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Greater Anglia operates a busy railway network from London Liverpool Street to destinations across the east of England. We have a high standard of service for our customers throughout their journey experience so they can sit back relax and travel with confidence. Not to mention a whole new set of modernised greener trains, it’s never been a more exciting time to start a career with us. Do you want to be part of the journey? Come along and join Greater Anglia!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Fleet Engineering Manager to join our Engineering Team at our HQ office in London, Stratford.

The Role

The role is the technical lead for GA for the introduction and integration of new rolling stock to within Greater Anglia. This includes oversight and responsibility for Fleet Safety,  Reliability, Design Acceptance, Performance Improvement, Assurance and Standards

In this role you will work closely with the suppliers' MSA and TSA organisations, the relevant ROSCOs, and GA internal departments to provide engineering change assurance, maximise performance and ensure unit functionality.

The applicant should understand data analysis techniques and be able to demonstrate how they have used data to define solutions to problems. They should be able to present data to different audiences in order to explain and justify decision making.

What we are looking for

The applicant should have an engineering qualification to degree level and ideally be chartered or be working towards chartered status. A CV of relevant railway experience may be considered for a suitable exceptional candidate.

You will have a good working knowledge of the rail industry sector, understanding the current industry challenges and be able to translate these challenges and ongoing industry developments into actions to be taken for the GA fleets.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills with the confidence to influence all  stakeholders and external bodies. Working with Train Maintenance Providers can be challenging, and the successful applicant should be able to demonstrate success from collaborative working in similar relationships.

The closing date for all completed applications is on Friday 9th December 2022

*Please note vacancies can close earlier due to high influx of candidate applications*

To succeed in this role, we are looking for people who can bring our four values to life in your everyday work:

·        Genuine … be welcoming, customer-centric and respectful

·        Professional… be solution-oriented, accountable and delivering to promises

·        Proactive … be progressive, innovative and decisive

·        Inclusive … be connected in your thinking, empathetic and promote diversity

Greater Anglia can offer a healthy work life balance, holiday entitlement and an environment where you can learn, develop, and grow in your career. If you think you would be a great addition to GA then apply now!

What can we do for you?

• Defined Contribution pension scheme after 2 years option to move across to Defined Benefit (Final Salary) pension scheme
• Free Travel on GA for you and your eligible family members
• Free Leisure travel on GA and 75% discount on other TOCS for leisure travel for eligible family members
• International travel discount card (FIP) for staff and eligible family members after 12 months service
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave of up to 10 days
• Gainshare bonus paid if GA hits relevant yearly targets, up £550 for permanent and £300 for agency
• GA offers maternity, paternity and adoption leave and time off for prenatal care, as well as shared parental leave after 26 weeks of service - part of our commitment to family friendly policies
• GA Hapi Benefits App– our great benefits app which includes discounts across many retailers, days out and dining
• 24/7 Employee assistance programme, eyecare and flu jab vouchers and access to physiotherapy services
• Annually issued 12 discount vouchers for family and friends to use
• Salary Sacrifice schemes such as Cycle to work and Technology scheme (eligible once passing probation)