Duty Shift Manager

The position is based in Edinburgh Craigentinny.

Your main responsibilities will be control of maintenance teams overseeing, fault finding and repair of Hitachi rolling stock assets and team development, continuous improvement into productivity and efficiency.

Specifically, you will be responsible for the following deliverables;

Maintain the condition of the work site, materials and equipment.
Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices in the workplace.
Responsible on a shift basis to ensure that the team delivers the contractual requirements for availability of train to the correct standard to meet the diagrammed requirements of the TOC
To ensure all contractual KPI’s are complete for each train before entering service.
To ensure that all records are completed and entered into the maintenance management system.
Obtain and use engineering schedules, procedures and specifications for traction and rolling stock activities.
Support good quality, health, safety and environmental practices in the workplace.
Organise resources and prioritise routines to undertake planned traction and rolling stock engineering activities.
Organise resources and prioritise routines to undertake unplanned traction and rolling stock engineering activities.
Responsible for the safe movement of rolling stock
Responsible for the recruitment of the maintenance team members
Responsible for the continued development of the maintenance teams
Control costs through planning of resources
Identify and deal with hazards in the railway environment.
Carry out in process and post maintenance checks in accordance with the SSHEQ manager to drive continued improvement in maintenance activities.
Diagnose faults in traction and rolling stock assets and pass to the technical team.
Gather and execute the maintenance plan from the central planning resource / Production Manager
Development of improvements in maintenance processes
Deal with disciplinary issues within the maintenance teams
Carryout assessments in line with the depot competence management system as required.
Accept and confirm responsibility for the control of traction and rolling stock assets.
Develop professionally and support good working relationships.
Learn new skills in accordance with Hitachi’s new business demands as required.

Essential:

Team management and development

Qualifications:

M & E ONC or served apprenticeship with mechanical, electrical disciplines

Behavioural:

Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulations (internal and external)
Good written and verbal communication skills
Good team worker

Desirable:

Stock-Specific maintenance and faulting
Manual Handling
Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Equinox
Powered plant and tools – air / 110v
Depot Protection
Working at Height
AC/DC Depot isolation

What we offer:

We value the importance of all of our employees, if you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to;

Competitive salary
Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis.
25 days holiday
Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
Private medical insurance
Personal Accident insurance
Group Income protection
Group Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programme
We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment – we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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