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Crawley (Three Bridges)

£350 P/D (Inside IR35)

6-month initial contract (scope to extend)

Our client has developed a respected reputation in the Railway industry from their success in delivering to our customers.

With a view to increase efficiencies and productivity - the purpose of this role is to work alongside the Production Manager and Shift Supervisors in monitoring, tracking, and reporting on the status of maintenance activity.

Responsibilities will include:

• Day to day scheduling of maintenance activity
• Supports the business in peak times in defined tasks and operations, as respectively qualified worker, assistant, or specialist.
• Performs all technical operations, measures, activities, and tasks as assigned by respective Service Level Agreement.
• Cooperates and integrates effectively in overall workflow environment and cooperates with other operations staff member.
• The creation and improvement of business processes
• The chasing of production resources I.E materials, parts, tooling etc.
• Providing solutions to bottle neck production issues
• Maintenance of the Master Production Schedules and Valid Finite Capacity Plans for Current and Potential contracts.
• Provides input to daily production meeting.
• Provide information to the Operations team on Material & Capacity availability.
• Provide management information to the management team and a suitable suite of KPI's.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Experience within a similar position within a Rail or Engineering environment
• Driven Personality & works well to timescales.
• If you have experience of running stage teams this would be an advantage.
• Candidates must possess excellent IT skills and will be able to demonstrate business improvement and business development skills.
• These should be supported by strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• You will possess excellent communication & interpersonal skills and will be comfortable working with a diverse range of people at all levels. Successful candidates will be self-motivated and will be comfortable working, both in isolation, or as part of a team.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.