About The Role
We are looking for a skilled Technical Applications Manager to join Sunbelt Rentals UK, a FTSE 100 company and a market‑leading hire equipment organisation. In this new role you will assist in the smooth and efficient running of our Technical operations, ensuring that customer service standards are maintained to the highest possible level.
As Technical Applications Manager you will be responsible for the execution and delivery of key projects by overseeing activities performed by cross‑functional teams, developing solutions, documenting requirements, designing, verifying, and validating in line with client’s site project objectives. You will be the operational delivery lead for Sustainable Site Solutions.
Key Responsibilities
* Facilitate communication between client, project stakeholders and operational teams, including managing dependencies, monitoring progress, and effective risk & issue management.
* Lead project, operational and workstream teams, providing clarity of responsibilities, objectives & deliverables while maintaining focus on project/client requirements.
* Plan and forecast client/project asset requirements in line with project timelines and constraints in conjunction with other departmental operational leads.
* Ensure project delivery teams formulate and work to a robust, cohesive operational plan.
* Work with a variety of stakeholders, including project delivery teams, to ensure asset and resource plans are implemented, maintained and up to date.
* Adhere to all QHSE requirements and proactively promote a positive QHSE culture within the team.
* Develop success criteria for each project, including time, cost, technical and performance measures and manage them thereafter.
* Ensure maintenance of project plans, metrics, risk/issues and present regular project status reports to the organisation and senior management.
* Engage fully with the relevant project lead and business lead, influencing and managing stakeholder expectations by monitoring progress against the plan and escalating problems that impact scope, time, cost, quality and benefits in a timely manner.
* Drive the delivery of best practice and improvements in cost, service and delivery.
What can we offer you in return?
You’ll be joining a highly successful FTSE 100 company, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider. We provide an industry‑leading flexible rewards package including generous holiday allowance (with the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave); life assurance, a retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great company pension scheme.
About You
We will provide everything you need to succeed in this role, including training, personal development and the opportunity to further your career.
Required Skills & Behaviours
* Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
* Excellent planning and organising skills – able to prioritise workload and work under pressure to strict deadlines.
* Ability to source and analyse data and present results/recommendations.
* Driving licence essential.
* Flexible and able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities.
* Strong presentation and inter‑personal skills with the ability to interpret and communicate complex issues to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
* Experience in challenging and influencing stakeholders.
* Strong data and analytical skills.
* Computer literate.
Desirable
* A clear understanding of all SBR business service offerings (training supplied if necessary).
* CDM legislation (training supplied if necessary).
* Appointed person (lifting) (training supplied if necessary).
* BS 8558 chlorination (training supplied if necessary).
* Creation and management of risk assessment and method statements (training supplied if necessary).Ability to interpret engineering design drawings.
* Holder of a CSCS card.
* First aid trained.
* Counterbalance licence (training supplied if necessary).
* Telehandler licence (training supplied if necessary).
About Us
Sunbelt Rentals is the leader in equipment rentals in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada, with specialist operations in Europe. We deliver solutions across a range of sectors – construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government and events – turning what if into what is. We value our people and commit to diversity, equality of opportunity and a culture of fairness and respect. Your health, safety and wellbeing are important to us; we support you with mental health awareness, first‑aider programmes, 24‑7 employee assistance, counselling and financial wellbeing.
Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Construction
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