Tram Technical Manager
Salary: c.£40k + Benefits

Location: Nottingham, East Midlands

In order to support Nottingham Trams in its desire to be the number one tram operator in the UK, a vacancy has arisen for a Tram Technical Manager. We are an ambitious company, which will provide you with the opportunity to be part of Keolis, one of the world’s leading transport operators.
Nottingham Trams Ltd is responsible for operating and maintaining the tram system, it has a fleet of 37 trams and employs approximately 290 staff.

The main responsibilities include managing the daily service delivery of the trams and tram cleaning by ensuring that technical standards, maintenance practices and cleaning activities are complied with and that the safety of staff and passengers is given utmost priority by cultivating and promoting a strong safety culture – both on and off track.

Provide technical leadership to our maintenance provider and to NTL through monitoring of the tram reliability and availability, liaising between operations and our maintenance provider and identifying areas of improvement throughout.

Lead investigations into any technical matters and review and approve changes to maintenance standards, processes and procedures for tram vehicles based on sound engineering practices.

You will ensure effective audit and performance management mechanisms are established and undertake regular audits of tram maintenance and tram cleaning contractor’s systems, processes and service delivery to ensure activities are safe, cost-effective and meet the obligations of NTL’s operating contract.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have BEng or equivalent and CEng or working towards.

Knowledge and Experience:

You will have experience in managing and delivering train/tram services within a major manufacturer, tram system or TOC and ideally

• Understand electrical schematics and engineering drawings.
• Experience of maintenance management systems (i.e. SAP, Maximo etc)
• Good knowledge of current rail/tram technical standards and legislation.
• Experience in managing contracts with suppliers.
• Excellent skills in data analysis and MS Excel.

You will be a self-starter and able to work autonomously.

If you are interested in this role, then please click the 'Apply' button to complete your application, explaining why you think that you have the right attributes to be successful in this role.