O&M Manager

About the Role

Base Location: London & the Home Counties

Salary: £47,600 - £71,600 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus+ a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time

What is the Role? 

The O&M team within SSE Energy Solutions operates many types of complex energy networks. Operating these networks over their whole life in an efficient and effective manner is core to our overall Operational, Financial and commercial success. The O&M Manager will work closely with their colleagues in Asset Management, Network Authority and Projects to ensure our whole life operational activities are based on sound operational experience and industry best practice..

 

They will also be the senior point of operational escalation and lead on the resolution to significant operational issues impacting our existing Heat networks. In conjunction with the Senior Network Authority the Senor O&M Manager is responsible for the analysis and evaluation of fault and reliability trends across our Asset base. They will lead on initiatives to overcome the issues identified in the analysis. 

The O&M Manager provides support for selection and performance management of maintenance contractors and contracts

Key responsibilities will include:

- Foster a culture of health and safety in line with the SSE safety values

- Ensure that our planned maintenance strategies are is delivered to time and cost. Review all PPM records on Asset management System for accuracy and completion. Work with O&M and Assets team on identifying patterns and trends and support solutions for any repetitive faults. 

- Review monthly contractor performance reports to ensure that our planned preventative maintenance program is being delivered to time and specification

- Support and liaise with Asset Managers – Senior Network Authority, around the identification and resolution of underlying operational issues

- Work extensively with the wider Heat team to ensure that any poorly performing networks are identified and have a robust remedial action plan in place to return the network to the performance levels expected of it

- Responsible for management of Asset Management System Project Work Order

- Management of Critical Spares process and stakeholder in Spares management process, including records on Asset Management System.

- Support the creation, approval and delivery of capital replacement business cases and the works associated with them.

- Take responsibility for planning, implementing and executing emergency response services with the accountable asset owners. These services are to be documented and form part of asset business continuity plans and emergency response services (bronze to gold command)

- Main point of point for O&M in CHP operation monitoring

- Responsible for management of Asset Management System Project Work Orders

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we’d love you to have:

- Strong experience in managing or supporting engineering teams

- Strong experience in District Heating

- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively

- Experience in the management of contractors delivering maintenance works

- High levels of customer service (internal and external)

- Good organisational skills, methodical thinker and the ability to prioritise

About our Business

SSE Energy Solutions is the Distributed Energy (DE) and Private Networks business of SSE plc. We finance, own, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for commercial, industrial and residential customers - providing them with a market leading project development service and certainty of operational performance and asset management.

Life at SSE

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

To discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact zoe.gillespie@sse.com

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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