Plant and Facilities Manager

Who are we?

GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel – relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

About the job?

This is a leadership role within Exeter Depot engineering management team. You will report to the Depot Engineering Manager daily and be accountable for the Plant team and Infrastructure performance.

The Plant and Facilities Manager will have oversight of plant management at Exeter Depot, this includes the sidings, the original maintenance sheds and the new depot and office facilities which are operational 365 days a year.

You will be responsible for ensuring all Plant and Facilities remain operational and compliant to statuory health and safety requirements. You will also be the depot Environmental Appointed Person.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Leading the plant team to ensure the availability, reliability and statutory compliance of Exeter Depot Plant and Infrastructure.
• Driving Continuous improvement in your areas of responsibility.
• Ensuring robust maintenance plans are in place.
• Setting and achieving the highest standards
• Day to Day Management of Contractors and Staff
• Driving Down Energy and Water Use.
• Reducing waste and increasing recycling.

You'll need to be:

• A proven leader while being a strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Technically astute
• Capable of multi-tasking
• Safety focused all the time.
• Able to coach colleagues and challenge poor behaviour when necessary.
• Experienced with Asset management and Building Management Systems
• Able to communicate both internally and externally at all levels.

As a minimum, you will need to have:

• A Safety qualification
• Good IT skills.
• Demonstrable experience of leading a team ideally within a Plant and Facilities environment.
• A minimum of NVQ 3 in an engineering discipline.
• An understanding of the internal customer's needs and requirements.
• The courage and confidence to make difficult decisions when required.
• Budgetary awareness
• Proven demonstrable experience of managing suppliers' relationships and performance.

About the location?

You will be based at Exeter TMD Depot

Additional Information?

This role has an on-call commitment.

The Reward?

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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