Technical Services Manager

EQUANS; Bradford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

5% bonus

Private health

Life cover 2x salary

Employee discounts

Cycle to work scheme

CSR days

Learning opportunities

Employee referral rewards

Employee networks

EAP and wellbeing resources

Job summary

EQUANS is recruiting a Technical Services Manager to lead the on-site maintenance team at our generating station. You will oversee reactive and planned maintenance across steam boilers, water treatment, CHP engines, and ancillary equipment, ensuring compliance with safety, statutory requirements and CAFM systems.

The role requires experience in boiler operations, a strong safety mindset, and the ability to balance financial, technical and people priorities while liaising with customers and

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Industrial steam boiler operations and maintenance experience (BOAS desirable).
• NEBOSH Cert, IOSH Managing Safely or similar safety qualification (desirable).
• Operation & maintenance of utility plant including generation equipment.
• Leadership skills to balance financial, technical and people priorities.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Flexible and pro-active approach, both personally and by influencing others.
• Customer and employee focussed.
• Excellent IT skills and experience of operating a range of management systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant to ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards and statutory requirements.
• Lead on-site maintenance technicians and supervise daily activities.
• Manage maintenance planning using CAFM system and safety procedures.
• Support Operations Manager in identifying and maintaining site documentation.
• Coordinate procurement of spares and consumables within budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safety awareness

Education

HNC or equivalent in engineering

Tools

Management systems

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Technical Services Manager role at Equans UK & Ireland. Equans Embedded Generation operates multiple customer sites with large-scale embedded energy capacity across the UK, providing specialist management of onsite generation for industrial processes and the ability to export to the Grid. We combine multiple technologies to meet our customers' specific needs, and provide design, build, operate and maintenance services. Our skills and expertise can help industrial businesses to achieve their carbon reduction goals. We are experts in technologies including combined heat and power (CHP), biomass, and energy from waste. By locating generation on customers' sites we provide industry leading safety management, reduced energy costs and carbon footprint and assured energy security for their operational needs. General Overview: The Technical Services Manager (TSM) will report to the Operations Manager. They will be the line manager for the on-site maintenance team (max. 6 technicians) and will have a supervisory role over operations staff. The TSM will act as a deputy for the Operations Manager in case of absence or when working away from site. The TSM will be responsible for the management of all maintenance carried out, both reactive and planned, on all items of plant within the Generating Station, including steam boilers, water treatment plant, gas fired CHP engines, medical air compressors, chilled water system, standby generators and ancillary equipment. They will ensure the plant is compliant with all relevant statutory requirements, industry good practice is followed and health, safety and environmental requirements are met through upkeep of a thorough CAFM system. They will support the operations manager to ensure that LGSC is audit-ready at all times.

• Maintaining the plant to ensure compliance with appropriate safety and environmental standards, and statutory requirements including BG01/BG04, HTM's and SFG20.
• Ensure plant-related routine duties and plant performance, availability and reliability are maintained
• Managing the legislative maintenance activities on-site, including ensuring that PSSR inspection requirements are undertaken, functional Safety tests are carried out, Legionella management, and ensure that statutory routines are programmed and carried out in line with the maintenance plan.
• Ensure correct application of the chosen safe systems of work
• Planning, organising and supervising maintenance activities utilising the CAFM.
• General day-to-day management of the on-site maintenance technicians.
• Leading the on-site technicians for maintenance, project work and outage preparation activities.
• Ensure data and records pertaining to site maintenance activities are compiled to the required standard, are retained and managed in a suitable electronic document management system
• Support the Operations Manager to identify, produce and maintain identified, required site documentation and procedures
• Form part of the escalation chain for managing safety and any emergency response plans in line with EQUANS and the end users policies.
• Liaising with internal and external customers.
• Managing the procurement of spares and consumables in line with the budget.
• Display behaviours and standards outlined in the Equans fundamentals.
• The role will be measured on H&S, O&M excellence and customer satisfaction.
• Line Manager for 5/6 Technicians/Site Administrator.
• Minimum HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Industrial Steam Boiler operations and maintenance experience (BOAS desirable)
• NEBOSH Cert, IOSH Managing safely or similar safety qualification (desirable)
• Operation & Maintenance of Utility Plant including Generation Equipment
• Leadership skills to balance financial, technical and people priorities
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Flexible and pro-active approach, both personally and by influencing others
• Customer and employee focussed
• Excellent IT skills and experience of operating a range of management systems

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• 5% bonus
• Private health
• Life Cover equivalent to 2x annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Cycle to work scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in EQUANS), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who are we?

EQUANS is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros. In the UK & Ireland, EQUANS provides technical, FM, regeneration and energy services with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables. EQUANS' 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live. EQUANS is a Bouygues group company.

Diversity & Inclusion

We encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. We will consider applications that do not meet all the technical requirements if candidates can demonstrate how transferable skills will enable them to deliver the remit of the role in a flexible working environment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is heard and supported. You'll have access to our growing employee networks and wellbeing resources.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time