Installation Manager Freight

Manage fitment partners during the installation of ETCS in line with the ETCS OBU: Freight Project, as per the project’s requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Working closely with the Materials Manager, Fitment Partners, Quality Assurance, Engineering and Customer, the Installation Manager shall be responsible for:

• Will be the main representative on third-party Traction Maintenance Depots and Railway Works to co-ordinate the First in Class installation works for the Freight ETCS project and Fleet Installation.
• Will take a lead role in liaison with and supervision of fitment partners to ensure installations are progressed to an agreed programme and any technical issues arising are addressed.
• Will support procurement and the factory in the supply and management of installation kits supplied to site.
• Will be the main point of contact on site between the installation teams and test teams.
• Will produce programme updates and regular reports to both internal and external groups.
• Will work closely with the engineering team members in Derby and Chippenham.
• Will have a key role in the wider stakeholder management associated with large industry projects.
• Provide key input and ideas to help determine the most appropriate technical, product and commercial solutions within the given geographical and technical environment.
• Ensure innovation and value engineering is applied to all proposals.
• A key player within the project organisation.
• Maintain all required records in accordance with company procedures
• Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are complied with at all times (on site, in the office, when travelling)
• Promote the safety behavioural culture in the team and develop a safe working environment
• Develop Mental Health awareness

Essential Skills

• Must be willing to fill gaps in own knowledge and experience through taking a pro-active approach to learning and seeking information from within and outside the company.
• Demonstrates customer focus in all work carried out.
• Experience of working to industry quality and safety standards.
• Strong and effective communicator at all levels within the business and in front of new and existing customers.
• Demonstrates innovative and creative thinking when performing problem solving initiatives.
• Highly motivated, dependable and self-reliant.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Proven experience in Rail Vehicles retrofit/modification projects
• Proven and demonstrable experience of this type of role within the rail industry.
• Recognised Level 3 Apprenticeship
• HNC/HND in an appropriate field (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical Engineering)
• Experience in project mobilisation and implementing new or existing procedures and processes