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Take the Lead in Sales for a Growing Heat Exchanger Business As we continue to grow both locally and globally, we are looking for a highly experienced and sales-driven Sales Manager to play a key role in expanding our business and strengthening customer partnerships. Xchanger Services is part of the Vestas aircoil group; a global, family-owned manufacturing company with Danish roots and nearly 70 years of expertise in engine cooling solutions. With operations across Europe, the US, and China, we combine strong technical know-how with an international presence. As part of our continued UK expansion, we are preparing to open a new 55,000 sq. ft. production facility in Peterlee. This investment strengthens our ability to serve customers more efficiently and creates a strong platform for further commercial growth. This offers a unique opportunity for you to drive new business and expand our market presence. The Role We are looking for a proactive and commercially focused Sales Manager who thrives on winning new business and driving growth. This is a national, customer-facing role requiring flexibility to travel across the UK. You will take ownership of developing new business opportunities and managing key customer accounts, while also providing technical support and commercial guidance across a range of industries. You will work closely with our sales, estimating, project, and production teams to ensure successful execution of projects and high customer satisfaction. Key Responsibilities • Drive new business development and actively pursue sales opportunities, • Build, develop, and maintain strong client relationships, • Identify market trends and convert opportunities into sales, • Carry out technical site visits and represent the company professionally, • Collaborate with the estimating team to prepare competitive offers, • Lead contract negotiations and close deals, • Manage and coordinate projects internally with project and production teams Who You Are • Strong communication and negotiation skills with a clear commercial mindset, • 5–10 years of proven experience in sales or business development within heat exchanger industry, • Technically capable, with solid problem-solving skills and understanding of engineering principles, • Demonstrated ability to drive sales and win new business, • Ability to analyse market trends and act on opportunities, • Excellent organizational and time management skills, • Relevant technical or business qualification (HND, degree, or equivalent experience) Who We Are Xchanger Services was established in 1987 in the UK and has over 30 years of experience in the manufacture, repair, and servicing of heat exchangers. We are a close-knit and experienced team working across power stations, utilities, and large industrial plants, with a strong focus on quality and craftsmanship. Read more about us here: ___. What We Offer • A supportive and experienced team with deep technical expertise, • The opportunity to work with complex, custom-engineered products, • A role with high commercial impact and responsibility, • Development of both technical and commercial skills, • A combination of a small, specialised team and a global company environment, • A workplace that values collaboration, quality, and pride in the work Team spirit is important to us, and we nurture it through technical sparring and regular social activities like our curry nights. Apply Now If you are a driven and experienced sales professional looking to make an impact, we encourage you to apply. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to HR at .

Job title: Contracts Manager Location: Warwick/Hybrid Duration: 12 months initially Pay Rate: £650 a day inside IR35 via Umbrella The Opportunity This is a high-impact Contract Manager role offering genuine ownership of nationally significant HVDC infrastructure programmes at the heart of the UK's energy transition. You'll act as the lead commercial authority for a major HVDC procurement package, shaping contract strategy from tender through to delivery. These projects sit within a fast-paced, collaborative environment where experienced commercial professionals are trusted to make decisions, manage risk, and protect value for the end consumer. With responsibility for £100m+ procurement packages, this role suits an experienced Contract Manager who enjoys autonomy, influence, and working on technically complex infrastructure programmes. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end commercial and contract management for a major HVDC procurement package (converter stations or HVDC cables) Shape and deliver fit-for-purpose contract and procurement strategies aligned with regulatory and funding requirements Manage tendering, commercial negotiation, contract drafting and administration Provide commercial leadership across engineering, project delivery, procurement, legal and regulatory teams Act as the primary commercial interface with suppliers and joint venture partners Identify, assess and manage commercial and contractual risk, feeding into funding and regulatory submissions Support the transition from pre-contract into delivery, ensuring delivery teams understand contract obligations Monitor contract performance, milestones and value delivery, reporting into budget and governance forums Ensure robust governance and compliance with established contract frameworks Key Skills & Experience Essential: Proven experience in HVDC infrastructure projects, specifically converter stations and/or HVDC cable systems Strong background in large-scale infrastructure contract management, ideally on £100m+ projects Solid experience using FIDIC contracts (Silver Book strongly preferred) Demonstrated capability in commercial negotiation, contract execution and risk management Experience working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, including joint ventures or partnerships Background from either client-side or supplier-side roles within utilities, energy, or major infrastructure deliveryDesirable: Experience working within regulated energy or transmission environments Exposure to dispute resolution within a contract management context NEC contract experience alongside FIDIC Experience working with DNOs, TSOs or HVDC OEMs Please note: Due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, unfortunately, your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, we may retain your details for any future suitable vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you. We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention

