Training Centre Manager

Fuse Energy, LLC; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity options

Full-time employment

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Fuse Energy is establishing a new Training Centre in Birmingham and seeks a Centre Manager to lead daily operations, quality and accreditation. The role focuses on ensuring standards are met and the centre runs efficiently, not direct hands-on training.

You will oversee the trainers, own the quality management system, and act as the point of contact for awarding bodies. A background in technical training and strong leadership are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Level 4 IQA qualification enables verification of assessment decisions across the centre.
• Level 3 AET indicates formal teacher training capability.
• A recognised assessing qualification (TAQA, CAVA or equivalent) is required.
• Experience managing a training centre, budget, and people is essential.
• Hands-on technical background in areas like smart metering, electrical, EV, solar or related fields.
• Experience owning compliance and quality standards for a training operation is desirable.
• Health & safety leadership across technical or practical work is required.

Responsibilities

• Run the day-to-day operation of the training centre including facilities, scheduling, budget and team.
• Lead and line-manage the training team.
• Own the centre's quality-management system and lead internal quality assurance of assessments.
• Own the centre's accreditation and coordinate with awarding bodies for approvals and audits.
• Build and maintain the centre's compliance framework covering health & safety, data protection and equality & diversity.
• Lead health & safety across a site with live gas and electrical practical work.
• Drive continuous improvement across training and quality operations.

Skills

People management

Budget management

Quality assurance

Health & safety leadership

Education

Level 4 IQA (IQA/V1 or equivalent)

Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET)

TAQA/CAVA or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy company on a mission to deliver a terawatt of clean energy globally. We are creating a fully integrated energy system: from developing utility-scale solar and wind projects to real-time power trading and distributed energy installations. By selling directly to consumers, we lower costs and pass the savings on to our customers.

We're building a new Training Centre in Birmingham to bring engineer training and assessment in-house. We're looking for a Centre Manager to lead it; running the centre day to day, owning its quality and accreditation, and building Birmingham into a fully accredited training operation. This is a leadership and quality-assurance role rather than a hands-on training role: you'll manage the trainers, and you'll be the person who makes sure the centre meets its standards.

Responsibilities

• Run the day-to-day operation of the training centre - facilities, scheduling, budget, and team.
• Lead and line-manage the training team.
• Own the centre's quality-management system and lead internal quality assurance - independently sampling and verifying trainers' assessment decisions.
• Own the centre's accreditation: act as the named point of contact for the awarding bodies, and take the centre through approval and ongoing audits.
• Build and maintain the centre's compliance framework - health & safety, safeguarding, data protection, equality & diversity, malpractice and appeals.
• Lead health & safety across a site with live gas and electrical practical work.
• Drive continuous improvement across the centre's training and quality operations.

• Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance qualification (IQA/V1, or equivalent), so you can verify assessment decisions across the centre.

• Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET).
• A recognised assessing qualification (TAQA, CAVA, or equivalent).
• Experience managing a training centre, workshop, or similar technical/vocational operation, including managing people and owning a budget. li>
• Hands-on technical background in at least one of our training areas - smart metering (gas and electric), electrical, EV installation, heat pumps, solar, BESS. li>
• Experience owning compliance and quality standards for a training or technical operation - ideally as a point of contact for an awarding body or accreditation scheme. li>
• Health & safety leadership experience across technical or practical work. li>

Nice-to-haves

• IOSH/NEBOSH or equivalent health & safety management qualification. li>
• Experience working as an electrician / JIB Gold Card. li>
• Experience taking a training centre through awarding-body approval. li>

• Competitive base salary with performance-related bonuses. li>
• Opportunity to gain meaningful equity options in a fast-growing energy company. li>
• Full-time, stable employment in a rapidly growing sector. li>
• Opportunities for professional development and additional advanced certifications. li>
• The chance to work alongside a world-class team building the future of the global energy grid. li>