Maintenance Programme Manager

at  UK Power Networks

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

This is a leadership role, and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a high level of initiative and achievement and a proven track record towards meeting business targets. He or she will also have a sound knowledge of engineering and be able to inspire the wider I&M team towards a culture of continuous improvement. The role requires good communication and motivational skills and the ability to liaise with other parts of the business to resolve problems and develop and/or implement new initiatives.
Key Competencies
NEBOSH or IOSH
HNC in Electrical Engineering
Good knowledge and experience of substation and overhead line maintenance policies and practices
Leadership
Managing People
Managing Development
Managing Change
Managing your Role
Managing Projects
Providing Direction
Managing Relationships
Managing Finance
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 are responsible for ensuring they fully 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 particularly where there are legal requirements, employees are responsible for understanding those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.
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JOB PURPOSE:

To manage and oversee the planning and delivery of the Inspection & Maintenance Programme activity in the EPN Region, requiring thousands of pieces of plant, protection and ancillary equipment to be inspected and maintained every year. All work to be delivered to a high standard of safety, efficiency, customer service and network integrity at all times.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Ensure that a high standard of safety management prevails throughout all areas of responsibility and that all staff work in an incident and injury free culture.
Conversion of SAP planned maintenance requirements into an outline maintenance programme and the early identification of any resource issues.
Produce delivery plans and ensure adequate management of contract resources to outperform I&M programme targets.
Feeding into and agreeing the Asset Management Plan for all maintenance activities
Co-ordination of maintenance outages with other interested parties – e.g. capital programme.
Identification of outstanding defects (including civils) that should be rectified during the planned maintenance, prioritisation of reported defects.
Co-ordination of protection and plant maintenance where practicable.
Based on the plant being maintained prepare an “anticipated” list of long lead time items (e.g. replacement diverter contacts/braids) and ensure these are available before maintenance begins.
Ensure that Inspection, maintenance and testing is conducted and recorded in a consistent manner.
Preparing, implementing and monitoring ad-hoc modification/inspection programme.
Achievement and UCI cost reporting.
Region focal point for I&M policy and process review with Asset Management
Liaison with Asset Management on enhanced maintenance or variation to standard policy where special factors apply.
To ensure full engagement in the Network Operations EPN Region management team to support achievement of the Company Ambitions.
Ensuring delivery against the primary operational and customer service indicators such as CMLs and CIs and delivery to time, cost and compliance with ESQC requirements.
Delivering all activities to a high level of cost efficiency exceeding on UCI commitments.
To instil ownership of the customers and our reputation with suppliers whilst ensuring that the programme is managed safely and efficiently, responding to emergency requests any time with a high standard of customer service.
Provide monthly reports including achievement, costs and forecasts.
Monitoring PowerOn reports (such as CB Trip report and CB Max time Exceeded) to ensure appropriate action is taken, when required, to keep plant safe and operatable.
Oversee the application of the helicopter patrol contract for Risk of Trip, Post Fault and Safety Patrols to ensure correct allocation of costs and recording of achievement - this includes working closely with Capital Programme for the completion of their Pre-outage patrols.
Oversee the management and co-ordination of contractors undertaking Inspection and Maintenance work. This includes Line Patrol, Link Box Inspections, battery replacements and oil testing.
Undertake Maintenance assurance through site safety audits on the quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, safety and environmental procedures.