Fleet Maintenance Lead Engineer

Job title:

Fleet Maintenance Lead Engineer

Company

Alstom

Job description

Req ID: 471614Fleet Maintenance Lead EngineerLocation: PlymouthAppointment Basis: PermanentSalary: c.£63k + Benefits (Dependent on Experience)Closing Date: 5th February 2025At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.Your future roleThe role comprises leading and co-ordinating a team of Fleet Maintenance Engineers at Laira Train Maintenance Depot in Plymouth, providing technical support to our Train Operator and Maintainer customer (Great Western Railway) to deliver a safe, reliable, and cost-efficient fleet of Class 175 rail vehicles. The role is approximately split 50:50 between engineering and team leadership activities and if successful you will report directly into Alstom’s Fleet Maintenance Engineering Manager for UK diesel fleets.We’ll look to you for:

• As an integral part of the Project Core Team, understand the required deliverables for the Fleet Maintenance Engineering team to support the Project’s business objectives.
• Use effective project planning and governance structure to organise and co-ordinate the team to deliver its key business objectives on a day-to-day basis, feeding into core team governance activities as required.
• Primary interface with the customer for project level engineering activities and governance, including supporting periodic technical review meetings.
• Act as a technical authority for the team to review/approve change and a point for escalation for the team to resolve roadblocks/conflict with (internal and external) customers and suppliers.
• Lead the development and delivery of engineering change to improve fleet/system reliability performance, reduce cost of maintenance & deliver customer variation solutions.
• Support the identification and implementation of safe, cost effective, containments and countermeasures to identified product safety issues.
• Lead the planning and delivery readiness (inc. BoM’s, work instructions & configuration) for light and heavy maintenance activities, as defined by the Vehicle Maintenance Schedule.
• Ensure that the specified fleet maintenance regime is certificated, adhered to, and complies with all relevant legislation, and associated limitations are effectively managed.
• Support depot Operations teams in resolving arising fleet issues – this includes the requirement to undertake out of hours duties if required.

All about youWe value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Ideally educated to Degree level in an engineering/technical discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status or actively working towards it.
• Significant experience in a similar role.
• Strong organisational, resource management and team development skills.
• Strong engineering/technical knowledge of traction and rolling stock systems and maintenance policies/practices.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Experience in problem solving techniques.
• Experience in fleet maintenance or asset management environment.
• Experience in delivering rail vehicle engineering change, including risk assessments and approvals.
• Experience of Product Introduction.
• Experience of Depot Operations.
• Computer literate (MS Office, Teams, Project, Maximo, SAP etc).
• Knowledge of rail industry legislation, standards and safety case obligations.

Things you’ll enjoyJoin us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routinesCollaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleaguesContribute to innovative projectsSteer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countriesBenefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learningBenefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)Equal opportunity statement:Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.As a “disability confident leader accredited employer”, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.#LI-RM2

Expected salary

£63000 per year

Location

Plymouth

Job date

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:16:12 GMT

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