Total 31 Manager level Engineering job vacancies in South Kensington, SW3 6HP

Salary: M1-M6/UPS + TLR + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (TPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: January/ April 2025

Are you the difference? Could you be our new Head of Engineering?

Come and play a vital role by leading our within our technology department, ensuring our students receive the education they deserve and our teachers are guided by your expertise. In collaboration with colleagues, you will lead the engineering division to deliver outstanding teaching to every child, in every classroom, every day.

If you have the teaching experience, curriculum understanding and leadership skills to be our Head of Engineering then we would love to hear from you. This is an ideal role for experienced head of department or an ambitious teacher looking to progress their career.

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of young people.

About our school:

Firth Park Academy is a vibrant and inclusive secondary school at the heart of the community we serve. With just under 1200 students, we are amongst the largest schools in Sheffield. At Firth Park Academy, we are clear about our vision; students are at the centre of everything we do. Through collaboration, every aspect of our work is of high quality. We deliver an ambitious and inclusive curriculum that enables all students to excel academically and socially.

The role is due to commence January/ April 2025. This is a Permanent position.

Closing date: 28th November

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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Engineering Maintenance Manager (Manufacturing) Ayrshire

Job Description
I am dealing with a good client of mine who is a large industrial manufacturer to assist them in sourcing an Engineering Maintenance Manager for their site in Ayrshire. Reporting to the Plant Manager, the ideal candidate will come from a mechanical or electrical background and have in-depth knowledge and experience in heavy industry with a proven track record in good manufacturing practice and lean principles.

You will be responsible for all maintenance mechanical and electrical work, automation, site projects and maintenance systems on site. You will work closely with operations to manage the sites' production capacity to deliver on the Group's strategic objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities
* Lead the maintenance team of fitters and electricians to deliver high performance process efficiency.
* Demonstrate strong leadership and team management skills to ensure performance of people and equipment is optimised.
* Comprehensive knowledge and experience of asset management, reliability, maintenance strategy, organisation and systems, including planning, CMMS, preventive and condition-based maintenance.
* Ensure the maintenance function operates on the site requires Health, Safety and Environmental standards.
* Planning and developing PEMAC / CMMS systems to deliver maximum line/process efficiency including energy, plant services and utilities.
* Delivery of KPIs: downtime, uptime, PM schedules and workflow.
* Implement best plant practices in process engineering & maintenance systems involving new technology and design standards.
* Development of the maintenance team's capability and skills, leading performance review, training and individual on the job coaching/mentoring and support to best industry standards.
* Responsible for cost management in the maintenance and engineering functions, delivering costs to weekly KPI budgets including energy and projects.
* Developing Maintenance Lean Systems using tools and techniques to meet continuous improvement targets that are critical to the success and delivery of a high-performance plant.
* Working with external contractors and installations companies to complete in-house maintenance and project work to the required standards.

Essential Skills and Experience

* Qualification in Engineering - mechanical & electrical background, or related field or equivalent knowledge and experience.
* Minimum 10 years' maintenance/engineering management experience is essential; heavy industry experience is an advantage.
* Knowledge of maintenance strategies e.g. RCM, TPM, Asset Management are desirable.
* Knowledge and experience to promote a safe working environment and ensure compliance with appropriate regulatory standards.
* Reduces complexity and increases efficiency in processes to maximise outcome/return.
* Leads, by example, with a "can do" approach, passion, energy and a strong work ethic.
* Strong leadership and people management skills.
* Very strong organisation skills and attention to detail.
* Drive to exceed goals and push self and others towards high levels of performance.
* Makes good decisions and delegates responsibility and accountability to the appropriate level.
* Understands the importance of managing and developing people.
* Creates a climate in which people can do their best.
* Open to change with a capacity to deal comfortably with risk and uncertainty.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships.

If you have a good M&E manufacturing background and this is a position that is of interest to you, please drop me a note of your interest.

