We are excited to present an opportunity to join the Fleet & Depots team as the Fleet Technical Manager. This is a chance to join a small, high calibre team working on once in a lifetime project to deliver high speed services.
As a small organisation, West Coast Partnership Development is agile, meaning all our staff have a direct impact on the success of the company and are expected to contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the business.
The Fleet Technical Manager is responsible for providing specialist rolling stock expertise and technical leadership to the rolling stock design and delivery programme, ensuring that operational, maintenance, customer experience and business requirements are fully reflected in the fleet design.
If successful, you will proactively identify opportunities for technical improvement and innovation across the programme and lead workstreams to develop, analyse and recommend these to senior leadership. The role is integral to ensuring the new fleet meets the needs of the future operator and passengers.
In this role, you will:
- Provide technical expertise and assurance to support the design, manufacture, testing, commissioning and introduction into service of new high speed rolling stock.
- Support the development of fleet, depot, maintenance, servicing, cleaning and testing strategies required to enable the successful introduction and operation of the new fleet.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and collaborate across organisations to deliver rolling stock and depot outcomes that support operational performance and the customer experience vision.
- Lead specific rolling stock workstreams and deliverables as required to ensure successful delivery of the fleet e.g. rolling stock interior design, CMF & branding.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Detailed technical understanding of traction and rolling stock, and its interfaces with railway infrastructure, operational staff and passengers.
- Knowledge of the safety, standards and assurance requirements laid down by Railway Group Standards and other legislative requirements.
- Good understanding of “Safe by Design” principles and their application to rolling stock systems to ensure safe operation for customers, staff and maintainers.
- Experience of managing stakeholders and influencing technical decisions within complex multi-stakeholder environments.
- Degree level education in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
You can review more information and full details of the Role Profile here.
The role is based in London, with regular travel expected to our project offices Derby and Birmingham. The expectation will be a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.
