Patch Manager, Edinburgh - BT Group

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    Description

    What you'll be doing

  • Responsible and accountable for the health, safety and wellbeing of your team – includes response to any out of hours duty of care escalations.
  • Accountable for the delivery of all engineering work across a given patch, balancing resources across maintenance/repair, installation and regulatory compliance commitments.
  • Accountable for the service performance of all exchanges, radio stations and data centres within your given patch (Measured by KPI/SLA success).
  • Single point of contact for multiple delivery programmes, supporting the delivery of network build activity on key programmes such as Fibre Cities, Optical/Ethernet services & 5g etc.
  • Required to be available/contactable Out of Hours as first line escalation (or ensure appropriate cover is available by exception) in the event of service incidents.
  • Performing the role of forward control point manager (assessing and directing actions necessary for service restoration) during major incidents.
  • Responsible for your patch finances; an operating budget including total labour cost/overtime, consumables, travel/expenses, training, vehicles & more.
  • Accountable for the physical state of the operational equipment in the buildings within their area – Managing key stakeholders in this space to ensure any building fabric risks and issues are followed to conclusion.
  • Accountable as first point of contact for all escalations/complaints pertaining to exchange, radio or relevant data centre networks.
  • Management of complex monthly delivery plans, engaging, motivating, and mobilising your team around the plan to prioritise and ensure customer commitments are met/key programmes delivered.
  • Supporting the field performance optimisation team, ensuring team members have the right tools, equipment and training to perform as effectively as possible.
  • Support the delivery of change programmes through collaboration, communication and engagement between team members and transformation project teams.
  • Supporting change deployment with team members, helping deliver and realise transformation projects.
  • Responsible for all aspects of waste, fuel and emissions auditing (ISO14001) for all sites within your given patch.
  • Skills required for the job

  • Inspiring and Engaging Leadership: Inspiring and engaging leadership capability which creates a culture of empowerment, inclusivity, ownership and pride in our estate and the work we do.
  • Stakeholder Management: Able to establish and maintain mutually beneficial internal and external stakeholder relationships, often across multiple organisations
  • Communication Skills: Communicates effectively by delivering key messages in a way which makes information impactful and relevant. Creates a positive, forward thinking working environment by encouraging a wide range of perspectives across all team members and colleagues.
  • Problem Solving: Must be able to proactively solve business problems that deal with uncertainty & risk (e.g. succession/contingency planning, complex network outages, difficult logistical challenges) Some problems will be multi-platform wide, impacting multiple services or cross-portfolio solutions.
  • High standard of working: Ability to demand high standards of work & ethical standards within both your team & wider business.
  • Personify our values: Our values are all about being Personal, Simple, Brilliant. Bring these values to life in everything that you do.
  • Business/ Financial acumen: Knowledgeable in business strategy and the drivers of organisational performance (e.g. business KPIs, SLAs, business cases).
  • Useful additional experience to have

  • Knowledge and understanding of network and/or power architecture and topology.
  • Working knowledge & understanding of Health & Safety, Environmental & Legal policies.
  • A track record of leading a geographically spread and multi disciplined team. Experience of a 24x7x365 operation would be a bonus.
  • Management & re-application of internal and external qualifications/technical competencies for team members
  • Knowledge/experience of Transformation/Continuous Improvement within an operational environment.
  • Working knowledge of ISO9001, ISO45001 and ISO14001 accreditation, as well as IOSH.
  • Experience of both delivering, and adapting to, change within a fast paced ops environment.
  • Benefits

    At BT, we entertain, educate, and empower millions of people every single day. We're a brand built on connecting people – whether that's friends, family, businesses, or communities. Working here, you'll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you'll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration, and inclusivity, that takes a genuine and proactive interest in your progress and development.

  • Competitive salary
  • 10% on target bonus
  • BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
  • 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
  • Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
  • World-class training and development opportunities
  • Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
  • Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
  • Access to 100's of retail discounts including the BT shop