Fleet Planning Manager

Alstom; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation firm is looking for a Fleet Planning Manager to oversee the Central Rivers Fleet department. This role requires managing a team to ensure timely maintenance and operational efficiency while promoting a safety culture. Key responsibilities include maintaining service quality targets, implementing best practices, and supporting audits. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a background in operational planning along with experience in Maximo and SAP GSI.

Benefits

Dynamic reward package

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Maternity and adoption pay

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in MMS Systems.
• Strong communication skills at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of fleet planners and inputters.
• Ensure maintenance plans are executed.
• Lead key user programmes for maintenance management.

Skills

Excellent Computer skills

Experience in MMS Systems

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal and influencing skills

Attention to detail

Operations Planning

Tools

Maximo

SAP GSI

Job description

Req ID: 503288

Location: Central Rivers

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 5th January

Salary + Benefits: £60-£63k depending on experience

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

The purpose of this role is to manage the Central Rivers Fleet planning department at Central Rivers. The role will closely monitor the fleet mileage and condition status, ensuring periodicity based maintenance is planned and executed within the required time frame.

We’ll look to you for:

• To manage a team of fleet planners and Maximo/SAP GSI Inputters based at Central Rivers depot.
• Ensure maintenance plans are in place for all periodicity-based components on the Voyager and Meridian fleets
• Lead/Supporting Maximo/SAP GSI key user programmes and maintenance management system configuration and system updates.
• Working closely with the Programme Managers to ensure fleet overhauls are completed to schedule and to maximise efficiencies and to ensure availability is not affected.
• To ensure we meet our customer targets for Service Quality Regime and Damage and Vandalism.
• To promote a sustained safety culture across the function to ensure compliance of the operations with all applicable health, safety, environmental policies, standards and regulations.
• Work with the Central Rivers team Continuous Improvement experts to maximise efficiency by the implementation of best practice across the site.
• Initiate investigations through the MIE process (Maintenance Induced Errors), ensuring that root cause is identified and that suitable mitigations are implemented.
• As part of this role, you will be required to support site visits and customer/supplier audits, managing actions through to closure.
• Ensure the accuracy of serialised equipment within SAP GSI

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Excellent Computer skills– Good Knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point. Capability to develop/use bespoke software tools to support fleet planning
• Experience in MMS Systems – Maximo/SAP GSI
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Good level of Interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Attention to detail and clear levels of ownership
• Experience in Operations Planning, ideally in a Services depot

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.