OCU Group
Preston, Lancashire
Delivery Manager (Data) Department: OCU Digital Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Preston Reporting To: Matt Monks Description The Delivery Manager is responsible for coordinating the successful delivery of OCU Digital's engineering and platform projects, ensuring work is planned, prioritised and delivered efficiently. Working closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Platform Managers and Digital Technology teams, they manage delivery plans, cross-team dependencies, risks and stakeholder communication to keep projects on track. They drive planning and reporting, promote delivery standards such as Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD), and ensure changes are implemented safely and effectively. By identifying risks early, improving delivery processes and fostering collaboration, the Delivery Manager helps OCU deliver high-quality digital products and services consistently and efficiently. What You'll Do Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of digital engineering and platform projects, ensuring work is prioritised, planned and delivered against agreed timelines. Manage cross-team dependencies, risks and resource challenges, working with Product Owners, Engineering Managers and stakeholders to maintain delivery momentum. Lead delivery ceremonies, maintain project plans, RAID logs and reporting, and provide clear updates on progress, risks and key decisions. Promote delivery best practices, ensuring adherence to governance, Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), change control and quality standards. Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery processes, improve collaboration and support the development of delivery capability across OCU Digital. What You'll Bring Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or similar within a digital, software or technology environment, with a strong understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban delivery frameworks. Demonstrable experience managing cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, issues and trade-offs, with excellent planning, organisational and stakeholder management skills. Proficient in using delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or similar to manage workflows, track progress and produce delivery reporting. Strong communicator, able to engage effectively with engineers, product teams, service teams and senior stakeholders, while taking ownership and accountability for successful delivery outcomes. Experience driving continuous improvement across delivery practices, governance and tooling, with the ability to support sprint, release and increment planning. Experience delivering data platform, integration or large-scale digital programmes, particularly working alongside Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists. Knowledge of service management, reliability, observability, SRE, DevOps and QA practices, ensuring smooth delivery into live environments. Agile or project delivery certification (e.g. Scrum Master, AgilePM or PRINCE2) and experience coaching or mentoring other delivery professionals.
Delivery Manager (Data) Department: OCU Digital Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Preston Reporting To: Matt Monks Description The Delivery Manager is responsible for coordinating the successful delivery of OCU Digital's engineering and platform projects, ensuring work is planned, prioritised and delivered efficiently. Working closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Platform Managers and Digital Technology teams, they manage delivery plans, cross-team dependencies, risks and stakeholder communication to keep projects on track. They drive planning and reporting, promote delivery standards such as Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD), and ensure changes are implemented safely and effectively. By identifying risks early, improving delivery processes and fostering collaboration, the Delivery Manager helps OCU deliver high-quality digital products and services consistently and efficiently. What You'll Do Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of digital engineering and platform projects, ensuring work is prioritised, planned and delivered against agreed timelines. Manage cross-team dependencies, risks and resource challenges, working with Product Owners, Engineering Managers and stakeholders to maintain delivery momentum. Lead delivery ceremonies, maintain project plans, RAID logs and reporting, and provide clear updates on progress, risks and key decisions. Promote delivery best practices, ensuring adherence to governance, Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), change control and quality standards. Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery processes, improve collaboration and support the development of delivery capability across OCU Digital. What You'll Bring Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or similar within a digital, software or technology environment, with a strong understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban delivery frameworks. Demonstrable experience managing cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, issues and trade-offs, with excellent planning, organisational and stakeholder management skills. Proficient in using delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or similar to manage workflows, track progress and produce delivery reporting. Strong communicator, able to engage effectively with engineers, product teams, service teams and senior stakeholders, while taking ownership and accountability for successful delivery outcomes. Experience driving continuous improvement across delivery practices, governance and tooling, with the ability to support sprint, release and increment planning. Experience delivering data platform, integration or large-scale digital programmes, particularly working alongside Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists. Knowledge of service management, reliability, observability, SRE, DevOps and QA practices, ensuring smooth delivery into live environments. Agile or project delivery certification (e.g. Scrum Master, AgilePM or PRINCE2) and experience coaching or mentoring other delivery professionals.
