Trainee Performance Manager

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Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What we’re looking for?

As part of commitment and investment to develop our people, we’re looking for a Trainee Performance Manager on a 12-month fixed term contract to support succession planning and existing workload.

Performance Managers lead our First Line Managers and operational teams to deliver outstanding levels of gas safety, reliability and customer service for the millions we serve every day.

You will be provided with a personal training and development plan to help you gain the skills and experience to effectively lead our Build & Repair teams. You will be responsible for your own development, so it’s important to be a self-starter, with the motivation to progress and take on extra responsibilities in your role.

Your role will include standby and site visits along with auditing and attending Safe Control of Operations (SCO) activities.

We’ll trust you to:

• Lead and inspire people
• Maintain our excellent safety record
• Work alongside our senior team to establish the direction, strategy and tone of the business
• Create a culture which encourages excellent performance
• Embrace and champion change
• Role model outstanding behaviours
• Celebrate the successes of your team and individuals
• Deliver sustainable improvements in outputs of the workforce
• Prepare forward looking plans to ensure that current objectives are achieved, and future expectations are considered
• Work within and promote the philosophy of safe team working and development across all Wales & West Utilities activities to achieve business objectives and continuously improve performance.

You can read a full job description here.

You’ll need to have:

• To have the right attitude and exceptional people skills
• To be committed to continuing your personal development
• The ability to lead and motivate operational teams over a wide geography in a similar operating environment
• The appropriate technical and/or leadership experience
• Knowledge of appropriate legislation, policy and procedures.
• Working knowledge of relevant codes of practice, engineering instructions, safety and statutory regulation.  The willingness to work on a standby rota to cover a 24/7 gas emergency service

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!

As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary starting at £59,088
• A structured pay & competency framework which rewards skills, competence and enables development and career progression
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
• “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme
• Annual salary review
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company Sick Pay
• In-house Occupational Health Team
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive training
• Company Car

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

You can find out more here.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

To apply, click the link below.

If you would prefer to complete your application form in an alternative format such as Microsoft Word or would like to discuss the role in a little more detail, please contact us at recruitment@wwutilities.co.uk or on 07971 038 982.

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.

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