A new and exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced BESS Delivery Manager to work for a well-established family run manufacturer based in Leeds.
What’s The Job
Reporting to the Group Head of Operations, the BESS Delivery Manager will take functional responsibility for all aspects of Tesla and other BESS related business from pre-contract award through to post-handover support. Ensuring service excellence across all departments whilst maintaining P&L responsibilities. Keeping the board up to date on business performance and ensuring transparent, effective and well controlled business operations across all Tesla sites and projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading all end-to-end aspects of Tesla project execution.
- Deliver service excellence by engaging and driving stakeholders across the organisation.
- Leverage matrix reports to ensure that Engineering, Projects, Contracts, QA, H&S, Site Services, Planning, Logistics functions are optimised for our Tesla business purposes.
- Ensure profitability targets are met through effective oversight of PM’s and other stakeholders.
- Identify risks, get ahead of issues and proactively drive solutions to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Hold fortnightly internal all stakeholder reviews, chaired in Leeds.
- Coach, train and mentor the team & improve processes to bring stakeholders together.
- Build a team environment - articulates common goals, communicate how individual roles contribute to team success, provide clear direction.
- Provide monthly board updates in Leeds.
- Monitor GM as ‘quoted’ and as ‘delivered’, where erosion occurs, understand, report and make recommendations for improvement.
- Drive start up and close out project meetings & ensure effective planning.
- Manage changing priorities at a production planning and individual project level.
- Develop a range of KPI’s to ensure adequate functional oversight, measurement and control.
- Manage a top-level project tracker to monitor and provide appropriate metrics for different audiences / functions.
- Be a proactive solution focused leader, encouraging and driving forward new initiatives with the team when required.
- Escalate all risks and issues to the board.
- Take ownership of all key aspects of internal service delivery.
- Drive fortnightly project review meetings with Tesla and ensure that PM’s & CM’s are well prepared in advance.
- Be the conduit between Tesla and WPS on any production plan changes and subsequent maximisation of revenue opportunities.
- Develop BESS processes where required.
- Attend and present at Company events; exhibitions and CPD’s across the UK, Europe and Worldwide.
- Visit sites within the UK & Europe for appreciation, although generally driving site progress through PM’s.
- Attend all key technical meetings.
- Encourages accountability to ensure that employees understand their level of accountability, including what they are responsible to deliver and are expected to undertake.
- Call out unsuitable performance and state what ‘right’ looks like.
- Manage relations with all key external stakeholders including Tesla US, investors etc.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
- Minimum of ONC in Electrical Engineering or similar to demonstrate technical knowledge is essential.
- Technical and/or practical knowledge specifically related to energy infrastructure including transformers and switchgear is desirable.
- Experience in defining, managing and delivering equipment projects, programmes and portfolios.
- Expertise in multiple planning management and control disciplines.
- Fully conversant with risk and opportunity management including associated methodologies.
- Experience working within the manufacturing/engineering sectors preferably transformers.
- Understanding of relevant HSE legislation for workplace and construction site working. Preferably experienced in Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) development and/or use.
- Understanding of the impact of current legislation such as CDM as it relates to product design. (Technical & Design support will be provided as necessary) desirable.
- I.T. literate with the MS product suite and ideally experienced using Progress software.
- Strong communication/people skills.
- Current driving licence and access to a car.
Salary And Benefits
- Salary negotiable dependant on experience
- 37.5 hours per week
- 33 days (including bank holidays)
- Profit share scheme
- Healthcare cash plan and Employee Assistance Programme
- Electric Vehicle/Bike to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Car allowance
- Pension
- Life Insurance x 3
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