Area Supervisor South

Southampton, Hampshire
Ylem Energy Limited
Area Supervisor

Salary:£44,505 (DOE) +South Weighting – £4128 (Gas Safe £1500, HV Switch £1000 & 18th Edition £1000), on call and on call supervisor

Location: South Based

Reporting to the Operations and Procurement Manager for your area in the first instance, you should direct any queries or requirements you have through them. In their absence you should report to the Operations Director.

You will also work closely with the UK Operations, Projects, HSQE and HR departments in order to achieve the aims set out below and to manage the staff reporting to you.

Main responsibilities:

• A commitment to Health & Safety and Environmental practices following all procedures and using your own judgement.
• Ensure that site operations remain in compliance with all relevant site contracts including (but not limited to) O&M Agreements, Site Waste Licences, Pollution Prevention Control, Leases and all Electrical Agreements.
• Day to day operations of gas fields, reciprocating assets, and gas peakers on assigned sites in order to achieve maximum safe availability and electrical output.
• Maintenance of all mechanical and electrical plant (subject to training and competency).
• Provide 24-hour emergency call out cover to respond to plant failures.
• Overseeing out of hours trading in conjunction with the Remote Asset Supervisor.
• Provide efficient supervision, coordination and guidance of the technicians in assigned area.
• Efficient time and resource allocation to ensure margins are achieved.
• Undertaking frequent scheduled site inspections in order to manage, allocate and ensure timely completion of Outstanding Jobs and Health and Safety improvement tasks.
• A commitment to continuous enhancement of skills and knowledge.
• Supervision of Operating Costs.
• Reducing the company’s reliance on contractors wherever this is economically prudent to do so.
• Oil condition management.
• Engineering tasks in the absence of the dedicated area engineer.

Key tasks:

• Work within the constraints of the company’s H&S and quality systems.
• Commitment to training to enhance knowledge and skills with regard to Health & Safety and Environmental Protection.
• Timely completion of issues raised by Health and Safety Inspections and OSJ’s.
• Ensuring staff complete bonus metrics to an acceptable standard.
• Deal directly with spillages using pollution prevention equipment and report where required.
• Field support of Area Technicians as required.
• Contractor supervision ensuring adherence to Company Policies and Procedures.
• Utilisation and compliance of the company’s operations and maintenance procedures, manuals, record keeping and stock control systems.
• Maintenance and repair of all mechanical, electrical, and associated equipment.
• Training, support and supervision of Technicians to undertake mechanical/electrical maintenance and fault finding.
• Ensure that all documentation/records are completed accurately and within the required timescales.
• Supervision of spares ordering, stock control and auditing of site and the regional based storage facilities.
• Showing the company in a good light by maintaining a clean, well run site always.
• Avoid unnecessary expenditure by using skills and tools available within the company and minimising reliance on contractors.
• Attendance in commissioning plant and acceptance of plant & sites at handover to operations.
• Ensure area company vehicles are maintained and driven to manufacturer’s specification and company standards.
• Liaising with clients and site Management on a day to day basis.
• Any reasonable task required by the management in the exercising of its goals.

Knowledge/ Experience

• Experience of supervision of individual and team working.
• Recognised level of skill in either a mechanical or electrical skill.
• Experience with Peaking plant, CHP and it’s trading operation.
• Computer literate.
• Hold full UK drivers licence for driving manual small/medium sized van

Personal Qualities

• Have the ability to use own initiative.
• Self Motivated.
• Ability to manage and meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Flexible approach to a varying workload.

Benefits

We value our employees and encourage a work life balance for everyone. We are keen to make sure that our employees are supported in both their work and personal life and our benefits reflect this.

• Annual Company Performance related bonus scheme
• Pension (5.5% employer, 3.5% employee contributions)
• Death in service 4x salary
• Subsidised Private Health Scheme
• Subsidised Health cash Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Extra annual leave option to buy or sell up to 5 days
• 2 extra days holiday after 3 years service
• Birthday leave
• Company Sick Pay
• Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
• Discounts scheme
• Refer a friend
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Charity Work Day
• Social Committee for Company Events