sunbelt Rentals is seeking a Regional Engineering Manager to lead a team of field-based engineers across the UK, focusing on safety, quality, and equipment availability. You will plan daily work, coordinate service centres, and drive improvements while ensuring regulatory compliance and cost-effective breakdown support.

You will oversee apprenticeship development, mentor teams, and optimise asset performance. A driving licence and travel within and beyond the region are required.

Qualifications

• Exceptional leadership and people management experience.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proven operational management experience across multiple sites.
• Strong planning, prioritisation and ability to work under pressure.
• Commercial awareness with P&L and budgeting experience.
• Ability to source and analyse data and present findings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure highest levels of quality and availability of products; maintain optimum stock levels.
• Prioritise and manage a repair program and ensure assets comply with safety regs.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and support Centres of Excellence model.
• Develop technical skills and apprenticeship programmes.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety/Quality Assurance and training.
• Investigate major asset failures and perform root-cause analysis.
• Field service planning for a team of field service engineers across the region.
• Respond to breakdowns and allocate engineers cost-effectively while meeting SLAs.
• Coordinate with 3rd parties for breakdown cover and raise orders upon completion.
• Manage call logging system including out-of-hours rota.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Operational management

Planning & organising

Financial awareness / budgeting

Data analysis

Travel flexibility

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Engineering Manager to join the Sunbelt Rentals team. Supporting our team ofService Engineers,ServiceCentre andWorkshop Managers, you'll drive a continuous improvement program based around safety, people, quality, productivity and equipment availability.You'll also be responsible for a team of field-based Engineers throughout the UK, including the organising and allocation of daily work schedules.

As Regional Engineering Manager you will work for the power team and your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure highest levels of quality and availability of products; whilst maintaining optimum stock levels

• Prioritise and manage a repair program (Target high earning / UTE % items)ensuring that all assets are fully compliant with current Health & Safety regulations and maintained in line with the relevant service schedules

• Manage quality improvement initiatives & support development of Centres of Excellence model

• Drive technical skills development and apprenticeship programme

• Ensure compliance with all regulations relating to Health and Safety/Quality Assurance including completion of statutory training

• Carry out any investigations for major failure on assets; identifying trends and carrying out root cause analysis with relevant stakeholders

• Field Service Planning for your team of field service engineers throughout the region

• Respond to breakdowns and appoint engineers by identifying most cost-effective solution whilst taking into account customers SLA's

• Appoint 3rd parties where necessary to cover breakdowns and raise order numbers upon completion

• Manage call logging control system for breakdowns and service (including maintenance of Out of Hours call-out rota)

What can we offer you in return?

You’ll be joining a highly successful FTSE100 company, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider.We provide an Industry leading flexible rewards package including generous holiday allowance (with the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave), life assurance, retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great Company pension scheme.

About You

If you join the team we’ll provide you with everything you need and ensure you are equipped for success. We’ll talk to you about your training and personal development needs and what you’d like to do to further your career and support your future aspirations.

To succeed in the Regional Engineering Managerrole you will bring the following skill-set and behaviours:

• Exceptional leadership, team development and people management experience

• Excellent communication, negotiating skills and an effective delegator inspiring confidence and empowerment

• Proven operational management experience of a large team across multiple sites

• Excellent planning and organising skills - ableto prioritise work load and work under pressure and to strict deadlines

• Commercial awareness and acumen -understands financial data and P&L withFinancial cost control and budgeting experience

• Ability to source and analyse data and present results/recommendations

• Experience within the power rental sector

• Driving licence essential - travel within and beyond your region

• Flexible and able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities

• Ability to understand and resolve complex business problems

About Us

Sunbelt Rentals is the leader in equipment rentals in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada - as well as specialist operations in Europe. We provide a range of solutions to every market and sector, including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government and events. Our teams make the impossible possible and the unthinkable doable. Turning what if into what is.

Our people are at the heart of our values and they’re our greatest asset. We rely on you to look after our customers so in return, we take good care of you. We recognise the value and uniqueness of our team-mates and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive Sunbelt Rentals, providing equality of opportunity and a culture of fairness and respect.

Your health, safety and wellbeing is really important to us. We’re raising awareness and providing support through initiatives such as our mental health awareness campaign and first-aider programme. You’ll also be able to access a 24-7 employee assistance helpline, counselling services and financial wellbeing support.