Maintenance Manager (UK Mobile)

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK 

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be at home. You'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different. 

This is true because...

• We value everyone as part of the same team.
• We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down. 
• We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want. 
• We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
• We're renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different. 
• We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations. 
  
  

About Us 

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure. 

At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail. 

Leading by our Values

Our values, Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions. 

We Respect our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

We Commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.

We Share as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent. 

We Pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

Even if you don't meet every requirement, please don't rule yourself out, we still encourage you to apply if your skills, values, and experience align to the role.

Purpose of the Role

To lead the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of planned and corrective maintenance for the Robel Mobile Maintenance Train fleet, ensuring the machines are available, reliable and fit for service.
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of maintenance personnel, work planning, defects, materials, tools and maintenance records. The role works closely with Engineering, Operations, Planning, SHEQ, suppliers and customer representatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyzes job risks and ensures the safety of people and the protection of the environment concerned by the activities: compliance with legislation, regulations, internal rules and procedures in the fields of Health, Safety and the Environment
• Guarantees the execution of the job and organizes it by making the necessary resources available for its execution (human and hardware requirements), transmits the useful information and documents to the Site Foremen. Responsible for all aspects of the project lifecycle; planning, scope definition, design, execution, and delivery
• Monitors the financial and contractual management

: establishes and monitors the budget, ensures the relationship with the customer, manages subcontractors/suppliers, invoicing and monitoring of customer overdraft, identifies and manages risks and opportunities, etc.

Controls the job's performance and implements corrective measures if necessary: presents the site foreman with performance objectives, monitors the associated indicators and reports to his/her line management. 

Provides added value in the optimization of his/her operations: demonstrates creativity in the search for innovative solutions (variants, reduction of deadlines, etc.)

Manages his/her teams:  organizes his/her teams, manages training and participates in recruitment, assesses his/her teams, etc. 

Person Specification

Essential

•    Recognised engineering apprenticeship or advanced professional qualifications. Engineering degree is advantageous but not essential. 
•    Significant maintenance experience within rail vehicles, On-Track Machines, heavy mobile plant or a similar safety-critical engineering environment.
•    Previous experience leading maintenance supervisors, technicians or contractors.
•    Experience of maintenance planning, defect control, technical documentation and maintenance records.
•    Good understanding of safe systems of work, competence management and maintenance quality assurance.
•    Strong leadership, communication, prioritisation and decision-making skills.
•    Competent in Microsoft Office and a fleet or computerised maintenance management system.
•    Full UK driving licence and ability to work flexibly across UK locations, including on-call duties where required.
•    Ability to obtain and maintain the medical, Sentinel and track-safety competencies required for the role.

Desirable

•    Maintenance and systems knowledge of Robel Mobile Maintenance Trains.
•    HNC/HND or higher engineering qualification, or equivalent experience.
•    Professional registration or active progression towards EngTech, IEng or CEng.
•    Formal leadership, assessor, trainer, auditing or incident investigation qualification.

Behavioural Skills

•    'Get up and go' attitude of a leader.
•    Lead, manage and inspire the maintenance team.
•    Make clear decisions and challenge unsafe or non-compliant activity.
•    Deliver the maintenance plan and follow actions through to completion.
•    Work closely with colleagues, suppliers and customers.

What we Offer

Competitive Salary
26 days Annual Leave
Industry leading Life Assurance
Healthcare Cash Plan
Wellbeing Employee Assistant Programme
Pension Scheme
Eye Care Vouchers
Long Service Award
Season Ticket Loan
Occupational Health Service
 
This is an exciting opportunity to build a career in the rail industry. We’d particularly encourage applications from women, or those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
 

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, and we actively seek to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, heard, valued and respected. Regardless of background, disability, age, race, religion, or gender, everyone is welcome at Colas Rail. 

We strive to promote equity and eliminate discrimination, actively seeking to create a workforce reflective of communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, offering flexible and inclusive adjustments to the interview process. 

As part of a positive action drive to address under-representation we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.

We are proudly part of the Disability Confidence Scheme, and as such we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme if you meet the minimum requirements. 

On joining Colas Rail you’ll have access to our growing Employee Network Groups including Railbow (representing the LGBTQ+ community), BeyonDisability (representing those with disabilities) and Cross Culture (representing people from ethnic backgrounds). Everyone is welcome to join our network groups whether you are part of the community or an ally.

Work life balance is important to us; flexible working options are available where feasible and dependant on the role. Please discuss this during the interview process.

Join us in making a positive impact! Apply and be part of a team that values diversity and embraces unique perspectives.