Workforce Planner Location: Warwick / Wokingham / Glasgow (Hybrid, 1 day in the office per week) Contract Length: 3 Months Are you ready to make a significant impact in the utilities sector? We are seeking a passionate and skilled Workforce Planner to be an integral part of a transformative reform programme! This role is perfect for someone who thrives on data-driven decision-making and is eager to help shape the future of our organization. Why This Role Matters: As a Workforce Planner, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring that we have the right people, in the right roles, at the right time. You will lead the way in forecasting and analyzing workforce demand, FTE requirements, and resource constraints across critical pathways. Your work will ensure realistic delivery planning and effective risk identification, all while collaborating with dynamic teams! Key Responsibilities: Develop short, medium, and long-term FTE forecasts based on programme scope, operational SLAs, and workload volumes. Conduct in-depth workforce analysis following recognized models (e.g., OPM Workforce Planning stages). Build scenario models that consider delivery risks and operational performance. Maintain a comprehensive workforce plan covering all resource types-permanent, contractor, partner, and matrixed. Support prioritization of critical resources and identify bottlenecks affecting milestone achievement. Collaborate with Delivery Leads to ensure alignment with programme strategy and budget. Monitor workload distribution, utilization, and performance metrics (e.g., SLA adherence). Provide insightful weekly/monthly workforce dashboards with clear recommendations. Track variances to plan, highlighting root causes and proposing mitigations. Work closely with the Programme PMO and functional leads to unify workforce data.About You: We're searching for someone with a blend of knowledge, experience, and technical know-how to help us forge ahead. If you possess the following, we want to hear from you! Knowledge & Experience: Proven experience in workforce planning, resource modelling, operational forecasting, or programme planning. Strong analytical skills with a knack for interpreting complex datasets and workload drivers. Experience in large, multi-discipline programmes or operational environments with complex stakeholder landscapes. Familiarity with workforce planning methodologies (forecasting models, skills gap analysis, demand modelling). Proficiency in workforce management, analytics, or planning tools (Excel, PowerBI).Technical Skills: Expertise in spreadsheet modelling, resource modelling, scenario planning, and demand/supply reconciliation. Ability to analyze performance data, SLAs, KPIs, backlog profiles, and throughput metrics. Understanding of labour market factors, capacity modelling, and operational delivery frameworks.Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communicator who can simplify complex analyses for non-technical audiences. Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills. Able to challenge constructively and influence with evidence-based insights.Why Join Us? We're on an exciting journey of transformation, and we need visionary minds like yours to help lead the way! You'll have the opportunity to make a real difference and help build a sustainable operating model for reform. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and contribute to our mission, we can't wait to hear from you! Apply now and help us shape the future of our workforce planning! Apply Now! We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you

Job Advert: PMO Planner - Electrical Transmission (Contract) Location: Warwick (2 days onsite per week, remainder remote) Contract Length: 6 months Sector: Electrical Transmission / UK Energy Infrastructure Start: ASAP About the Role We're seeking an experienced PMO Planner to support a portfolio of eight concurrent projects within a leading UK electricity transmission organisation. You'll play a key role in developing schedule foundations, maintaining high‑quality Microsoft Project plans, managing cross‑project dependencies, and supporting Project Managers to ensure alignment with planning standards and governance. This is an opportunity to contribute to critical national infrastructure and help drive consistent, insight‑led planning across a busy engineering programme. What You'll Do Build complete Microsoft Project schedules from the ground up (WBS, logic, calendars, baselines). Maintain and update eight live project plans, creating consistent views, filters, and reporting layouts. Manage and track project dependencies across engineering, procurement, construction, outages, and commissioning. Support Project Managers Day‑to‑day, ensuring plans remain accurate, governed, and aligned to PMO planning standards. Analyse critical paths, identify slippage and risks, and support mitigation and recovery planning. Extract data from MS Project and develop clear, insightful reports and dashboards in Excel or Power BI. Provide portfolio‑level insight on milestones, schedule health, progress trends, and cross‑project impacts. Ensure full adherence to planning frameworks, quality guidelines, and PMO governance processes. What We're Looking For Strong experience as a Planner / PMO Planner / Project Controls professional. Advanced Microsoft Project user capable of building logic‑driven schedules from scratch. Skilled in dependency management, critical path analysis, and scenario ('what‑if') planning. Comfortable working closely with Project Managers, coaching and supporting them on planning discipline. Confident extracting, analysing, and presenting schedule data using Excel or Power BI. Detail‑oriented, organised, and proactive in identifying risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities. Nice to Have Experience in electrical transmission, utilities, energy, or other regulated infrastructure programmes. Understanding of outage planning, commissioning, and engineering lifecycle stages. Familiarity with Project Online, Project for the Web, or SharePoint. APM/PRINCE2/PMO certifications. Working Pattern Hybrid: 2 days per week onsite in Warwick, remainder remote. Occasional travel to engineering sites or project offices. Interested? If you're passionate about high‑quality planning, logical scheduling, and supporting delivery teams in a fast‑paced engineering environment, we'd love to hear from you. We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and passion into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an all-encompassing environment that helps them thrive. Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunity's employer. Please email me

