- Salary:Competitive
- Location:Milton Keynes
- Website Category:Field Operations
- Contract Type:Permanent
- Closing Date:23 October 2026
About the Company
At IMSERV, we're proud to be one of the UK's leading energy data and metering specialists. We deliver award-winning services to customers across the country, providing specialist metering technology for electricity, gas and water, alongside highly accurate energy data collection services.
About the Role
To lead the operational delivery and development of IMSERV's complex metering services, combining senior responsibility for Alt HAN delivery and metering projects. The role supports the Head of Complex Metering in setting direction, improving performance, developing new services and converting innovation and trials into safe, scalable business-as-usual delivery. The role is a senior point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including Alt HAN Co and LCCC, and provides leadership across customer delivery, project mobilisation, resource planning, commercial performance, quality and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Translate the Complex Metering strategy into clear operational plans, priorities, measures and delivery roadmaps.
- Lead performance across Alt HAN and complex metering projects, ensuring customer, financial, industry, contractual and internal KPIs and SLAs are understood and achieved.
- Maintain oversight of demand, workflow, resource, capability and capacity, taking action to address constraints and protect customer commitments.
- Provide accurate performance, risk, financial and delivery reporting to the Head of Complex Metering and senior stakeholders.
- Lead structured recovery plans where delivery, quality, customer experience or commercial performance is below expectation.
- Support the Head of Complex Metering to identify and assess opportunities for growth across complex metering and adjacent services.
- Work with Commercial, Product, Technical and Operational teams to shape propositions, assess delivery feasibility and define the operating model for new services.
- Lead or support innovation activity, pilots and trials, ensuring clear objectives, governance, measures, learning and decisions on scale-up.
- Act as a senior operational contact for Alt HAN Co, LCCC, customers, partners and relevant industry stakeholders.
- Lead resolution of significant escalations, risks and dependencies, coordinating internal and external parties to achieve sustainable outcomes.
- Coach and develop team leaders and specialists, strengthening succession, technical capability and cross-functional working.
What you'll need
Knowledge & Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of UK electricity metering and field-service operations; knowledge of complex metering, Alt HAN, CVA or capacity-related services is advantageous.
- Sound knowledge of operational governance, project delivery, process improvement, quality management and health and safety.
- Commercial and financial awareness, including the ability to assess cost, benefit, delivery feasibility and risk.
- Strong system and data literacy, including Microsoft Office and operational reporting tools.
- Relevant project, operational, safety or leadership qualification is desirable.
Experience
- Proven management experience in metering, utilities, field operations, technical services or a comparable regulated environment.
- Experience leading complex customer or operational delivery across multiple teams, partners and dependencies.
- Experience managing senior internal and external stakeholders and resolving material escalations.
- Experience of mobilising projects, pilots, trials or new services into business-as-usual operation.
- Experience leading through team leaders or specialists and developing capability and succession.
- Experience managing subcontractor or third-party delivery is desirable.
Skills
- Strategic and commercial thinker who can convert direction into practical delivery plans.
- Strong senior stakeholder management, influence, negotiation and communication skills.
- Customer-focused with the confidence to manage expectations and challenge constructively.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capability in complex and changing situations.
- Able to balance operational delivery, growth, innovation, risk and longer-term capability.
- Proactive, accountable and comfortable working across organisational boundaries.
- Able to lead change, create clarity and maintain momentum through others.
Benefits
- 28 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Buy & sell annual leave scheme
- Up to a 10% bonus
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension
- Life assurance (up to 6x salary*)
- Simply Health plan (with upgrade options)
- Car salary sacrifice scheme*
(*Length of service and T&Cs apply)
Equal Opportunity Statement
At IMSERV, we're committed to building a team where everyone feels valued, respected and able to do their best work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and communities. A diverse team brings fresh perspectives, strengthens collaboration and helps us deliver the best possible service to our customers.
If you're interested in the role but don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply.
(Please note that we reserve the right to close this position before the expiry date.)



