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Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Onsite
Rolling Stock Modifications Team Leader
Location: Crewe Depot, Cheshire
Department: Light Maintenance
Reporting to: Crewe Depot Manager
Are you an experienced rail engineering professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for safety, quality and operational excellence? Do you thrive in a fast-paced depot environment where quality, teamwork and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything you do?
If your answer is yes, then your next journey starts right here at Arriva TrainCare.
📄 12-month FTC
⏰ 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday
💷 £50,934 p/a
At Arriva TrainCare, we provide high-quality overhaul, maintenance and servicing of passenger rolling stock, locomotives, freight wagons and track plant. We operate throughout the UK from six strategic locations: Crewe, Bristol, Eastleigh, Cambridge, Tyne Yard and Scarborough.
You will be part of a professional team with these core behaviours at heart:
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to lead a team of skilled fitters, ensuring that contracted modification and refurbishment work is completed safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards while meeting customer requirements and project deadlines.
As the Rolling Stock Modifications Team Leader, you will provide day-to-day leadership and direction to a team of engineering professionals working on vehicle modification and maintenance projects. You will drive a culture of safety, compliance and continuous improvement while ensuring all activities are carried out in accordance with company procedures, engineering instructions and customer standards.
Full job description available on request.
To be successful in this role, you will bring a strong rail engineering background combined with effective leadership and people management skills. You'll be confident communicating with customers, colleagues and stakeholders at all levels and capable of solving problems in a fast-paced operational environment.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have:
Why Join Arriva TrainCare?
This is an opportunity to join a professional and forward-thinking rail engineering team where your leadership will directly contribute to operational success, customer satisfaction and the development of skilled engineering professionals.
You'll be empowered to influence improvement initiatives, support workforce development and play a key role in delivering high-quality outcomes across the depot, helping us maintain safe, reliable and efficient rail services for our customers.
Ready to Start Your Next Journey?
If you're a proactive rail engineering leader looking for your next challenge in a dynamic depot environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us deliver safe, reliable and high-quality engineering solutions for our customers.
Application closing dates are indicative only. We will be reviewing applications and interviewing on an ongoing basis and may close the vacancy early once a suitable candidate is found. Early applications are strongly encouraged.
At Arriva we acknowledge the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents and cultures. Embracing diversity and creating inclusion is a key component of our talent strategy. The creation of a diverse, inclusive workforce is central to our ability to unlock potential and enhance our success.