Depot Manager - Tunstead/Hope
Depot Manager - Tunstead/Hope
Apply locations: Tunstead, Hope
Works time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago
End Date: March 1, 2025 (19 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: ATR-4041
Freightliner is the UK's largest maritime intermodal logistics operator, transporting containers from all major deep-sea ports to our national network of inland terminals, as well as a leading operator in the UK Heavy Haul rail freight market. Freightliner has operations across Europe offering both Intermodal and Heavy Haul rail freight services seamlessly connecting European countries and the UK.
A vacancy has arisen for a Depot Manager at our Tunstead and Hope VMFs (Vehicle Maintenance Facility). The successful candidate will form part of the Engineering Heavy Haul management team that takes responsibility for the delivery of safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance of locomotives and wagons to meet and exceed customer requirements.
The successful candidate will assist in the delivery of the Heavy Haul Wagon and Locomotive fleet, ensuring that all maintenance activities comply with the Company Engineering standards and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
* Be a Safety leader - develop a proactive safety culture through positive engagement, continuous improvement and a complete focus to ensure the site and its team create and maintain the highest working standards.
* Support audit teams and ensure daily management of the required standards to ensure workmanship, equipment, and safety/environmental procedures meet both company and legislation requirements.
* Enable production - overcome obstacles to ensure safe, quality, and reliable production. Adopt lean practices and a cycle of continuous improvement throughout the facility.
* Direct and control the management of the inspection, maintenance, and repair activity of Freightliner Rolling Stock at Tunstead and Hope VMFs to ensure that the business requirements of the engineering department are delivered.
* Lead in driving service reliability delivery and improve productivity in asset and equipment utilization.
* Develop a robust training and competency plan in line with company standards to ensure smooth delivery of production. Identify and action employee development needs making use of the apprenticeship levy, internal and external training courses and assessments.
* Implement financial controls over maintenance and facility expenditure. Monitor performance of the rolling stock maintenance function. Provide explanation of expenditure variances. Management of site CAPEX plan.
* Communicate effectively and efficiently - ensure the VMF teams are kept up to date with all communications and relevant information using toolbox talks, team briefs, safety, and engineering bulletins.
* Depot related on-call duties as required.
Key Skills
* Demonstrable experience in an engineering/maintenance environment.
* Demonstrable experience in a people management role.
* Engineering qualification, preferably to HND standard in electrical or mechanical engineering.
* Supervisory and Leadership Training.
* The ability to make sound engineering decisions.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and IT skills.
* Be analytical, innovative and constantly striving for improvement.
* Have financial experience with budgets, productivity, and efficiency analysis.
Please note this post is subject to standard pre-employment checks including employment references, medical & D&A screening, and successful DBS background checks.
We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for their roles. In return we can offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, a competitive pension scheme, and a rewarding career in an award-winning team.
About Us
Freightliner is an established rail freight provider with businesses in the UK and Continental Europe. Offering customers a wide range of rail freight solutions to cater for the requirements of a diverse market sector, we provide a safe, reliable, and cost-effective rail freight partnership.
At the core of all we do are our employees. Their hard work is fundamental to our success and we are equally committed to their growth and safety.
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