DCD Field Manager

80481 - DCD Field Manager

This DCD Field Manager will report to the DCD Project Manager and will work within Distribution Capital Delivery based in our Letchworth office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £62,303 per annum (depending on experience) and a bonus of 3%.

If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check

Close Date: 16th March 2025.

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays. 
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers’ products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job Purpose:

The role of the Field Manager in the Distribution Capital Delivery team is to assist the Project Manager to manage the delivery of a portfolio of projects and work programmes from creation to completion. The Field Manager will provide onsite construction assurance and safety management and be responsible for liaison with customers, network operations and control, networks planning and management of field staff and management of contractors

The Field Manager will partner with other Field Managers in the Region, Project Managers, Work Planners and Schedulers to ensure that the best possible utilisation of field resources is achieved, and the highest levels of on-site safety are realised.

The role also includes liaison with Transport, Distribution Planning, Procurement, and Supply Chain.

Dimensions:

The Distribution Capital Delivery team delivers the distribution Network Asset Management Plans (NAMP) for the three licence areas, with a team based in each region. As part of this team the Field Manager will assist the Project Manager in delivering a portfolio of projects spread over several NAMP lines and activities related to delivering the Capital Programme at a distribution level.

You will include the management and assurance of DCD direct staff and contractors including Networks term contractors and framework contractors engaged for specific activities.

You will lead a team to achieve a sustainable culture, company values and safety achieved by:

• Ensure compliance with procedures
• Demonstrate visible leadership by regular site visits
• Lead by example and always demonstrating safe working practices and behaviours
• Improve safety performance
• Always monitor the health and wellbeing of all staff ensuring that control strategies for managing health hazards are complied with.

Principal Accountabilities:

Complete projects to time, quality, cost maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management ensuring the adherence to CDM Regulations

Undertake construction assurance through site safety audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is compliant with policy and submitted within specified timescales for processing.

• Manage and co-ordinate the transport fleet, plant and equipment to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure that all workers engaged in the projects/portfolio of projects are aware of all safety and environmental requirements
• Ensure that all work is carried out to provide very high levels of Customer Service e.g. minimise CI's and CML's
• Support the Project Manager in the ongoing development of the team's knowledge and skill base coaching & staff development to ensure successful completion of the Distribution Capital programme
• Manage local processes that ensure post-delivery information is returned,, that support asset health monitoring, RIGS, financial and other performance reporting
• Demonstrate and promote UK Power Networks' vision of becoming an employer of choice, a respected corporate citizen and to work in a sustainably cost-efficient way.
• Demonstrate and promote UK Power Networks values; integrity, respect, continuous improvement, diversity and inclusiveness, responsibility and unity, enhancing employee engagement scores
• Manage or programme quality and compliance checks on completed works following CMA 01 005 Monitoring and Control of Contractors Quality of Work
• Identify opportunities for improvement in performance and implement or recommend change
• Assist other sections e.g. organisational changes. as determined by your experience
• Support Network Operations in preparation, readiness and implementation of a system emergency, coordinating Contractor resources.
• The Field Manager will assist the Project Manager in establishing a process of continuous improvement through IPR reviews, Face 2 Face and 1st fifteen briefings. You will also need to deliver operational and safety briefings.

Nature and Scope:

The Distribution Capital Delivery team is part of the Network Operations directorate. The team is responsible for programme delivery of NAMP lines and works with the term and framework contractors to deliver the programme, also the Area UK Power Networks resources are required to deliver certain aspects of the programme.

The role of a Field Manager in Distribution Delivery is biased towards Project delivery skills including man management and operational skills. There will be site-based activities including safety visits, site previews/surveys, planning and coordination of works and construction assurance.

The Field Manager will report to the DCD Project Manager and will work within Eastern Region, although there may be some requirement to work across regions depending on the type of work being managed. The Field Manager will have a but is required to support the team requirements and may therefore have priorities reassigned by the Senior Project Manager or Project Manager

Qualifications:

• Experience with electrical distribution and be familiar with organisational procedures and ensure their implementation at local level
• Experience of the Business from an operational and technical perspective
• Understand the range and type of both professional and trade skills that are important in delivering field work.
• An ONC qualification or minimum of City and Guilds 2339 (formally 232) in Electrical Power Engineering.
• You will either hold an Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) certificate in managing health and safety or be willing to obtain this IOSH certificate within a timescale agreed with your manager. (New recruits will pass the IOSH managing qualification within six months of being appointed to the role).
• The Field Manager is an important member of the DCD team with an experienced balanced judgement in all matters with those relating to people at all levels in the organisation
• An understanding of the range and type of both professional and trade skills that are important in delivering field work is required.
• NRSWA (City & Guilds) Supervisors certificate
• LV/HV authorisation on the EPN network
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, word and access) and project management techniques.
• A working knowledge of SAP 4.6 (Works management and Finance modules) and Ellipse or a similar asset register IT system would also be advantageous

Key Competencies:

• Leadership skills.
• Knowledge of SAP and other relevant systems
• Safety Management
• Financial management and cost control
• Customer Service Focussed
• Project Management discipline
• Relationship Management

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used.

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If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.