Team Leader

Job Title - Field Team Leader

Location - Lister Drive

Salary + benefits - From £45,400, plus a comprehensive benefits package

Help us create a better future, quicker

Join SP Energy Networks as a Field Team Leader and play a hands-on part in keeping the power on for the communities we serve. In this full-time, permanent role, you will guide a multi-disciplined team of industrial colleagues as they deliver safe, productive and high-quality work across our distribution network. Your work will directly help deliver the plan that underpins a smarter, greener electricity network. If you want to turn technology and innovation into real results on the ground, this role puts you at the centre of it.

What you'll be doing

As a Field Team Leader, you will coach and develop your team so that safe working practices come first and productivity stays high. You will make sure your team is skilled, authorised and well equipped to deliver the work programme.

Day to day, you will:

• Guide and coach a team of industrial staff, maintaining safe working practices while maximising outputs and productivity
• Review business performance to ensure work is delivered within agreed unit and authorised prime costs, to the required quality standards and on time
• Spot opportunities for improvement and put them into practice
• Prepare and manage budgets, using financial systems to track costs, limit discretionary spend and keep costs under control
• Help develop and deliver short-term (6-12 week) and medium-term (3-12 month) work plans
• Help deliver performance targets
• Manage the operational depot aligned to your district effectively
• Take ownership of customer complaints and resolve them promptly and professionally

What you'll bring

You will bring proven experience of managing, motivating, coaching and developing teams, ideally as a Team Leader or in a similar management role. You will also have:

• An SVQ/NVQ or City and Guilds qualification, or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge of construction and maintenance standards, including health, safety and environmental legislation
• Solid working knowledge of corporate systems
• Experience of contract and SLA management, with general commercial and regulatory awareness
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of the electricity network (utilities experience is preferable but not essential)
• Excellent communication skills, to represent the company on site and engage effectively with colleagues, customers and stakeholders
• The ability to balance multiple priorities and find practical, effective solutions
• Knowledge of the key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SP Energy Networks operates
• Awareness of Energy Networks policies, procedures and working practices
• LV Operational Authorisations (minimum)
• A full driving licence
• Availability to travel as required
• Willingness to take part in a 1:6 standby rota

What's in it for you

As well as an attractive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action -- our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world -- today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Equity Plans
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing assistance
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - linking infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's goal to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously. We're investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly enabling the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a dedication to investing in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. These principles, alongside our values, make us a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes people from all backgrounds to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

We are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments and assistance in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related help. If you need assistance, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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