Fleet Maintenance Planner (Chester)
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- Positive Work Environment: You will work in a positive environment, based on mutual respect and team spirit.
- Professional Development: Our projects are often measured in years, sometimes decades, giving you and the organization a future.
- Learning and Autonomy: We will encourage you to work autonomously, being able to propose and decide ‘what’ and ‘how’.
- Security and Reliability: We have been working for over 100 years on a path that stretches into the future, giving you the security you need.
- Cutting-edge technology: You will work with the latest technologies, facing the challenge of devising innovative approaches and solutions every day.
What will be your role in the company?
- This person will be responsible for ensuring that maintenance activities are planned and conducted within the parameters defined in the maintenance plan, and that they do not exceed the maximum limits of hours or mileage set for maintenance.
- Daily face to face contact with the Production Manager at the Chester production office, at the start and end of each day, to support the operational plans for the following day or for the week.
- Weekly meeting at the Chester depot with the Modifications and Overhauls team, to align project requirements with depot capacity.
- Lead weekly sessions, on the first and last day of the week, to review the activity programme planning with the senior project team.
- Manage the fleet maintenance strategy in line with the approved vehicle maintenance plan to achieve the required fleet availability.
- Liaise with Engineering & Production departments, clients, and other key stakeholders to deliver the vehicles for passenger service in line with the agreed plan.
- In coordination with the Senior Production Manager, assist in the daily review to ensure vehicle availability, identifying and proposing mitigations and solutions in the planning.
- Develop and implement strategies to reduce maintenance costs.
- Implement and enforce maintenance policies and procedures.
- Manage scheduling for routine and unplanned maintenance activities.
- React to train failures and infrastructure-related issues in conjunction with the Operator to minimize the impact on the production plan.
- Work closely with the client’s Planning Team to ensure any timetable changes have a minimal impact on depot operations.
- Develop a thorough understanding of contractual clauses related to fleet planning, and those that may imply Liquidated Damages related to Operations, to minimize risks and ensure full compliance.
What salary will you be paid for this role?
What will make you successful in this position?
- Level 6 Engineering Degree or higher. Candidates with lower qualifications may also be considered relevant experience.
- Knowledge of Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental standards and systems.
- Knowledge of railway transport operations and maintenance.
- Thorough understanding of and ability in the use of IT tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, especially Excel, CMMS, Microsoft Forms, Power Automate, etc.)
- Previous relevant experience in a similar role within the transport industry.
- Knowledge of train care depot procedures and rail operations.
- Experience in fleet management, including maintenance planning, scheduling, and optimization.
- Experience in leading and managing teams within a transport or rail operations environment.
- Proven ability to liaise with key stakeholders, including engineering teams, clients, and regulatory bodies.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements and safety standards within the rail industry.
ABOUT WHAT WE OFFER
Creating a culture of inclusivity and belonging is really important to us and we’re proud to offer our people a range of benefits to support wellbeing including 25 days annual leave, an excellent workplace pension scheme (with up to 10% contribution from us), not forgetting to mention our generous health care cash plan and Bike2Work scheme just to name a few!
Looking for career development? Our Professional Sponsorship scheme will help you to achieve your goals while our Flexible Working policy and Family Friendly culture mean everyone is supported to thrive with Us.
As a socially responsible business, we offer paid volunteering days and promote a variety of social value initiatives, including tree-planting, company-wide donation drives, and providing support to the homeless community and refugees. We’re creating waves of positive change through delivering meaningful social value impact on and off the tracks!
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