AddressReq ID: 443599
Location: Based temporarily at Wolverhampton ( WV10 6JQ) until our Soho Birmingham depot (B66 2NJ) becomes operational, approx. April 2024
Appointment Basis: Permanent. Monday – Friday, days, 37 hours per week, with a flexible working option of 2 days per week (max) working from home.
Apply by: 19th February
Salary: Circa £62,000 with a performance related bonus and excellent benefits.
At 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, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Employing 6,000 people within the UK & Ireland, we are the prominent supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas.
Alstom is at the forefront of technological innovation and it is a global leader in both rolling stock and signalling, so working at Alstom means becoming part of a great family of the best professionals in this industry. Enhance your career and join us on our journey as our Maintenance Engineering Lead Engineer and make your mark with a globally renowned organisation in the rail sector.
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your engineering and management expertise in a modern cutting-edge field. You will report to the Engineering Portfolio Manager, with regular progress updates to the project General Manager and will work alongside highly motivated and experienced teammates.
The Class 730 fleet of 3 and 5 cars are brand new trains which entered into service in late 2023. Your role will be to lead a team of four Engineers to provide direct support to the maintenance teams, as well as working on methods to improve any issues identified during service running and lead workstreams to ensure the fleet is as reliable as possible. The 3 car fleet will be maintained from Soho dept, where you and the team will be based, the 5 car fleet will be maintained from Bletchley depot, where some direct support from the team may be required at times.
This is an excellent time to join the project and take over the leadership of the Engineering team. The 3 car fleet is not yet fully in service and will come operational in the West Midlands area during the summer of 2024. The 5 car fleet will commence running on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) during 2024 between Euston and Liverpool.
Soho depot has recently had improvement works to facilitate the maintenance of the new fleet, and Bletchley depot is being reworked and extended to accommodate the 5 car fleet. The team is in place, the operation is running, we now need a new leader to join us and take the team forward as service ramps up to 80 trains in service each day by the end of 2024.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring the team lead investigations into any potential product safety issues identified in service.
- Ensuring the team lead on driving reliability to the highest achievable levels by identifying failure modes and developing solutions.
- Ensuring the team provide direct support to maintenance teams, driving improvements in manuals and process to ensure work is completed correctly in the most efficient manner.
- Manging the workload of your team, and the delivery of workstreams to the project.
All about you
We 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 or Higher Certificate in engineering/technical discipline
- Chartered status or actively working toward chartered status (advantageous)
- Strong engineering/technical knowledge of traction and rolling stock systems and maintenance policies/practices
- Experience in fleet maintenance or asset management environment
- Experience in delivering rail vehicle engineering change, including risk assessments and approvals
- Knowledge of rail industry legislation and safety case obligations
On a more personal level, you will also need to have:
- Strong organisational, resource management and team development skills
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills
Things you’ll enjoy
Join 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 routines
- Work with industry leading brand-new electric rolling stock which is set to revolutionise travel on Birmingham’s Cross-City line.
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Utilise our flexible working environments
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Progress towards the portfolio Engineering manager responsible for managing multiple lead Engineers, who in turn each manage a separate fleet of trains
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
What we offer
We offer a highly competitive remuneration package, including a performance related bonus, 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday. Contributed healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive, and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?
We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief. As a 'Disability Confident' 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.
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