Role Details
"Salary - Competitive
Work Type - Onsite
Job Location - Haslingden Grane Water Treatment Works, Grane Road, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 4AU
Role Type - Permanent
Employment Type - Full Time
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.
We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.
We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.
We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution."
Job Purpose
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Manager to lead and inspire a combined team of operations and maintenance colleagues across a number of water treatment production assets. You’ll performance manage your team and the assets within the production area to ensure a safe, efficient and compliant outcome. This is a “General Manager” role that is not purely technically focused and holds responsibility for the operation and maintenance of water treatment assets within the production area.
Job Accountabilities
You’ll be responsible for the delivery of the financial business plan as well as the operations and maintenance budget for the production area. You’ll be responsible for asset performance, identifying and resolving issues by utilising support from within the team, or by requesting the relevant support from other teams. You’ll also be responsible for:
- Maintaining and driving improvements in compliance, efficiency and Health and Safety.
- Performance management of direct reports in accordance with all Human Resource policies and procedures, including regular contact, one to one meetings, performance reviews etc.
- Identifying training needs and/or skills gaps and working to resolve these
- Security and emergency requirements at the sites for which you are responsible
- As part of the Wholesale management team, contribute to the day-to-day leadership of the area including sharing best practice, implementing improvements plans and leading on activities identified through the business plan development
- Ownership of key external relationships, including the regulators and customers as appropriate
- Work closely with key internal stakeholders to ensure asset problems are identified and resolved in the most effective manner and maintenance is carried out in a proactive manner including appropriately planned and profiled proactive maintenance
- Act as a leader and advocate to deliver change required as part of the business plan
- Provide an effective operations and maintenance regime for the production area asset, minimising reactive work and work orders and increasing planned proactive activities
- Ensure both you and your team members work within the clear framework given to ensure effective operations and maintenance of assets
- Balance financial, customer service, regulatory compliance and people priorities in order to deliver the business plan and sustainable and effective operations and maintenance regimes
Knowledge and Skills
To be considered for this role you’ll ideally be educated to HNC level or equivalent and be an experienced line Manager with a process or maintenance background. You’ll have substantial Managerial and leadership experience with a track record of performance delivery for wholesale production assets and motivation of a team delivering high performance across a 24/7 service. You’ll also have:
- Experience of managing operational budgets and delivering innovative solutions to improve the sustainable operating cost of a production type operation
- Good understanding of operations and maintenance strategies and preferably have some production line experience and the ability to react and keep production moving
- Effective communication skills able to liaise with internal and external stakeholders
- A good level understanding of the regulatory and legislative framework surrounding the operation and maintenance of wholesale production assets
- Analytical skills and the ability to drive solutions to a wide range of technical and managerial problems, whilst also knowing when to stop and ask for help from support colleagues