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, empowering our 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.
About the team?
Reporting to the Head of Fleet Production the successful candidate will be joining a Depot Production leadership team which supports the business and its customers (Alstom, Cross Country, and Hitachi) delivery on a complex set of requirements. The role is based at the recently rebuild and extended maintenance facility at Long Rock depot, has leadership and management responsibilities for a wonderful team people with a diverse range of maintenance and cleaning skills who proudly and professionally support our Sleeper, GWR and our customer's fleets.
About the job?
The Head of Fleet Production has an opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to lead the team at our Long Rock Depot. The depot is the home of the Sleeper Service, responsible for all the light and heavy maintenance on the Sleeper vehicles in service and also provides servicing for other GWR, Cross Country and Hitachi fleets. The team currently consists of Production Technicians and Engineering support, along with the Shunting and Plant teams. The role also manages the interface on site with customers such as Alstom, Cross Country, and Hitachi.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Day-to-day operation of the depot, as well as developing longer term plans for the facility. This will involve ensuring that resource requirements are identified and integrated into Business Plans and are deployed to deliver the service requirements.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the depot and its staff comply with the requirements of the Safety, Quality, Environmental and Energy Management Systems.
There will also be an On-Call requirement.
About you?
- Be always motivated and resilient
- leadership and organisational skills are essential as well as knowledge of budgetary control to manage a substantial budget.
- A knowledge of Health and Safety Requirements (OHSAS18001), Quality and Environmental Systems (ISO9001, ISO14001), Energy Management certification (ISO 16001), suppler assessment (ACOP 1003) is also required.
What do I need?
To be successful you must possess a relevant engineering qualification (as a minimum this should be a recognised engineering apprenticeship or Level 3 N.V.Q.), coupled with extensive supervisory and line management engineering experience at depot level or equivalent
Working pattern?
37 hrs per week with an on-call commitment and an expectation of regular out of hours visits (it's a 24/7 operation). There is some travel to other depots and suppliers required periodically.
The Reward?
As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership 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 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.
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