OCU Group
Stockport, Lancashire
Technical Process Safety Lead Department: SHEQ & Growth Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Stockport Reporting To: David Housley Description The Opportunity Drive Process Safety Excellence Across a Growing Infrastructure Business At OCU Group, safety is at the heart of everything we do. As our business continues to grow across the utilities and infrastructure sectors, we are looking for an experienced Technical Process Safety Lead to join our UK SHESQ team. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for developing, implementing and continually improving our process safety frameworks across the business. Working closely with operational leaders, technical specialists and business units, you will ensure robust governance, compliance and assurance arrangements are in place to protect our people, clients and the communities we serve. If you're passionate about process safety, thrive on influencing best practice and enjoy working across a diverse and fast-paced organisation, we'd love to hear from you. About the Role Reporting directly to the UK SHESQ Director, you will provide technical leadership and oversight across a range of process safety critical disciplines, ensuring effective management systems are established, maintained and continuously improved. You will own the development of process safety frameworks, oversee the appointment and competency of safety-critical roles, support technical assurance activities, and work collaboratively across the business to embed a consistent and proactive safety culture. This role will play a key part in ensuring statutory compliance while driving continuous improvement through governance, assurance and industry best practice. What You'll Do Lead and develop OCU Group's process safety frameworks across key technical disciplines, including: CDM (excluding Designer duties) Temporary Works Electrical Safety Stored Energy (Heating & Pressurised Systems) Asbestos Management Rail (where OCU controls Safe Systems of Work) COMAH and DSEAR (where applicable) NERS, GERS and WERS Ensure appropriate management arrangements exist to satisfy statutory and regulatory requirements. Develop, review and continuously improve process safety policies, standards, procedures and safe systems of work. Establish assurance and monitoring strategies to verify compliance across the business. Lead periodic reviews of process safety frameworks, incorporating lessons learned from industry developments and incident investigations. Assess, appoint and oversee individuals undertaking safety critical process safety roles. Define competency requirements for process safety appointments and support the development of associated training programmes alongside the Academy and wider SHESQ team. Manage external technical specialists where additional expertise is required. Build strong relationships with Business Unit leadership teams, Operational Directors and key stakeholders. Oversee appointment records, authorisations and competency tracking, ensuring business continuity and compliance. Manage non conformance processes and support corrective action implementation. Provide specialist technical support during significant process safety incidents, investigations and post incident reviews. Promote consistency, collaboration and best practice across all business units. What You'll Bring We're looking for an experienced process safety professional who combines strong technical expertise with the ability to influence and lead across a complex organisation. You'll be confident engaging with senior stakeholders, coaching others and driving continuous improvement while maintaining the highest safety standards. Skills & Experience Degree or Diploma qualification in a relevant engineering, technical or health and safety discipline. Significant experience managing process safety and safe systems of work within utilities, infrastructure, construction, engineering or related sectors. Excellent knowledge of UK process safety legislation and regulatory requirements. Experience developing and implementing governance frameworks and assurance programmes. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels. Experience developing competency frameworks and supporting technical training. Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making abilities. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. A collaborative approach with the ability to build strong working relationships across multiple business areas. A proactive, organised and methodical approach with a genuine passion for improving process safety.