Commercial Manager Our Business Support teams deliver the vital services to ensure the continued success of our business divisions. These services include HR, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Legal and Commercial, Estates and Facilities, Core Technology, Corporate Security, IT, and Fleet. Every person in every team is contributing the lasting impact our Team makes. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7. Reporting into the Commercial Lead, the Commercial Manager will work closely with the Legal and Commercial team(s), as well as the wider telent Project team to help provide commercial support and expertise to help ensure telent is exercising its obligations fully in line with the contractual requirements across our Asset Management function. This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be in our Warwick HQ 1 day per week. What you'll do: Provide a contractual support and guidance to the business regarding terms and conditions and contractual obligations including regulatory requirements. Working collaboratively to review bids and contracts, to discuss and advise on the appropriate commercial structure of the deal/issue and to negotiate and draft contracts and correspondence with customers. You will also be the commercial representative on cost reviews and deal reviews and clearly present and summarise the commercial position to the reviewers; Implement commercial strategy for proposals / tenders that maximise the commercial position whilst delivering tenders in accordance with competition rules, company processes and policies. Ensure company policies, processes and procedures are followed, consistently across the business and consistently across the business including reviewing for improvements. Prepare, review and approve in line with company delegations proposed contract proposed contractual agreements and change requests / notices. Identify and implement complex sub-contract arrangements that mitigate commercial risk through the application of appropriate flow down terms and bespoke contracting methods. Provide training to Telent's Commercial Officers around the Order Acceptance process and assist with the Order Acceptance mailbox during peak times or to cover absence.Who you are: You are a commercially driven professional with proven experience managing contracts, costs, and commercial risk in complex project environments, ideally within the Telecoms / Utilities / Transport or Civil Engineering industries. Key Requirements: Proven experience in a commercial management role within a relevant industry Strong knowledge of contract management, ideally including NEC and/or other standard form contracts Experience managing commercial risk, cost control, forecasting, and margin improvement Strong negotiation skills with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders Commercial awareness with the ability to identify opportunities for value creation and cost efficiency Excellent analytical and financial acumen, including reporting and data-driven decision making Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines High level of integrity, accountability, and attention to detailWhat we offer: A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work. The additional benefits with this role: Car Allowance 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually Company pension scheme A range of family friendly policies Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme. Learn more about Telent

Environment & Sustainability Advisor Warwick (and other Telent offices as needed) - Agile Working Full time, Permanent Job reference: 2160 Telent is currently seeking an Environment and Sustainability Advisor to join our team. This is a specialist advisory role, helping our Rail and Asset Management divisions reduce carbon emissions, meet legal and ISO14001 requirements, and exceed our customers' sustainability expectations. The ideal candidate will have experience in rail and/or rail asset management, along with a valid PTS (Personal Track Safety) certification, however, experience in construction, telecoms and utilities or other similar industries would also be welcomed. This position follows an Agile working model, with a requirement to attend a Telent office (Warwick and other Telent offices as needed) at least one day per month. The role also involves working from home and occasional travel to client sites across the UK, so a full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel is essential. Are you passionate about driving meaningful environmental change? At telent, we're committed to sustainability - not just as a goal, but as a responsibility. The Environmental & Sustainability Consultant, will be at the forefront of turning strategy into action. This is a dynamic, UK-wide role with the flexibility of agile working, offering variety, challenge, and the chance to shape real environmental outcomes on critical infrastructure projects. What you'll do: Act as a trusted advisor, providing expert sustainability and environmental guidance to EHS teams and project leaders. Lead environmental risk management and assurance activities, including risk-based audits, inspections, and corrective actions. Drive carbon performance improvement by supporting data collection, analysis, and reporting to meet contract and customer requirements. Safeguard the business by reviewing and managing key environmental risks, including climate change impacts and regulatory compliance. Collaborate with bid, design, and operational teams to embed sustainable practices throughout the project lifecycle, including bid and mobilisation stages. Develop and implement sustainability, carbon reduction, and environmental management plans aligned with ISO 14001 and customer requirements. Provide day-to-day environmental and sustainability advice to project managers, engineers, and site teams across the UK. Support environmental governance activities, including tender submissions, client engagement, permits, incidents, and regulatory interactions where required.Who you are: You're an experienced Environmental or Sustainability professional who thrives in a fast-paced, technical environment, ideally within Rail, Telecoms, Utilities, or Construction or similar industry. You're confident working across teams, influencing at all levels, and passionate about creating sustainable solutions that make a difference. Key Requirements: Professional qualification (minimum PIEMA qualified) A degree holder in Environmental or Suitability or Geographical studies or a relevant equivalent Auditor certified or have proven experience Proven experience advising on sustainability and environmental best practices in operational settings Strong track record in delivering measurable carbon and environmental impact reductions across the product or infrastructure lifecycle Skilled in managing complex technical and change management projects Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the UK as neededWhat we offer: A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work. The additional benefits with this role: Company Vehicle 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell five days each year Company pension scheme Access to the flexible benefits portal A range of family friendly policies Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme Telent Core Values: Be Inclusive Take Responsibility Collaborate Be Customer-focused#LI-Hybrid #TJ-Hybrid