EM&I Manager

Are you an experienced electrical or mechanical supervisor/team leader looking for your next move into management? If so, we have an opportunity that has become available for an EM&I Area Manager to join our team, covering multiple sites across Bridgwater, Minehead and Weston-super-Mare and everything in between.

What you'll do

You will lead a team of electrical and mechanical professionals, including a range of technicians, apprentices and a team leader. You'll be inheriting a thoroughly passionate and dedicated team, who thrive on delivering service excellence across water recycling centres and terminal pumping stations across the West division. Ensuring and maintaining high standards of occupational and process health and safety will be a key part of this role, and you will feel comfortable challenging work activities to ensure they are carried out correctly according to the relevant safe system of work, risk assessment and/or permit.

As the EM&I Area Manager, you will provide a high level of day-to-day expertise and technical support on all aspects of EM&I areas, including showing organisation and leadership to EM&I Technicians. To achieve this, your excellent people management and communication skills will be second to none, as you'll regularly be communicating with your teams to provide engineering and technical solutions and the support they require. A big focus for you will be on training and developing your EM&I team to ensure they are developing within their roles and can self-sufficiently take on complex jobs safely and confidently.

Technicians have a variety of duties and diverse responsibilities which include maintaining, testing, installing and repairing electrical and mechanical equipment. Examples of equipment that they work on include chemical dosing and UV systems, pumps and associated control gears, and electrical equipment, including switchgear motors. They also use control systems, such as VSDs and actuated valves, as well as flow, level, and pressure measurement systems and PLCs.

Additional responsibilities will see you manage operational budgets with input into capital prioritisation and create cost-effective solutions for the efficient delivery of planned electrical and mechanical maintenance and repairs. You'll provide 24/7 support to front-line EM&I and operations staff in emergencies, while also having a big focus on safety and health to ensure your technicians are carrying out their work in line with best practices.

What you'll need

We are looking for someone who has exceptional people management and communication skills. As an inspirational leader, you'll be comfortable challenging the ways of working while maintaining service excellence across our water recycling sites.

You'll have a big focus on engaging, training and developing your teams. You'll also be engaging with a wide range of senior internal customers, so you need to demonstrate your influencing ability too.

This is a dual-skilled role, so the ideal candidate will have achieved a time served apprenticeship in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a HNC/HND or equivalent qualification, along with knowledge and experience in the utilities industry, including IEE wiring regulations. Wimes and ATEX awareness training would be an advantage, although training can be provided.

As well as a general knowledge of the industry, you should also have experience in CDM, confined space and DSEAR regulations. We work with a number of external contractors, so experience dealing with contractors would be an advantage.

You will need to have experience in writing risk assessments and methods statements, while also being comfortable carrying out audits and inspections on internal stakeholders, external contractors and assets/sites.

The successful candidate will have excellent IT literacy. A full clean UK driving licence is also required due to the remote nature of the role.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary, subject to conditions.
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West.
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350 acre former airfield into an award winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community.
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors.
• YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 19,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space.
• Plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.