Responsibilities
As RCM & Reliability Engineering Manager, you will:
1. Lead the remote analysis of RCM data from locomotive assets to identify faults, trends and early intervention opportunities, reducing in-service failures.
2. Ensure high-priority RCM alerts are actioned promptly, reviewing remedial actions and driving improvements in repair quality.
3. Develop and implement condition-based maintenance strategies across the RCM-fitted fleet.
4. Monitor and manage operational alerts, including braking systems, speed restrictions and locomotive stabling issues.
5. Provide technical support to depot teams undertaking maintenance and repairs.
6. Manage In-Service Defects (ISDs), liaising with drivers, control, ground staff and depots to achieve optimal return-to-service outcomes.
7. Coach and mentor maintenance staff, improving technical knowledge, capability and confidence.
8. Develop engineering solutions to enhance safety, reliability and cost efficiency.
9. Undertake technical investigations and produce formal reports into incidents, failures and defects across traction and rolling stock.
10. Conduct test runs, technical riding and load banking of locomotives where required.
11. Support production teams across all UK depots with technical queries and fault resolution.
12. Provide structured feedback to specialist system suppliers to support self-learning algorithm optimisation.
13. Work closely with operations, engineering and production stakeholders to ensure real-time alerts are acted upon.
14. Support nationwide track-side assistance decisions, including for third-party customers.
15. Use RCM data and repair history to develop fault-finding guides that reduce downtime and improve first-time fixes.
16. Collaborate with fleet maintenance control to optimise asset availability.
17. Influence reliability initiatives by trending, interpreting and presenting RCM data.
18. Identify operational trends and support the operations function with actionable insights.
19. Carry out additional duties as required by the business.
About You
You will be a confident engineering leader with a strong background in traction, rolling stock and reliability-driven environments.
Essential experience includes:
20. Minimum 5 years’ experience in traction and rolling stock maintenance or a comparable engineering environment.
21. Proven experience within Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) and/or Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) frameworks.
22. Strong analytical capability with the confidence to influence decisions at operational and management level.
23. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally across geographically dispersed teams.
Qualifications
24. Engineering qualification, preferably ONC level or above in electrical or mechanical engineering.
Why Apply?
25. High-impact leadership role within a nationally critical rail operation
26. Opportunity to shape maintenance strategy using advanced data analytics
27. Broad stakeholder exposure and real influence on fleet performance
28. Long-term career progression within a forward-thinking engineering environment
Apply Now
If you’re an experienced reliability or traction engineer ready to step into a strategic, management-level role, we’d like to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Navartis for a confidential discussion.
Navartis Ltd is a specialist recruitment company supplying highly skilled technical and engineering professionals. Navartis is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified individuals.