Salary: £50,544 - £59,464 (dependent on experience)
Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Location Description: Homebased role
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Closing Date: 10-05-2026
Reference: 21261
About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.
As part of the Regional Leadership Team (RLT), you will provide leadership, guidance, and direction to ensure Lifesaving Operations delivers its core service in a safe, efficient, and effective manner. You will be a role model of RNLI leadership to all staff and volunteers in the region. You will be responsible for leading teams that deliver technical and engineering support.
Some of the benefits
- Salary of £50,544 - £59,464 (dependent on experience)
- 26 days’ annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life Insurance
About the role
Demonstrate the highest levels of collaborative working and collective responsibility by being an active member of the Regional Leadership Team and its planning function, providing cover for other leadership roles as required.
Ensuring compliance with internal and external standards, policies, and procedures by working collaboratively to identify and manage risk to safety, health, and the environment.
Ensure delivery to budget and managing capacity within the regional team by managing people and resources to ensure the delivery of the regional plan.
Ensure effective implementation and assurance of engineering Design Authority across the region in accordance with the Engineering and Supply delegated Design Authority.
Ensure technical support is delivered to achieve safe, effective, and efficient support to the front line in accordance with the Quality Management System (QMS) by leading the Regional Technical Cell (RTC). Encourage collaboration across regions to enhance regional self-sufficiency.
Ensure alignment of regional assets through life planning with the central Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) through co-ordination with central planning functions. Supporting the development of a regional strategy and plan in collaboration with the RLT.
Responsible for business planning (including relevant resources and finance) within the region and agreeing regional support requirements with relevant teams across the RNLI.
Capture and monitor the region’s performance against agreed plans, policies, and standards, providing associated reports, analysis and insight to the RLT and wider organisation on a regular basis.
Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes within the region, including assessing customer satisfaction levels. Working across regions and with other departments to improve organisational processes and practices.
Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the region to management or other teams where required, retaining ownership of issues where appropriate to ensure a timely and satisfactory response to the originator.
Desirables required:
An engineering degree qualification equivalent to the England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland qualification Level 6.
Relevant H&S qualification – IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent and relevant audit qualification.
Experience required:
Considerable engineering and asset management experience, ideally in a marine environment. The ability to lead teams, their associated budgets and project delivery.
About you
An effective, self-motivated team player with a strong and broad engineering and supply background, with good communication and influencing skills to bring people together behind a single plan. Enjoys working on diverse projects with a mix of challenges and is able to communicate at all levels. Is happy with travel, occasional nights away and supporting an on-call / duty rota.
In other organisations, this role may also be known as regional head of engineering.
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Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out, dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One
Salary description
£50544.00 - £59464.00 per year