Fleet Training & Competence Manager

Tyseley Depot

Competitive package and benefits

This is a fantastic time to join West Midlands Trains as we embark on your new franchise to improve our passenger’s journeys. As part of the wider Abellio Group, West Midlands Trains Ltd, operates as a joint venture - West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway, delivering over 1,300 safe and reliable services per day for more than a 60 million passengers per year.  Since the start of our franchise in 2017 we have been committed to improving our services, investing a whopping £1 billion into the region’s network, £18million in the development of all our workforce.

We are looking to recruit a Fleet Training & Competence Manager on a full-time Permanent basis. In this role you will provide both the strategic direction of Training and Competence within Fleet and lead any skills and qualification programmes. Providing the development and delivery of skills and competence across Fleet to continuously improve the capability of all our colleagues. In this role you will interface with all levels across Fleet, developing solutions to improve learning opportunities for all. You will also work closely with the WMT Learning and Development team ensuring that the skills and behavioural elements of all training are aligned across the business.

You will bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Possess Train the Trainer or PTLLS
• DTLLS is desirable
• Possess CAVA or TAQA (Assessor Awards). Possession of an A1 Assessor Award can be converted
• Possess C&G 7331 Trainer Techniques Qualification
• Learning & Development QCF
• Possess Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) qualification
• Possess IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH National General Certificate (Preferred)
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent communicational skills, both written and non-written
• Excellent IT skills
• An Engineering or Technical Qualification is essential for the role, ideally at HND level
• Knowledge and use of Health, Safety & Environmental legislative is essential for the role

Minimum Training required for the role:

• West Midlands Railway employee induction
• Personal Track Safety
• Rules and regulations training
• COSHH regulations and manual handling training
• Local induction
• Accident & Incident Investigation

Please refer to job description for full role details.

Benefits
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.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any time due to high volumes of applications (please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment).

Applications will be considered from internal colleagues with 6 months experience in current role and a full check of absence and disciplinary records.