Who are we?
GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.
We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empoweringour team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel – relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.
What you'll be doing?
Your main responsibilities will be:
* Prioritising and planning maintenance.
* Leading and supervising the production teams at the coal face.
* Maintaining records and verifying documentation
* Leading and line managing a multi disciplined team of colleagues.
* Dealing with unplanned workload to maximise train availability.
* Promoting a safety culture where the team are encouraged to report hazards and participate in safety initiatives.
* Communicating at all levels and across the business.
* Owning the maintenance process and constantly striving to drive improvement.
* Monitoring fleet performance across the depot, out stations and the network.
You'll need to be?
* A proven leader.
* Technically astute.
* Capable of multi-tasking.
* Customer focused.
* Safety aware.
* Able to coach or challenge when necessary.
* Very attentive to detail.
* A team player.
As a minimum you'll need to have:
* Preferably NEBOSH/ IOSH trained.
* Proven and demonstrable experience of leading a team.
* A minimum of NVQ 3 in an engineering discipline or Apprentice trained.
* An understanding of the customer's needs.
* The courage and confidence to make difficult decisions often under pressure.
* Proven knowledge and experience of change management.
* Ideally previous experience of rolling stock maintenance.
Additional Information:
Leading the team within a new state of the art rolling stock maintenance facility in the county town of Exeter. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proven leader with technical expertise to be involved in improving rail services in the Southwest and Central regions of England. You will be responsible to the Depot Manager for all aspects of the depots daily operations and contribute to GWRs and the depots strategy going forward.
For further information, please contact Andy Tyne, Depot Manager on 07917068585, during office hours, Monday to Friday only.
The Reward:
As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including final salary pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, childcare vouchers and an employee assistance programme.
We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.
We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.
We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.
We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.
If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.
https://exceptionalindividuals.com/neurodiversity/
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