Fleet Production Leader in Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Fleet Production Leader
Location: Tyseley Depot, B11 2HJ
Salary: Competitive
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week variable shifts including nights
About the Company:
West Midlands Trains' are looking to recruit a Fleet Production Leader to join our Engineering team based at Tyseley depot on a full time, permanent basis. In this role you will lead and direct colleagues to enable the efficient production of correctly serviced, maintained, repaired, modified, and cleaned Traction and Rolling Stock at locations in designated areas in a safe and efficient manner.
Fleet Production Leader Responsibilities:
- To plan and maintain a workload for colleagues and to guide colleagues to ensure the safe and appropriate servicing, repair, maintenance, and cleaning of traction and rolling stock
- To apply depot protection for self and others, and to where required act as Designated Person ensuring that a safe system of work is in place for self, other fleet staff, contractors, visitors, passengers, public and train crew.
- Ensuring that work is carried out in an efficient manner on an economical basis and within the defined time scales, and that matters of an urgent nature are given the correct priority.
- Advise, guide and instruct colleagues as necessary when they are carrying out technical work as required.
- Inspection of work carried out by colleagues to include in process inspections, audits, risk assessments and SCWR assessments.
- Report and make recommendations regarding staff levels and working arrangements
- Responsible for specific area’s and for the Inspection of premises, ensuring upkeep of cleanliness, safety precautions, accident prevention, investigation and reporting, in accordance with safety procedures and regulations.
- Overall responsibility for the control and efficient utilisation of allocated road vehicle fleet and records of use such assets.
- Ensure that breakdowns and incidents are dealt with expeditiously, to including where required Call Out responsibility.
- Where applicable instruct new entrants, apprentices, contractors and visitors, on maintenance procedures, act as mentors as required, carry out competence assessments as required
- Carry out first line management actions with regards to colleagues to include MFA, Discipline, Welfare and Poor Performances
Fleet Production Leader Requirements:
- Completed appropriate apprenticeship or hold relevant qualifications in electrical / mechanical engineering as specified by current company policy
- Familiar with EMU’s and/or DMU’s maintenance and cleaning activities
- Familiar with Leadership practices or be willing to undergo training in leadership
- Experience in all types of rail traction
- Familiar with Health and Safety, Quality, and Environmental policies.
- A1 A2 Assessors qualification
- Road vehicle driving Licence and authority to drive Railway Service vehicles
- Emergency First Aid (Compulsory) First Aid at Work Certified (where specified)
- PTS and DP
- SCWR in Rail Vehicle Maintenance
- This role involves shifts and weekends and you will be required to wear uniform.
Fleet Production Leader Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Free travel on Abellio trains for you, your partner and dependent children
- 75% discount on all other train travel over most of the UK rail network
- Development opportunities to help further your career with West Midlands Trains
- Contributory defined salary pension
If you think that you are suitable for this Fleet Production Leader role, please apply now!
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