- Team Leadership: Manage a UK-based team of Offshore Field Engineers and Customer Support staff. Define clear responsibilities, provide feedback, and ensure high performance and development across the team.
- Global Resource Coordination: Work with regional offices to plan and deploy engineering resources to support customer operations 24/7/365.
- Process & Policy Management: Maintain and develop policies related to customer support workflows—including technical support, escalation procedures, CRM data accuracy (Salesforce), field reports, and training coordination.
- Health & Safety: Implement and manage safety policies, conduct risk assessments, and ensure team wellbeing through compliance and continuous training.
- Performance Monitoring: Track key support metrics including response times, open case volumes, training feedback, and cost-efficiency per job/engineer.
- Customer Satisfaction: Lead initiatives to measure, assess, and improve customer satisfaction levels globally.
- Budget Management: Oversee and report on the departmental budget (circa £1m+), aligning with operational and financial targets.
- Internal Collaboration: Liaise with cross-functional teams and international offices to ensure smooth customer support operations and alignment with wider business goals.
- Direct Customer Interaction: Support resolution of escalated issues, second/third-line diagnostics, and clarification of service strategies.
- Prior experience managing customer support teams in a technical or offshore engineering environment
- Engineering background (mechanical, electrical, hydrographic, or related discipline)
- Strong leadership skills with proven success managing teams supporting global operations
- Confident communicator, capable of engaging with both technical teams and external clients
- Experience resolving customer issues, deploying resources, and using CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce)
- Offshore oil & gas industry experience
- Knowledge of customer satisfaction measurement tools and processes
- Familiarity with complex, multi-product technical systems
- Occasional international travel required (less than 10%)
- Offshore training required (for understanding field team operations)
- Office-based with some hybrid flexibility depending on business needs