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Salary: up to £54,000 depending on skills, knowledge and experience which will increase to £57,864 on achievement of full competence + 20% unsociable shift allowance

Main Location: The Elizabeth Line Maintenance Depot, Plumstead

The Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery Supervisor (IMDS) is primarily responsible for the supervision of a team of Maintenance Technicians to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of:

• programmed infrastructure and asset inspections (including safety of the line and safety critical assets)
• asset monitoring, maintenance and fault response
• like-for-like renewals and enhancement works
• quality check and audits
• asset data management

The IMDS is also responsible for ensuring that their team is fully trained and competent and that the team members maintain their technical competence and discipline profile. The IMDS will also manage key performance measures including safety critical deployment and the delivery and quality of work. The IMDS will also support the strategic prioritisation and resourcing of work, in conjunction with the engineering and planning teams.

Key Accountabilities:

• Supervise team of Maintenance Technicians
• Manage the delivery of critical asset maintenance
• Lead the delivery of necessary strategic interventions in line with defined standards and procedures
• Manage maintenance resource deployment, ensuring that the operational outputs align with the maintenance engineering asset management requirements
• Deliver a compliant, safe, operable and maintainable railway, including the undertaking of rostered and on-call duties
• Ensure that Maintenance Technicians deliver quality maintenance engineering and safety management requirements. This includes delivery of part of the asset management strategy
• Ensure Infrastructure and Asset maintenance standards are adhered to
• Lead the continuous development of the Maintenance Technicians through an established programme of training and continuous professional development in association with the Infrastructure Maintenance Engineers
• Continuously monitor and resolve skills-gaps issues and develop long-term strategic recruitment and retention plans

Knowledge:

• Desirable Higher / National Diploma or equivalent qualification
• Desirable Member / Associate / Technician of a relevant professional institution
• Desirable Understanding of railway and various rail industry agencies
• Demonstrable Application of railway safety-related standards, regime and processes

Skills:

• Team leader experience with leadership skills to motivate professionals from multiple disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills with proven negotiation and influencing skills, including with external contractors
• Excellent decision-making and analytical skills
• Established risk management skills.
• Ability to formulate and articulate a clear vision for the planning and delivery of initiatives and programmes
• Ability to supervise challenging, complex and safety critical projects
• Managing a Team with a Maintenance Schedule and fault response duties

Experience:

• Working within an operational control centre Environment & Communications Equipment room.
• Specialist knowledge of Railway telecommunication systems, including knowledge of IP Based systems and how they are implemented.
• Substantial experience with Data Networks, Telephony (VoIP / Help Points), PAVA, CCTV & Radio in a railway environment.
• Working with Servers and workstations.
• Working with remote condition monitoring and network management systems.
• Experience in maintaining and faulting Railway telecommunication systems.
• Team Leadership experience

Application Process

Please apply using your CV and a two-page covering letter.

Please consider the skills, knowledge and experience required and clearly evidence these in your CV and cover letter.

Closing date: 3rd September at 23:59hrs

We reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you and a nominated person on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 266 hours of annual leave which includes the usual 8 recognised public and bank holidays
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel