Regional Operations Leader - Multi-Site O&M

Vital Energi; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Energi seeks an experienced Regional Operations Manager to lead the North of England and Scotland O&M delivery. You will steer site and engineer performance, ensure safety and compliance, and drive commercial outcomes across contracts and portfolios.

You will coach Contract Managers and Operations Managers, oversee regional revenue and margin, and build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders to promote service excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven senior operational leadership experience across multi-site or regional delivery environments.
• Strong experience of contract management, operational delivery, budget ownership and P&L performance.
• Demonstrable ability to lead leaders, develop high-performing teams and hold people accountable for delivery.
• Strong customer relationship, commercial awareness, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent analytical, planning, problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Sound understanding of health, safety, quality, compliance and operational governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and develop Contract Managers and Operations Managers to deliver regional business objectives.
• Provide coaching, performance management and development plans to strengthen leadership capability across the region.
• Oversee the commercial and operational performance of all regional contracts, ensuring contractual obligations, service levels and financial targets are achieved.
• Review contract performance, margin, risk and forecasting with Contract Managers, ensuring corrective actions are agreed and implemented where required.
• Support contract renewals, variations, rebids, DILAPs and Small Works opportunities to strengthen commercial return and customer retention.
• Ensure financial governance, budget control, cost management and accurate reporting across the region.
• Ensure consistent delivery of planned and reactive maintenance activities across the region in line with contractual requirements.
• Lead the standardisation and transformation of operational processes, driving consistency, efficiency, and improved service delivery across the organisation.
• Build and maintain senior relationships with customers, internal stakeholders, suppliers and partners.
• Ensure regional compliance with statutory requirements, company policies, contractual obligations and HSE standards.
• Accountable for recruitment and budgeted headcount

Skills

Senior leadership

Contract management

Budget & P&L

Stakeholder mgmt

HSE

Change leadership

Strategic leadership

Communication

Job description

Vital Energi seeks an experienced Regional Operations Manager to lead the North of England and Scotland O&M delivery. You will steer site and engineer performance, ensure safety and compliance, and drive commercial outcomes across contracts and portfolios.

You will coach Contract Managers and Operations Managers, oversee regional revenue and margin, and build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders to promote service excellence.