Head of Planned Maintenance & Logistics

Summary:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, impact driven maintenance and logistics leader to make their mark.

We need someone like you to develop and embed our entire planned maintenance and water supply logistics support.

This role covers it all: you'll create and run our new preventative maintenance function, oversee central inventory and vital stock control (including critical spares), and manage our alternate water logistics (our tanker fleet). You'll also be responsible for maintaining our facilities and grounds. If you have a maintenance and logistics background, this is the perfect leadership challenge

You'll have high levels of autonomy and the chance to lead complex, company wide improvement projects that will secure our future operational resilience and improve the lifespan of our key assets. It's a role for someone who values purpose and the opportunity to lead a high performing function.

Main responsibilities:

• Accountable for providing and managing facilities on behalf of SEW including office and operational site buildings and grounds.
• Accountable for Alternative Water management for internal and external customers in response to planned and reactive water supply issues.
• Accountable for stock/stock control including critical spares in a cost effective manner.
• Handling the movement and storage of supplies needed by SEW.
• Responsible for the creation of a preventative maintenance team within Water Supply operations ensuring agreed processes and procedures meet the needs of Operations and working with all internal key stakeholders to improve the lifespan of key assets.

You'll need:
Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Significant experience and/or relevant qualifications in a relevant field, such as: Logistics and supply chain management; Business administration; Engineering.
• Extensive experience in managing logistics operations, such as: warehousing, transportation, and inventory management.
• A deep understanding of logistics processes and best practices.
• Ability to leverage technology to improve logistics efficiency
• An experienced operational manager with a background in delivering improvement projects. Ability to lead complex improvement projects across multiple production, distribution and central operational and asset teams.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance requirements.
• Ability to ensure that logistics operations are conducted in a safe and compliant manner.
• Strong financial budgeting & and cost management experience.
• Positive, flexible and adaptable with a ‘can do’ attitude to overcoming challenges in a demanding environment.

Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time.

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We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.

We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.

Benefits package:

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

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What can you expect from your recruitment?

• To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.
• It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
• Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.

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If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Compensation package:

Starting from £85,000 + £9,844 car allowance + senior management bonus