Service Delivery Manager

About the Position

We are looking for a Service Delivery Manager to join our SWARCO UK & Ireland team, based at our Exeter Depot, taking responsibility for the successful delivery of maintenance activities across our traffic signals, signs, and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) portfolio.

You'll manage the day-to-day operation of your allocated contracts, leading a team of Engineers and ensuring we deliver a safe, reliable, and high-quality service to our customers.

This is a hands-on operational management role, where you'll balance people management, customer relationships, commercial performance, and Health & Safety, ensuring contracts are delivered efficiently and in line with agreed requirements.

Responsibilities

• Managing the day-to-day delivery of planned and reactive maintenance activities across allocated contracts.
• Leading, supporting, and developing Engineers and other operational colleagues.
• Ensuring maintenance activities are completed in line with contractual requirements, service levels, and customer expectations.
• Managing operational resources, workloads, standby arrangements, and priorities to ensure effective service delivery.
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with customers, acting as a key point of contact for operational and contract matters.
• Monitoring contract performance, identifying risks, and implementing improvements to service delivery.
• Managing contract costs, budgets, and commercial performance, supporting the achievement of financial targets.
• Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety, Quality, and Environmental requirements, promoting safe working practices across all activities.
• Supporting recruitment, performance management, absence management, training, and development within the team.
• Working closely with Regional Operations Managers, Project Managers, and other departments to coordinate resources and deliver operational priorities.
• Ensuring operational records, reporting, and documentation are accurate and completed within required timescales.
• Identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency, customer service, and team performance.

Requirements

• Experience managing operational teams within an engineering, maintenance, highways, traffic management, or similar technical environment.
• A good understanding of contract delivery, planned and reactive maintenance, and operational resource management.
• Proven people management experience, including supporting performance, development, and day-to-day team management.
• Strong Health & Safety awareness and experience ensuring safe working practices.
• Good commercial awareness, including managing costs, budgets, and contract performance.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities, make decisions, and deliver against contractual requirements.
• Good IT skills and experience using operational reporting and management systems.
• A full UK driving license and flexibility to travel across the operational area.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience within traffic signals, signs, or the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) sector.
• Experience managing highways maintenance contracts.
• Relevant technical, engineering, or management qualifications.
• SMSTS or other relevant Health & Safety management training.
• Experience working with local authorities, National Highways, or other highways customers.
• Experience supporting operational improvements and developing team capability.

We Offer

• 25 days Plus Bank holidays for your location of work
• Day off on your birthday
• Employer pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance up to 6x salary
• Full training and development opportunities
• Brand new company car including personal use (A huge benefit with today's fuel prices!)

About the Company

SWARCO UK: The Better Way. Every Day. At the forefront of intelligent traffic management, we design and deliver innovative solutions that keep people moving safely and efficiently across the UK and Ireland. We lead in intelligent traffic management, our products include Intelligent Traffic Systems, Road markings, Parking solutions, EV charging.

Additional Information

Interested?

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before any advertised closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. Applications received after the closing date will not be processed.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK, therefore successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be able to commit to a long-term permanent role. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout our recruitment process and employment.

Should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact our approved recruitment partners, and we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers.

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Job Location

Exeter, UK