Technical Process Safety Lead Department: SHEQ & Growth Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Stockport Reporting To: David Housley Description The Opportunity Drive Process Safety Excellence Across a Growing Infrastructure Business At OCU Group, safety is at the heart of everything we do. As our business continues to grow across the utilities and infrastructure sectors, we are looking for an experienced Technical Process Safety Lead to join our UK SHESQ team. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for developing, implementing and continually improving our process safety frameworks across the business. Working closely with operational leaders, technical specialists and business units, you will ensure robust governance, compliance and assurance arrangements are in place to protect our people, clients and the communities we serve. If you're passionate about process safety, thrive on influencing best practice and enjoy working across a diverse and fast-paced organisation, we'd love to hear from you. About the Role Reporting directly to the UK SHESQ Director, you will provide technical leadership and oversight across a range of process safety critical disciplines, ensuring effective management systems are established, maintained and continuously improved. You will own the development of process safety frameworks, oversee the appointment and competency of safety-critical roles, support technical assurance activities, and work collaboratively across the business to embed a consistent and proactive safety culture. This role will play a key part in ensuring statutory compliance while driving continuous improvement through governance, assurance and industry best practice. What You'll Do Lead and develop OCU Group's process safety frameworks across key technical disciplines, including: CDM (excluding Designer duties) Temporary Works Electrical Safety Stored Energy (Heating & Pressurised Systems) Asbestos Management Rail (where OCU controls Safe Systems of Work) COMAH and DSEAR (where applicable) NERS, GERS and WERS Ensure appropriate management arrangements exist to satisfy statutory and regulatory requirements. Develop, review and continuously improve process safety policies, standards, procedures and safe systems of work. Establish assurance and monitoring strategies to verify compliance across the business. Lead periodic reviews of process safety frameworks, incorporating lessons learned from industry developments and incident investigations. Assess, appoint and oversee individuals undertaking safety critical process safety roles. Define competency requirements for process safety appointments and support the development of associated training programmes alongside the Academy and wider SHESQ team. Manage external technical specialists where additional expertise is required. Build strong relationships with Business Unit leadership teams, Operational Directors and key stakeholders. Oversee appointment records, authorisations and competency tracking, ensuring business continuity and compliance. Manage non conformance processes and support corrective action implementation. Provide specialist technical support during significant process safety incidents, investigations and post incident reviews. Promote consistency, collaboration and best practice across all business units. What You'll Bring We're looking for an experienced process safety professional who combines strong technical expertise with the ability to influence and lead across a complex organisation. You'll be confident engaging with senior stakeholders, coaching others and driving continuous improvement while maintaining the highest safety standards. Skills & Experience Degree or Diploma qualification in a relevant engineering, technical or health and safety discipline. Significant experience managing process safety and safe systems of work within utilities, infrastructure, construction, engineering or related sectors. Excellent knowledge of UK process safety legislation and regulatory requirements. Experience developing and implementing governance frameworks and assurance programmes. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels. Experience developing competency frameworks and supporting technical training. Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making abilities. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. A collaborative approach with the ability to build strong working relationships across multiple business areas. A proactive, organised and methodical approach with a genuine passion for improving process safety.
OCU Group
Stockport, Lancashire
Design Delivery Manager Department: OCU Design Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: OCU Stockport Head Office Reporting To: Kristoffer Baker Description The Opportunity OCU Design are seeking an experienced Design Delivery Manager to lead a team of Design Project Managers across a varied portfolio of complex energy and infrastructure projects. The role will typically oversee design delivery across areas such as battery energy storage systems, substations, and grid connections for developments including data centres, solar farms, and other major infrastructure schemes. What You'll Do As Design Delivery Manager, you will provide leadership, direction, and support to a group of around five Design Project Managers, ensuring design delivery is planned, coordinated, and controlled across multiple projects. You will work closely with the wider design leadership team to help embed improved ways of working, strengthen delivery governance, and support positive change across the design function. You will be responsible for driving consistency in design management, supporting project teams, resolving key delivery issues, and ensuring design outputs meet programme, quality, safety, and commercial requirements. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys leading people, improving delivery performance, and helping to shape the governance, behaviours, and controls needed to deliver consistently across a diverse portfolio of technically complex projects. Key Responsibilities Lead, manage, and support a team of approximately five Design Project Managers across a portfolio of projects. Oversee design delivery across areas such as BESS, substations, and grid connections for data centre, solar, and other infrastructure developments. Ensure design programmes, deliverables, interfaces, risks, and key milestones are effectively managed across the portfolio. Provide direction, coaching, and escalation support to DPMs, helping them resolve delivery challenges and maintain project momentum. Work closely with clients, consultants, project teams, commercial teams, supply chain partners, and internal engineering functions. Promote safe, buildable, compliant, and commercially robust design solutions in line with project and business requirements. Support the design leadership team in implementing process improvements, governance controls, and consistent delivery standards across the DPM community. Monitor portfolio performance, manage key risks and change, and provide clear reporting to senior project and business leadership to support improved delivery governance and decision making. What You'll Bring We are looking for someone with strong design delivery leadership, technical awareness, and the ability to manage people and performance across multiple projects. Essential A degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline Strong experience in design management, design delivery, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects Experience leading or line managing design managers, project managers, engineers, or similar delivery professionals Proven ability to manage design across complex project portfolios with multiple stakeholders, interfaces, and competing priorities A good understanding of CDM 2015 roles, duties, and responsibilities Desirable Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or capable of progressing towards professional accreditation Experience with BESS, HV/MV substations, grid connections, data centres, solar, or related energy infrastructure environments Experience working across client, consultant, contractor, and supply chain interfaces Exposure to temporary works, construction delivery, and operational handover requirements To Succeed in This Role A confident people leader who can set direction, support others, and build a strong delivery culture Able to influence senior stakeholders, challenge constructively, and drive improvement where needed Highly organised, delivery focused, and comfortable managing competing priorities across a project portfolio A clear communicator with sound judgement, strong decision making ability, and a practical approach to problem solving Working Arrangements Primarily home based, with regular visits to project sites Travel to project locations and company offices will be required Full UK Driving licence What We Offer At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us. Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace. As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long term career within OCU Group.
