West Midlands Trains has an exciting opportunity for a Fleet Contracts Manager to join our Engineering team based at Birmingham Head Offices on a Full-Time Permanent basis.

Purpose of the Role:

To manage the contractual interfaces between West Midland Trains and other parties relating to Rolling Stock and Rolling Stock Maintenance, ensuring that business objectives and franchise commitments/obligations are met whilst minimising the commercial risk to the business. Key interface between the Engineering and Finance & Contracts directorates.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for management of the XC maintenance services agreement
• Primary interface between fleet engineering and procurement, providing support in the procurement process including tendering of goods and services relevant to the engineering directorate.
• Management of ROSCO interfaces including representation at lease reviews
• Ensure the cost-effective management of the supply and maintenance of current rolling stock contracts necessary to meet business requirements and franchise commitments/obligations.
• Prepare and assist with negotiations of contracts and contract amendments for the supply of rolling stock, maintenance and goods and services necessary to meet business requirements and franchise commitments/obligation, liaising with external legal advisors, as appropriate.

(For full details please refer to the job description attached.) ​

Experience and Knowledge required for the Job:

• Sound knowledge of commercial contracts and financial awareness
• Preferable to have extensive knowledge of complex leasing and maintenance contracts
• Experience in management and negotiation of large contracts
• Experience of working with legal advisors and instructing legal advice
• Ideally educated to degree standard

Additional skills:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to multi task and manage several conflicting deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player

In return we will offer in addition to a competitive salary a wealth of benefits including free standard travel on West Midlands Trains and other Abellio group trains for you, your partner and any dependent children in addition to a 75% discount on all other train operating companies over most of the UK rail network, enrolment of our West Midland Railways Pension Scheme and our pension salary sacrifice scheme – Smart Pensions.

Applications will be considered from internal colleagues with 6 months experience after completion of their probationary period and a full check of absence and disciplinary records.

(We reserve the right to close the advert early if enough applications are received.)