Depot Delivery Co-ordinator Ashford - Future Opportunities

Southeastern Railway; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free rail travel across our networks

Final salary pension

24 days annual leave including bankhol

Job summary

Southeastern Railway in Ashford (Kent) is seeking a Depot Delivery Co-ordinator to lead a small engineering outstation team. You’ll provide first line fault finding, monitor performance and drive safety, standards and process improvements.

You will deploy staff to meet deadlines, coach staff, and work with Network Rail on engineering works. The role requires IOSH, ILM Level 3 or working towards, and solid proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• IOSH qualification (or working towards).
• Strong statistical analysis and numeric skills.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Proven ability to communicate and influence.
• Good personal organisational skills.
• Knowledge of operating procedures and standards.
• ILM Level 3 (or working towards).
• Competent in Microsoft Office software.
• Good technical understanding of rolling stock.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team of staff to meet safety and performance standards.
• Co-ordinate staff deployment to hit production deadlines.
• Monitor depot performance and implement workflow improvements.
• Audit cleaning activities and ensure quality.
• Act as liaison for depot and Network Rail Engineering works.
• Provide first line fault finding and support for rolling stock defects.

Skills

Leadership and management

Statistical analysis

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Knowledge of operating procedures

Education

ILM Level 3

IOSH qualification (or working towards)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

# Depot Delivery Co-ordinator Ashford - Future Opportunities### Job Introduction**Have you got a passion for Problem Solving? Technical work? Fault Finding? Leadership?**Join our Southeastern Engineering team as a Depot Delivery Coordinator at Ashford (Kent).**Can you move people? Apply now.****What you’ll do**This is a wide ranging role, providing first line fault finding for technical defects, and Operational expertise and support as well as team leadership to the outstations engineering shunting teams.The Operational aspect of the role includes coaching, monitoring and assessment of engineering staff based at outstation locations including competency in DPRP and Isolations. In addition other duties will include monitoring and reporting depot performance, developing and implementation of workflow process improvements, auditing of cleaning activities, and acting as liaison for Depot/Network rail Engineering worksKey tasks will include leading and motivating a team of staff to ensure that they work together safely and effectively to the required standards and specifications. Co-ordinating the effective deployment of staff to ensure production deadlines and targets are met.The Technical aspects of the role includes engineering support to the outstations team and first line fault finding, and rectification of minor repairs.**The experience you’ll need**To be considered for the role you will need to demonstrate the below in your application.* IOSH qualification (or working towards)* Good statistical analysis and numeric skills.* Leadership and management experience* Proven ability to communicate and influence* Good personal organisational skills* Must have a good level of knowledge of operating procedures and standards* ILM Level 3 (or working towards)* Competent in the use of Microsoft Office software* Good technical understanding of all rolling stock operated by Southeastern**All successful candidates will need to undertake and pass a full safety critical medical before formal offer. If you have any questions regarding this please do email [e-mail].**Given the start and end times of shifts, it’s also best to have your own transport to get to and from your place of work.As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role. **Find out more here.****Other things to know*** All successful applicants will need to pass a Personal Track Safety course or a Depot Track Safety course (full training provided).* This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. So, make sure you get yours in early.* All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.* If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at Southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.**Find out more about our recruitment process and get tips to help you apply.****What you’ll get in return**Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:* a final salary pension* 24 days annual leave allowance (including bank holidays)* free rail travel across our networks.Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. **Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.****A bit about Southeastern**We’re one of Britain's busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.It’s also about making our railway a great place to work and our team one that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a **WORK180 Employer for Women**.Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at Southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.Learn more about our railway and what we achieved in 2023.SE Trains LimitedApply| | || --- | --- || Salary | £46,702 rising to £58,380 plus free travel || Frequency | Annual || Job Reference | seastern/TP/86331/3694 || Contract Type | Permanent - Full Time || Closing Date | 9 November, 2026 || Job Category | Service Engineers || Business Unit | Engineering || Location | Ashford Maintenance Depot, United Kingdom || Posted on | 26 October, 2026 |