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About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Engineering Manager to join the Sunbelt Rentals team. Supporting our team of Service Engineers, Service Centre and Workshop Managers, you will drive a continuous improvement program based around safety, people, quality, productivity and equipment availability. You will also be responsible for a team of field‑based engineers throughout the UK, including the organising and allocation of daily work schedules. As Regional Engineering Manager you will report to the Rental Solutions Regional Director.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Ensure highest levels of quality and availability of products whilst maintaining optimum stock levels
* Prioritise and manage a repair programme (Target high earning / UTE % items) ensuring that all assets are fully compliant with current Health & Safety regulations and maintained in line with the relevant service schedules
* Manage quality improvement initiatives & support development of Centres of Excellence model
* Drive technical skills development and apprenticeship programme
* Ensure compliance with all regulations relating to Health and Safety/Quality Assurance including completion of statutory training
* Carry out investigations for major failure on assets; identify trends and carry out root cause analysis with relevant stakeholders
* Field Service Planning for your team of field service engineers throughout the region
* Respond to breakdowns and appoint engineers by identifying the most cost‑effective solution whilst taking into account customer SLA's
* Appoint 3rd parties where necessary to cover breakdowns and raise order numbers upon completion
* Manage call logging control system for breakdowns and service (including maintenance of Out of Hours call‑out rota)
What can we offer you in return? You’ll be joining a highly successful FTSE100 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, retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great company pension scheme.
About You
If you join the team we’ll provide you with everything you need and ensure you are equipped for success. We’ll talk to you about your training and personal development needs and what you’d like to do to further your career and support your future aspirations.
To succeed in the Regional Engineering Manager role you will bring the following skill‑set and behaviours:
* Exceptional leadership, team development and people management experience
* Excellent communication, negotiating skills and an effective delegator inspiring confidence and empowerment
* Proven operational management experience of a large team across multiple sites
* Excellent planning and organising skills – able to prioritise workload and work under pressure and to strict deadlines
* Commercial awareness and acumen – understands financial data and P&L with financial cost control and budgeting experience
* Ability to source and analyse data and present results / recommendations
* IOSH qualification
* Driving licence essential – travel within and beyond your region
* Flexible and able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities
* Ability to understand and resolve complex business problems
About Us
Sunbelt Rentals is the leader in equipment rentals in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada – as well as specialist operations in Europe. We provide a range of solutions to every market and sector, including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government and events. Our teams make the impossible possible and the unthinkable doable. Turning what if into what is.
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Construction
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