Maintenance Delivery Manager

Job Introduction

Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference in people’s day. 

We are seeking a Maintenance Delivery Manager to join our team based from Ashford Depot. 

Can you move people? Apply now.

What you’ll do

• Undertake the lead role in the coordination of planned maintenance activities at Southeastern maintenance depots for the fleet types operated by Southeastern.
• Work in conjunction with the Engineering Planning Team to ensure that the maintenance requirements of the Southeastern operated fleets are delivered to suitable maintenance locations.
• Responsible for the day to day delivery of the Southeastern operated fleets from Engineering to Passenger Services in terms of ensuring that rolling stock availability and capacity is maximised against the fleet requirements.
• Interface with a wide range of both internal and external departments and stakeholders to ensure all work streams are coordinated effectively with minimal impact on engineering planned activities and to ensure supplier delivery requirements are met.
• Responsible for creating and delivering long term maintenance plans for the rolling stock to match the timetable requirements and future timetable developments that reflect Engineering’s maintenance activities.

The experience you’ll need

To be considered for this role we recommend you demonstrate the below in your application;

• Customer focussed with strong business awareness.
• Good statistical analysis and numeric skills.
• Leadership and management experience
• Must have a good understanding of the principles of Loss Control and Modern Safety Management.
• Proven ability to communicate and influence
• Good personal organisational skills
• Must have a good level of knowledge of operating procedures and standards
• Must have a minimum of 5 years railway supervisory / management experience.
• NVQ Level 3 in an Engineering discipline or equivalent
• Must hold current PTS Certificate. 
• ILM level 3 or equivalent
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office software
• Good technical understanding of all rolling stock operated by Southeastern
• Competent in re-railing of all Southeastern leased rolling stock

As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Find out more here.

Other things to know

• This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. So, make sure you get yours in early.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
• If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at Southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.

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What you’ll get in return

Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:

• a final salary pension
• 25 days annual leave allowance (plus bank holidays)
• free rail travel across our networks.

Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.

A bit about Southeastern

We’re one of Britain's busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.

However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.

It’s also about making our railway a great place to work. With a team that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women.

Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at Southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.

Learn more about our railway and what we achieved in 2023.