Heavy Maintenance Overhaul Manager (Fixed Term for 18-24 months)

Transpennine Trains Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rail operator in the UK is seeking a Heavy Maintenance Manager responsible for overseeing major overhaul projects for their EMU fleet starting in 2027. The ideal candidate will have strong programme management skills, experience in rail vehicle maintenance, and excellent communication abilities. This pivotal role involves leading project teams, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and maintaining key relationships with customers. Join a company that values personal development and offers attractive benefits including free rail travel for you and your dependents.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

Free rail travel for you and dependents

Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Strong Programme Management and reporting skills are essential.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
• Understanding of rail vehicle maintenance and depot operations.
• Experience in OH delivery and material supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Oversee mobilisation and management for heavy maintenance projects.
• Lead Contract Review Meetings and manage customer interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and company procedures.
• Provide Key Performance Indicators reporting key deliverables.

Skills

Strong Programme Management

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical abilities

Rail vehicle maintenance knowledge

Job description

About The Role

You're accountable for the successful mobilisation, deployment, and commercial delivery of specified heavy overhaul projects. The role of a Heavy Maintenance Manager involves overseeing and planning for a major upcoming overhaul programme for an EMU fleet due to start in 2027.

Here's some of what you'll be doing

• Support the bid team or alternative contracting party as required with input to support
• Lead the mobilisation and management for heavy maintenance projects, including development of deliverables such as resource plans, work breakdown structures, tooling requirements, risk register, Bill of Material(s), Specification Review – all in accordance with company Heavy Maintenance Mobilisation procedure.
• Manage customer interfaces including the leading of Contract Review Meetings
• Develop/document internal systems, processes, procedures, and reporting mechanisms providing clear control.
• Develop effective internal and external working relationships that deliver all key elements of Heavy Maintenance contracts.
• Ensure all work undertaken is in line with customer, technical and legislative standards, and specifications.
• Establish safe systems of work in accordance with relevant customer, business, or legislative standards.
• Development and interaction with Project Managers, Engineers, and Planners to support heavy maintenance projects
• Provision of regular management information and Key Performance Indicators that report of key project deliverables

• Team Leadership: Coordinating stakeholders, ensuring effective working relationships, and providing regular updates on progress towards key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Continuous Improvement: Driving continuous improvement initiatives, understanding new stakeholder opportunities, and providing exemplary customer service.
• Safety and Compliance: Ensuring all projects adhere to safety standards, risk assessments, and company procedures.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintaining accurate logs of maintenance, inspections, and repairs, and ensuring compliance with engineering codes and organisational policies.

About you

• Strong Programme Management and reporting skills are essential.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management and coordination is critical.
• This role requires a strong understanding of rail vehicle maintenance, depot operations, and production efficiency techniques. It is a safety-critical position that demands excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong analytical abilities, and the ability to work under pressure while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Experience – involvement & understanding of rail vehicle maintenance with an understanding of depot operations. You will have the ability to interpret engineering drawings and a good understanding of production efficiency techniques.
• Experience of delivering an OH and managing the associated material supply chains is expected.

If that sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you, please click apply and complete an application form.

What we offer

• Excellent career prospects.
• A personal development plan.
• Structured training and development.
• Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependents*.
• Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service* for you and your dependents*.
• Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home.
• Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
• Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
• Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*.

*Terms and conditions apply.

Goings places has never felt better!

At TransPennine Express, it's our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it's ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we'd love to have you onboard.

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