
Patch Manager - Join a supportive team with hybrid working options (Previous Relevant Experince is Required)
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Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Patch Manager role involves overseeing the delivery of telecommunications projects in London, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while managing subcontractors and field agents. The position requires proactive problem-solving and effective communication to meet project deadlines and customer expectations. The role is hybrid, allowing for a blend of on-site and remote work. Candidates should have relevant experience in operational management within the telecommunications sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the delivery of projects under the ONSA delivery process, ensuring compliance with planned works.
- Oversee subcontractor performance and provide regular project status reports.
- Drive a culture of Health and Safety and manage resource planning and issue reporting.
- Lead a team of Field Agents to ensure completion of works on site and engineering completion.
- Work with suppliers to achieve delivery targets and customer outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with telent’s delivery systems and support on escalations and complaints.
- Provide line management and clear direction to Field Agents.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a Delivery/Operational management role.
- Supervisory experience in civils, poling, or cable gangs in the highways network.
- NRSWA Unit 2 & 10 certification.
- IOSH Managing Safely certification.
- Ability to complete additional training within 6 months of appointment.
- Strong business acumen and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency in tools such as Solo, Qlikview, and Connect Mobile.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
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Patch Manager Job Description
Job title 6 Telecoms Patch Manager
Location 6 London - Hybrid
Job type: Permanent
Ref 1478
Field
Do you enjoy working with a down to earth, supportive team but at the same time be relied on to use your own initiative and problem solve out in the field? Our Field teams are critical in the delivery of our contracts, whether that is delivering, or supervising maintenance, installation, cabling, or civils works. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.
What You9ll Do
Reporting to and directed by the Area Manager, you will be accountable for:
Stage 3 of the ONSA delivery process ensuring that all works underpinned in the programme at stage 2 are delivered as planned to include:
- Manage the sub-contractor suppliers in their contractual tasks.
- Provide regular reports on project status
- Drive a culture of Health and Safety and manage that throughout
- Resource planning and confirmation
- In-life issue management and reporting
- Through your team of Field Agents see all programmed works through to finish on site and engineering completion.
- Pro-actively drive Safety, Quality and Streetworks performance across the supply chain base.
- Supported by a team of telent Field Agents work in partnership with suppliers locally to provide a competent supply chain that will deliver all customer programmes of work safely, to quality and on time.
- Working with your suppliers locally and the telent PMO you will ensure that all delivery targets and customer priority outcomes are achieved through a clear focus on the completion of priority works.
- You will ensure full compliance with telent9s delivery systems requirements and provide support on escalations and complaints.
- You will work with your suppliers to scale and scope their workforce to address all works in their workstack in line with telent9s contractual terms of delivery.
- Provide line management and clear direction to a team of Field Agents in the field.
Key Deliverables (as a highlight)
- System Compliance
- Inspection Regime
- Supplier Competence and Performance
- Stores Compliance
- Supplier Mobilisation
- Culture & Behaviour management
- Reporting
Who You Are
Key requirements:
- Experience in a Delivery/Operational management role.
- Previous experience of supervising civils, poling or cable gangs working in the highways network.
- NRSWA Unit 2 & 10
- IOSH Managing Safely
In addition to the 9all employee9 training Patch Manager must complete the following training within 6 months of being appointed:
- Incident Investigation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Hot Job Monitor
- Negotiation Skills
- First Aid at Work 6
- Appointed Person/Awareness
- Managing Temporary Works
- Use of Solo, Qlikview, Connect Mobile etc.
- Business Acumen
What We Offer
A career at Telent can span sectors, roles, technologies, and customers giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.
The Additional Benefits With This Role
- Vehicle: Essential
- 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually
- Company pension scheme.
- A range of family friendly policies
- Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
- Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme
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About Us
About Telent
Telent is a leading technology company and specialist in the design, build, support and maintenance, drawing on decades of experience in mission critical communications and technology. of the UK9s critical digital infrastructure. The work we do helps connect thousands of people and communities, using the best technology and innovation available. When you join us, you9ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on all our futures by fulfilling your potential and delivering high performance. We work together to make everyday life work better for everyone. You9ll be part of a team of more than 3,000 brilliant, dedicated people committed to getting the job done well. Brilliance brought together.
We Are Guided By Our Values And Behaviours
- Be Inclusive
- Take Responsibility
- Collaborate
- Be Customer-focussed