Maintenance & Availability Team Leader

Join us at Our Temple Mills Depot – Be a Leader in High-Speed Rail!

We connect people and cultures with sustainable, high-speed rail travel. You’ll be part of an expert, forward-thinking engineering team, in a dynamic environment where safety, innovation, and excellence come first. We offer training, support, and clear development paths for our people.

Are you ready to take your leadership skills to the next level and be part of a world-class engineering team? We have an exciting opportunity to join us at our Temple Mills International (TMI) Depot as a Maintenance & Availability Team Leader.

This is a permanent position based at our state-of-the-art Engineering Centre in London, where you’ll play a key role in ensuring our iconic fleet stays on track.

As a Maintenance & Availability Team Leader, you’ll lead a team of Maintainer Engineers and take charge of delivering essential maintenance activities to ensure our services run smoothly, safely, and on time. You’ll oversee daily operations, ensure safety compliance, and support team development—all while helping to drive continuous improvement across the depot.

This is a permanent role based at our TMI Engineering Centre.

Internal information only: This is a RFJ Grade role based at Temple Mills International Depot, London.

We are looking for someone to…

• • Lead and support a team of engineers to deliver scheduled maintenance in line with industry and company standards.
  • Ensure safety, quality, and performance targets are consistently met.
  • Collaborate with other departments to maintain a seamless, efficient operation.
  • Monitor workloads and plan resources effectively to meet operational goals.
  • Support the personal development and training of your team, with a strong focus on succession planning.
  • Promote best practices including 5S and Lean maintenance philosophies.
  • Take responsibility for safety compliance, competence assurance, and quality control.
  • Drive team engagement and create a collaborative, solutions-focused working environment.

Requirements

You’ll need to have…

Essential

• • Proven experience managing a medium-sized technical or engineering team.
  • Background in engineering maintenance, within the rail industry.
  • Strong knowledge of Health & Safety regulations.
  • A proactive, improvement-focused mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across departments.

Desirable

• • Experience working with our processes or within a rail maintenance environment.
  • Strong interpersonal and IT skills.
  • Understanding of HR processes including recruitment and performance management.

Benefits

We’re constantly working to create a bright future for our company and our colleagues. That’s why we offer a wide range of brilliant benefits including

• Travel benefits that can be used for both work and play including 75% off underground network from Day 1
• Competitive defined benefit pension scheme
• Free Eurostar tickets
• Discounted tickets for friends and family
• Ongoing training and development
• Lots of other exclusive deals, discounts and perks

A whole new platform for your career – if you think you’ve got what it takes to help us make our network bigger and better than ever before then we’d like to hear from you.

We believe in giving everyone an equal chance. We actively encourage applications from talented individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.

Your individuality is your strength, and we want a diverse team that reflects the world we live in.