Area Technical Manager - Area , Silloth - Formby

Area Technical Manager - Area 1, Silloth - Formby

Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Additional Information: Vehicle will be for business use only

Location

Description:

Must live within the Northwest of England, Lancashire / Cumbria

Closing Date: 22-03-2026

Reference: 21227

Our purpose is simple: to save lives  hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. The Regional Technical team will support the RNLI by working collaboratively across Lifesaving Operations and Engineering & Supply to ensure the effective maintenance of RNLI assets and equipment. A particularly important relationship in this role will be with the corresponding Area Operations Manager.

As an Area Technical Manager, you will manage a team of Technicians responsible for the availability, serviceability, and compliance of all RNLI assets and equipment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the safe, efficient, and effective delivery of preventative and corrective maintenance in accordance with RNLI policies, standards, and external legislation
• Ensure the safe operation of RNLI assets and equipment by working collaboratively with Lifesaving Operations colleagues
• Recruit and line manage a team of specialist technicians and carry out managerial assurance checks to ensure all regional technical team activities are completed in accordance with RNLI policies and procedures
• Support technical colleagues with their continuing professional development through the management of the training and development requirements of the team, ensuring the appropriate licences and certifications are held by the team to undertake RNLI operational activities
• Develop key face-to-face relationships to foster operational engineering ‘ways of working’ with internal and external stakeholders

You’ll be an effective team manager with a pragmatic approach to problem solving and a calm approach to a busy workload. Able to communicate at all levels, you’ll also be willing to travel as part of the role, spend evenings away from home and go afloat with our Lifesaving Operations teams.

To be an Area Technical Manager, you will need:

• A HNC/D or Republic of Ireland (ROI) NFQ Level 6 in Engineering, or equivalent
• A Level 5 Certificate in Team Leading or equivalent experience
• Considerable proven experience of technical systems and experience implementing, delivering, and maintaining technical assurance and compliance
• Considerable proven experience of strategic implementation and support
• Demonstrable experience in driving continuous improvement

So, if you consider yourself to be an experienced engineering manager, with a passion to ensure our fleet of boats and equipment is always maintained to a high standard, please apply via the button shown below.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

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).

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.