Sunbelt Rentals UK & Ireland
Regional Engineering Manager
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Regional Engineering Manager
Regional Engineering Manager
About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Engineering Manager to join the Sunbelt Rentals team. Supporting our team of Service Engineers, Service Centre and Workshop Managers, you'll drive a continuous improvement program based around safety, people, quality, productivity, and equipment availability.
Additionally, you'll be responsible for a team of field-based Engineers throughout the UK, including organising and allocating daily work schedules.
As Regional Engineering Manager, you'll report into the Rental Solutions Regional Director and your responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring the highest levels of quality and availability of products, while maintaining optimum stock levels
- Prioritising and managing a repair program (focusing on high-earning/UTE% items), ensuring all assets are fully compliant with Health & Safety regulations and maintained according to relevant service schedules
- Managing quality improvement initiatives while supporting the development of a Centres of Excellence model
- Driving technical skills development and an apprenticeship programme
- Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety/Quality Assurance regulations, including completion of statutory training
- Carrying out investigations into major asset failures, identifying trends, and conducting root cause analysis with relevant stakeholders
- Overseeing field service planning for your team of field engineers across the region
- Responding to breakdowns, appointing engineers, and selecting the most cost-effective solution while meeting customers' Service Level Agreements (SLA)
- Appointing third parties when necessary to cover breakdowns and raising order numbers upon completion
- Managing the call logging control system for breakdowns and service, including maintenance of Out of Hours call-out roaster
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What We Offer
You’ll be joining a highly successful company—the UK’s largest equipment rental provider. We provide an industry-leading flexible rewards package, including:
- Generous holiday allowance (with opportunities to buy and sell annual leave)
- Life assurance
- Retail discount scheme
- Employee recognition awards
- A great Company pension scheme
About You
When you join the team, we’ll provide everything you need and ensure you’re equipped for success. We’ll discuss your training and personal development needs, your goals for career growth, and how we can support your future aspirations.
To succeed as a Regional Engineering Manager, you’ll bring the following skills and behaviours:
- Exceptional leadership experience, demonstration of team development and people management
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, with proven ability to delegate effectively and inspire confidence and empowerment in teams
- Proven operational management experience of a large team across multiple sites
- Excellent planning and organising skills, having proven ability to prioritise workload efficiently and work under pressure to strict deadlines
- Commercial acumen and financial awareness—knowledge of financial data, Profit & Loss (P&L), cost control, and budgeting
- Ability to source and analyse data, presenting results and recommendations
- Valuable past or current experience gained through IOSH certification
- Full driving licence is mandatory:
- Must be able to travel within and beyond your assigned region
- Flexibility to adapt and unforeseen challenges with rapidly changing priorities
- Aptitude for understanding and resolving complex business problems
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About Us
Sunbelt Rentals is the UK’s largest equipment rental provider—also offering solutions in Ireland, the US, Canada, and specialist operations in Europe. We deliver a range of rentals, specialised for sectors including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government, and events.
Our teams make what seems like impossible truly achievable—turning "What if?" into "What is".
Our people—and their success—form the core of our values and are our greatest asset. We rely on you to deliver exceptional customer service, and in return, we commit to nurturing your growth, health, and wellbeing.
Our focus includes equality of opportunity, fostering a diverse and inclusive culture rooted in fairness and respect.
We prioritise your health, safety, and wellbeing through initiatives such as:
- Mental health awareness campaigning
- A first-aider program
- Access to a 24/7 employee assistance helpline
- Counselling services
- Financial wellbeing support
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