Design Delivery Manager Department: OCU Design Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: OCU Stockport Head Office Reporting To: Kristoffer Baker Description The Opportunity OCU Design are seeking an experienced Design Delivery Manager to lead a team of Design Project Managers across a varied portfolio of complex energy and infrastructure projects. The role will typically oversee design delivery across areas such as battery energy storage systems, substations, and grid connections for developments including data centres, solar farms, and other major infrastructure schemes. What You'll Do As Design Delivery Manager, you will provide leadership, direction, and support to a group of around five Design Project Managers, ensuring design delivery is planned, coordinated, and controlled across multiple projects. You will work closely with the wider design leadership team to help embed improved ways of working, strengthen delivery governance, and support positive change across the design function. You will be responsible for driving consistency in design management, supporting project teams, resolving key delivery issues, and ensuring design outputs meet programme, quality, safety, and commercial requirements. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys leading people, improving delivery performance, and helping to shape the governance, behaviours, and controls needed to deliver consistently across a diverse portfolio of technically complex projects. Key Responsibilities Lead, manage, and support a team of approximately five Design Project Managers across a portfolio of projects. Oversee design delivery across areas such as BESS, substations, and grid connections for data centre, solar, and other infrastructure developments. Ensure design programmes, deliverables, interfaces, risks, and key milestones are effectively managed across the portfolio. Provide direction, coaching, and escalation support to DPMs, helping them resolve delivery challenges and maintain project momentum. Work closely with clients, consultants, project teams, commercial teams, supply chain partners, and internal engineering functions. Promote safe, buildable, compliant, and commercially robust design solutions in line with project and business requirements. Support the design leadership team in implementing process improvements, governance controls, and consistent delivery standards across the DPM community. Monitor portfolio performance, manage key risks and change, and provide clear reporting to senior project and business leadership to support improved delivery governance and decision making. What You'll Bring We are looking for someone with strong design delivery leadership, technical awareness, and the ability to manage people and performance across multiple projects. Essential A degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline Strong experience in design management, design delivery, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects Experience leading or line managing design managers, project managers, engineers, or similar delivery professionals Proven ability to manage design across complex project portfolios with multiple stakeholders, interfaces, and competing priorities A good understanding of CDM 2015 roles, duties, and responsibilities Desirable Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or capable of progressing towards professional accreditation Experience with BESS, HV/MV substations, grid connections, data centres, solar, or related energy infrastructure environments Experience working across client, consultant, contractor, and supply chain interfaces Exposure to temporary works, construction delivery, and operational handover requirements To Succeed in This Role A confident people leader who can set direction, support others, and build a strong delivery culture Able to influence senior stakeholders, challenge constructively, and drive improvement where needed Highly organised, delivery focused, and comfortable managing competing priorities across a project portfolio A clear communicator with sound judgement, strong decision making ability, and a practical approach to problem solving Working Arrangements Primarily home based, with regular visits to project sites Travel to project locations and company offices will be required Full UK Driving licence What We Offer At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us. Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace. As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long term career within OCU Group.
