John Crane is actively recruiting a Service Operations Manager who will join the team based in Australia . Reporting to the Regional Service Operations Manager, he/she will manage the day-to-day operations in both workshops and onsite , ensuring compliance to legislative and Company procedures as well as relative HS&E directives and Quality standards. He/she shall lead the Service Centres team toward achievement of business objectives in line with divisional business plan. Maximise customer service levels through efficient deployment of process and procedure, driving continuous improvement with and through the team. An effective Leader by example with total focus on the highest level of customer service provision. To effectively communicate across all departments within the business to ensure timely closeout of issues impacting the service process and our customers. To effectively communicate and support the Sales team providing regular and consistent feedback relating to customer requirements within the service process.

• Safety/Quality: To ensure that service activities/environment meets group standards relating to HSE/Quality at all times.
• Service order processing: plan, execute and monitor the workshop activities. Through effective use of business system tools and good communication across the team, ensure that the workshop loading is balanced and that costs/KPI are monitored and objectives are being met in line with demand.
• People development. Review the performance of the team, support personal skills growth with adequate training and development plans. Coach and mentor less experienced engineers, check quality of their work and help them diagnose and solve problems.
• Provide strong technical and service support to all customers, collaborate with Area Managers in achieving Sales target objectives. Attend site for seal installations and or troubleshooting, producing comprehensive failure reports with analysis and recommendations.
• Performance Plus: support Reliability Team on Global Service contracts execution, monitoring delivery performances and other contractual KPI, assure adequate stock levels are held in the Service centre to meet SLA.
• Support EU sales Managers for development and growth of our service portfolio, by implementing business strategies as well as supporting new business development
• Continuous Improvement: To be an active change agent driving improvement in process and procedure. Support organizational and operational changes in line with company guidelines, implement best practices and new standards.
• To ensure that group and divisional communication is cascaded to the team, monthly team meeting covering HSE/Quality and business performance such that staff are fully aware of any issues/directives at all times.

This is an apprenticeship position within Smiths Detection’s field service team, primarily responsible for traveling to customer sites, 
which are often high-security environments, to maintain and repair Smiths Detection’s X-ray and trace detection equipment using 
hand and power tools. This position requires the development of customer-interaction and team-working skills. It is anticipated that 
apprentices will develop the ability to work semi-autonomously, and outside of day-time business hours from time to time, during 
their second year of experience.

Responsibilities-

• Attending weekly TAFE course trainings and completing associated educational tasks and activities
• Travelling to customer sites across metropolitan and regional/remote areas, at times requiring long-distance driving, air travel, and hotel accommodation for several days per trip
• Assisting with troubleshooting, servicing and repairing X-ray and trace detection equipment at customer sites and within Smiths Detection’s service centres
• Assisting with completing preventative maintenance tasks according to service contracts and schedules
• Assisting with responding to equipment faults and other corrective maintenance requirements according to service contracts and key performance indicators
• Assisting with testing components and circuitry of X-ray equipment using a multimeter, computer/laptop and the inbuilt equipment-software
• Assisting with diagnosing the root cause of mechanical, electrical and electronics related equipment faults (involving 24 volts or less)
• Assisting with replacing belts, rollers, motors and other mechanical components within X-ray equipment
• Assisting with replacing and manoeuvring X-ray sources (ie. generators) and other heavy parts using lifting aids
• Assisting with inspecting, vacuuming, cleaning, de-greasing, repairing and replacing internal parts
• Assisting with installing new equipment at customer sites, alongside Smiths Detection’s programs and installations teams and various subcontractors and customer-stakeholders
• Completing field service related documentation and reports
• Completing technical, safety, compliance and other job related trainings, online and in-person
• Maintaining a clean/tidy work station and work environment
• Consuming spare parts from the warehouse/storage area and promptly updating the associated records in the IT 
  software tracking system
• Joining regular internal team meetings and safety briefings
• Assisting with ensuring that tools and testing equipment is maintained and calibrated
• Acting as the designated on-call person according to the relevant regional on-call roster, to provide remote and in-person technical support to customers, during second-year – or sooner if competent to do so – and thereafter
• Other duties as required

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