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The key aspects of the role include:

1. Construction and Engineering Management:

• End-to-End Project Oversight: Manage design, construction and engineering aspects of multiple renewable energy projects (solar hybrid, wind and BESS) from inception to completion, ensuring they meet quality standards, design criteria, timelines, and budget constraints.
• Industry Stakeholder Engagement: Build relationships with contractors, technical consultants, network operators and other relevant industry stakeholders.
• Investment phase: Working with investment team to provide relevant advice on project opportunities and lead technical due diligence during M&A processes.
• Development phase: Support development of projects through project concept design, technical and constructability insights and input into construction contract tender and negotiation.
• Construction phase: Manage team of internal project managers and external construction management teams to deliver renewable energy projects safely, on time and on budget.
• Operations phase: Lead any works undertaken during DLP and general support with technical advice and input.

2. Financial Management:

• Cost Control: Build cost estimates for development and ensure cost-effective project execution while maintaining quality standards.
• Budgeting and Revenue Generation: Prepare and manage the team budget, allocating resources effectively to maximise revenue generation.

3. Team Management:

• Values Driven: Exemplify the Octopus values through active internal and external engagement.
• Team Management: Plan resource requirements to manage sustainable workloads in a dynamic business.  Set clear objectives and responsibilities as well as managing career development for the growing construction and engineering team.

Mechanical & Electrical Cyclical Contracts Manager needed in Harrow, £400per day UMBRELLA - Reference: 012458 56

ROLE PURPOSE

1.1 The role will primarily be responsible for the proper and efficient maintenance of
the installations, plant and equipment across the housing stock. This is a key role
in terms of delivering services in compliance with health and safety requirements
and is wide ranging and complex-covering planned maintenance, inspection and
installation of equipment and services. The postholder needs to be experienced in
mechanical and electrical works, delivering both service schedules and reactive
works across a broad spectrum to include lifts, door entry systems, alarm call
systems, fire safety equipment, water testing, gas energy systems and appliances,
communal heating & hot water systems and alternative green renewable energy
solutions such as ground and air source heat pumps, solar panels.

1.2 To act as lead professional in all aspects of inspections, design and building contract
procurement of works for the service and to provide expert professional and technical
advice, guidance, training and support in all matters relating to cyclical maintenance of
the stock in a customer focussed manner.

1.3 To act as project manager for cyclical maintenance and other improvement projects as
assigned, providing a professional and efficient service, ensuring that works are carried
out within the agreed constraints of time, budget, quality and performance and in
compliance with statutory legislation, building regulations, health and safety policies and
financial regulations. This is a key compliance role and the surveyor will need to have
current knowledge of statutory legislation, building regulations, health and safety
legislation, guidance and best practice and policies and financial regulations.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

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We are looking for a Senior Project Manager/Project Engineer to join the Octopus Australia team in our Melbourne or Sydney office. 

The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for the delivery of Octopus’s projects at all stages of the project lifecycle including origination/investment, development, construction and operation.

Our project managers/engineers are expected to:

• Manage the construction stage delivery of renewable energy projects, managing scope, program, budget and stakeholder engagement to achieve best for project outcomes.
• Provide engineering support to the wider business including:
  • Providing technical input into due diligence for investment processes.
  • Supporting development and procurement activities.
  • Evaluation of operating plant performance and investigation of issues.
  • Supporting with investor relations.

We are currently looking to add an Engineering Manager to help drive the Product Engineering DXP roadmap. We're seeking an energetic technical leader who is driven by building and leading high performing engineering teams.

We’re location-flexible!  This role is open to all candidates on the east coast of Australia.

This role is hybrid, allowing you to work where and when works best for you.

