Maintenance Team Leader
Hitachi Rail
Lead maintenance team to ensure safety, quality and train availability.
9 days ago ago
£55,176 - £55,176
Intermediate (4-7 years), Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Guide Post, England, United Kingdom
Onsite
Company Size
38,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Rolling Stock Maintenance
Digital Signalling & Train Control
Ticketing & Payment Systems
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Turnkey Railway Solutions
Smart Mobility / Digital Asset Management
Sector Specialisms
Rolling Stock
Signalling
Turnkey Solutions
Operation
Service
Maintenance
High-Speed Rolling Stock
Express Trains
Role
What you would be doing
- Conduct or facilitate Start of shift briefings - Including sharing of Safety, Quality, and operational information.
- Responsible on a shift basis to ensure that The team delivers the contractual requirements for availability of train to the correct standard to meet the diagrammed requirements of the TOC
- Obtain and use engineering schedules, procedures and specifications for traction and rolling stock activities
- Responsible for the continued development of the maintenance teams
- Identify and deal with hazards in the railway environment
- Control costs through planning of resources
- Development of improvements in maintenance processes
- To ensure all contractual KPI’s are complete for each train before entering service
- Deal with disciplinary issues within the maintenance teams
- Quality - Conduct In process checks and Finished work inspections to ensure work standards are maintained and improved
- Accept and confirm responsibility for the control of traction and rolling stock assets
- Responsible for the safe movement of rolling stock
- Organize resources and prioritize routines to undertake planned traction and rolling stock engineering activities
- To ensure that all records are completed and entered into the maintenance management system.
- Gather information and support the execution of the maintenance plan from the PCPC
- Responsible for the recruitment of the maintenance team members
- Organize resources and prioritize routines to undertake unplanned traction and rolling stock engineering activities
- Conduct safety Tours of work site and contribute to building a positive safety culture
- Support good quality, health, safety and environmental practices in the workplace
- Carryout assessments in line with the depot competence management system as required
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Company
Overview
- Wa (Harmony): We need to show respect to our colleagues, our suppliers, our clients and our stakeholders. We show respect to earn respect.
- Makoto (Sincerity): We should act with integrity in all we say and do, … we maintain fairness in all our dealings; our reputation is founded on how we go about our business.
- Kaitakusha – Seishin (Pioneering Spirit): We lead with ambition, seeking new challenges; we are not afraid to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of our business.
100% Emission
Scope 1 & 2 by 2030
Target to achieve complete elimination of operational greenhouse gas emissions.
40% Reduction
Scope 3 by 2030
Aims to reduce emissions across the entire value chain, including supply chain and product use.
12% Decrease
Scope 1 & 2 in FY22
Achieved a significant drop in operational emissions in the fiscal year 2022.
90% Lower
CO₂ in HS2 Fleet
Accredited with PAS 2080, demonstrating a major improvement in fleet efficiency.
- Carbon neutrality across business sites by 2030
- Carbon neutrality across entire value chain by 2050
- Net-zero across value chain by 2050 and net-zero operations by 2030
October 2023
DEI Global Committee Launched
The company established a global committee to oversee diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Membership Doubled
Employee Resource Group Growth
Employee Resource Group membership has grown significantly following leadership inclusion interventions.
78%
EDI Score
The company achieved a score of 78% on its EDI metrics following targeted wellbeing and inclusion initiatives.
- Gender-focused efforts: working to achieve a better gender balance
- UK/Ireland, Italy, Japan regional DEI programmes underway
- Defined focus areas include: Gender; Nationality, Ethnicity and Cultural Background; Multi‑Generations; LGBTQIA+; Disability and Neurodiversity
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