Fleet Delivery Manager - Rail

Have you led a depot team to deliver safe, on-time fleet maintenance?

Do you have experience improving fleet performance and managing reliability initiatives?

If so TXM Recruit are partnered with a major railway client to recruit a Fleet Delivery Manager (Production) to join them based in East Midlands on a contract basis paying £270 per day (PAYE, Inside IR35)

As a Fleet Delivery Manager (Production), you will be directing and motivating your team to ensure the clients fleets are maintained, repaired, and cleaned in line with fleet performance requirements and maintenance goals. Through taking ownership of KPIs and improvement initiatives, you will also champion a clean, safe, and productive working environment that will motivate teams to deliver work on time and to quality and budget requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and deliver production output according to the maintenance plan, ensuring safe, reliable trains are in service daily.
• Efficiently manage depot load/capacity plans, track resource deployment, and develop contingency and recovery plans for production, quality, productivity, or cost issues.
• Accountable for the depot’s QHSE activities, ensuring a visible focus on health, safety, and environmental performance at the depot, and manage quality and safety inspections, checks, and tours.
• Ensure compliance by developing and leading a culture aligned with the clients vision and values; oversee adherence to the Competency Management System for Production teams, ensuring competence plans align with depot load/capacity and addressing deficiencies.
• Lead, produce and create appropriate quality reports to enable coordination of information and action to the technical engineering team related to repeat defects, and fleet improvement initiatives using RCM, LEAN and six sigma tools
• Monitor fleet performance, provide stakeholders with updates on incidents, failures, service risks, and safety-related defects, and liaise with on-call staff to minimise service disruption.
• Provide strategic recommendations to the depot manager and Head of Fleet Delivery & Planning on developing, implementing, and evaluating new or modified depot policies and procedures. Implement process improvements to meet KPIs and budgets using Continuous Improvement techniques.
• Lead, manage and oversee effective deployment of Reliability Specialists and manage local reliability for the Regional Fleet.

What are we looking for?

• Degree level qualification in Engineering preferable, with significant experience in a depot environment
• Leadership qualifications to ILM min Level 4 or equivalent and experience of managing high performing teams
• NEBOSH General certificate or equivalent
• Six Sigma/5S – Lean qualification desirable
• A NVQ supervisory/management qualification; or equivalent experience at supervisory or managerial level
• Excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with the ability to inspire and motivate others towards shared goals
• A proven track record of managing and motivating a team and delivering KPI performance management in an engineering production environment, preferably in rail
• IT literacy is essential, with the ability to use Microsoft Office to produce reports, trackers, and presentations
• Strong understanding of financial matters and familiarity with contract administration is also required
• Knowledge in traction and rolling stock maintenance standards and techniques will be advantageous. Personal Track Safety

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting, friendly, and fast paced team, delivering essential services.

TXM Recruit is an equal opportunities employer. If you have any specific requirements or require assistance or reasonable adjustments to be made for you during the selection process due to disability or long-term health condition, we will do our best to assist you.

If you want to register your interest and apply, please contact me on the below or apply online:

Miren Chauhan

Delivery Consultant

Email: miren.chauhan@txmrecruit.co.uk