For this role, we ask that you can demonstrate the following experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, equivalent professional experience in related fields
• 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar technical leadership role
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in software development building and maintain large-scale software products
• Proficiency in full-stack development, with expertise in web based languages and frameworks such as Node, TypeScript, React or similar, and cloud platforms such as AWS
• Experience with Agile or other iterative development methodologies. We use Scrum for most of the teams, with some using Kanban
• You have shown your ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, and make decisions that align with business strategy
• Proven track record as a mentor and coach, who has developed teams by growing your people

Nice to have

• Previous experience working on DXP or CMS platforms, or experience integrating or using DXP/CMS platforms
• Experience or knowledge of ISO27001 / SOC1 / SOC2, or previous involvement in attaining and retaining security accreditation at an organisational level

 What you would do (the role day to day): 

• Work across 3-5 software engineering teams to help build our Digital Experience Platform. Each team consists of a Team Lead, and 3 or 4 software engineers at different levels - junior, mid and senior
• Provide regular feedback, conduct performance reviews, and support professional development of Team Leads and Software Engineers
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Drive best practices in software development, code quality, and architecture across our tech stack
• Node
• TypeScript
• React
• AWS
• Cloudflare
• GitLab CI/CD
• Communicate project status, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders
• Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making processes
• Optimise and streamline development processes to improve productivity

Why work for Squiz? 

You’ll work with some of the most intelligent and down to earth people you’ve ever meet. We are made up of a diverse range of passionate professionals who love challenging the status quo. Every day is different, but what is constant is we all love what we do.

We have a lived commitment to flexibility, we know the success of our people is dependent on them having a balanced life. You will be offered flexibility as to where and how you work every day. We want you to be able to work in a way that drives productivity, efficiency and outcomes; along with connection and collaboration.

Who we are: 

Squiz helps complex, service-led organisations harness the power of digital, improving the services they offer online. 

Founded in 1998, Squiz grew during the rise of the internet. Since then, we have evolved from a simple web content management system into a full digital experience platform (DXP), helping customers make the shift from being content managers to experience creators.

The Squiz DXP brings together content, search, data and applications in one place. To get the most out of the platform, customers can collaborate with our digital experts to design solutions and adapt as demands change.  

We are headquartered in Australia, with teams and customers across the globe, and offices in New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.

Come as you are: We celebrate diversity and unite on the elements of our company DNA, starting every customer conversation with “why?” to really understand their needs, working hard to find a way to overcome every challenge, and fighting for better outcomes with the work we do. We also check our egos at door, we don’t take ourselves too seriously and we have fun along the way.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Global Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant

Recruitment Agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Squiz is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and results driven Engineering Manager to join our client's team based out of their new site in Tankersley, Sheffield.

Your New Company

With more than 1,400 employees across Europe, we are committed to creating a world in which buildings and structures save energy, last longer and exceed sustainability standards.

Your Remit:

To oversee and manage all aspects of the engineering department. Duties include:

• Lead the development of the Tankersley site to enable new product manufacture.
• Liaise with local authorities and other regulatory bodies to gain and maintain any relevant quality standards and manufacturing permits.
• To ensure that the site and the people on site operate safely and efficiently.
• To ensure that all products manufactured on site are manufactured to the product formulation and process instructions and meet the relevant Quality Control standards.
• Maintaining all machinery and buildings, including grounds and infrastructure using both internal and external resources
• Ensure compliance with BSI audits, insurance inspections
• KPI reporting in weekly and monthly reviews
• Managing all site improvement and CAPEX projects

What we are looking for

• Experience: Management and development of a small team and demonstrated experience of working in a fast paced manufacturing environment.
• Person: Excellent planning, communication and decision making skills is essential. The ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholder and other departmental functions. Demonstrable evidence of business acumen.
• Technical: A strong engineering background, project management skills, and familiarity with hazardous environments are essential. Proficiency in Process Safety Management, emergency response planning, and instrumentation/control systems is crucial. l. It would be desirable for you to have working knowledge of SAP, Six Sigma Green Belt and IOSH certified.

Then we will offer you...

• Remuneration & Reward: A competitive salary and attractive bonus scheme
• Excellent Benefits: A range of attractive benefits (e.g. pension scheme, holidays, life assurance and private medical).
• Opportunities to Grow: A variety of learning & development opportunities.
• Internationality: Be a part of a growing international group.

If this is something that would interest you, feel free to apply to this advert, or if you wish call John on 01772208967 or email me at john.neary@servicecare.org.uk