Training Centre Manager

Fuse Energy; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity options

Full-time role

Job summary

Fuse Energy is establishing a Birmingham Training Centre to train engineers and assess in-house. This Centre Manager role leads daily operations, owns quality and accreditation, and builds Birmingham into a fully accredited training operation.

It is a leadership and quality-assurance position, not hands-on training, overseeing trainers and ensuring standards. The role requires IQA, AET, and TAQA/CAVA qualifications, experience running a training centre, and a hands-on technical background in

Qualifications

• Level 4 IQA (IQA/V1 or equivalent) for cross-centre verification.
• Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET).
• Recognised assessor qualification (TAQA, CAVA or equivalent).
• Experience managing a training centre, workshop, or similar operation with people and budget ownership.
• Hands-on technical background in smart metering, electrical, EV installation, heat pumps, solar, or BESS.
• Experience owning compliance and quality standards for a training operation and liaison with awarding bodies.
• Health & safety leadership across technical or practical work.

Responsibilities

• Run 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 - sampling and verifying assessments.
• Own the centre's accreditation: act as contact for awarding bodies and manage 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.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Quality assurance

Health & safety leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Level 4 IQA (IQA/V1)

Level 3 Award in Education and Training

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>