Lead Operations Engineer

at  ESP Utilities Group

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensuring that the requirements of the ESPUG’s Health and Safety Policy are met.
• Ensuring that the requirements of the ESPUG’s Asset Management System are met.
• Undertaking and reporting upon asset / network condition and customer activity through planned site visits and formalised reporting procedures. Ensuring compliance with ESP’s internal design and construction policies and standards. Ensuring compliance with IGEM/ENA/ESP’s design, water industry, construction and safety standards as appropriate.
• Ensuring the day-to-day deployment and management of the operations engineer’s team is effectively and efficiently controlled
• Planning and scheduling of operations engineers work schedules to ensure the ESPUG governance metrics are met and exceeded where possible
• Completion and submission of all weekly, monthly and annual reporting deliverables
• Planning, reviewing and cost control of all maintenance and service activity deliverables
• Undertaking regular reviews with operations engineers, setting and managing personal objectives to support the role, departmental and company goals.
• Attending and participating in reviews and updates of the current operational procedures and technical standards.
• Providing support to give assurance that all company, industry and national requirements are understood by all UIPs/ICPs, SLP’s, contractors and service providers and any non-conformities are formally reported and managed to closure.
• Assist in maintaining current accreditations, qualification of new accreditations and industry compliance for all ESPUG assets.
• New assets - Provide assurance that assets being designed, installed, tested and commissioned are fit for business purpose, complying with industry / regulatory and legislative standards and requirements.
• Existing assets – provide assurance that assets being maintained, repaired, diverted or replaced are fit for business purpose, complying with industry / regulatory and legislative standards and requirements.
• Ensuring that service provider health and safety requirements are suitable, sufficient and implemented.
• Providing data, information and reports through audit, inspection and review to enable asset management system objectives to be met.
• Attending and participating in reviews and updates of the current operational procedures and technical requirements.
• Provide effective monitoring, operational support and guidance to ensure that asset to be adopted are constructed safely, efficiently and cost effectively.
• Management of supply and service contracts and oversight of any outsourced works.
• Carry out ESP’s technical and safety audit/inspections pre and post construction for all assets, including ESP’s suppliers.
• Undertake and support technical investigations e.g. interference damage, network incidents and other issues that may arise.
• Functionally test and check to ensure the competent deployment of people, plant and processes
• Participate in safety technical and competency (STC) reviews of new and existing UIPs/ICPs, SLP’s, contractors and other service providers to ESP.
• Assist with the authorisation and verification process of personnel working on ESPUG assets.
• Assist with UIP SCO compliance including CP and AE duties as required.
• Participate in the ESP and ESPE out of hour’s standby rota(s).

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