Fleet Planning Manager

Alstom; East Staffordshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport solutions provider in the UK is hiring for a Fleet Planning Manager to oversee a team focused on maintaining fleet efficiency and safety standards. This role involves managing maintenance planning, supporting systems configurations, and ensuring operational compliance. Candidates should possess strong computer skills, experience with MMS systems, and exceptional communication abilities. Benefits include 25 days of annual leave, competitive pay, and the opportunity for personal development in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Stability and long-term career opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Investment in personal development

Flexible benefits

Comprehensive social coverage

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Capability to develop bespoke software tools for fleet planning.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Attention to detail and clear levels of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of fleet planners and Maximo/SAP GSI Inputters.
• Ensure maintenance plans for all periodicity-based components.
• Lead/Support Maximo/SAP GSI key user programs.
• Work closely with Programme Managers to ensure fleet overhauls.
• Promote safety culture across operations.

Skills

Excellent Computer skills

Experience in MMS Systems - Maximo/SAP GSI

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal and influencing skills

Attention to detail

Experience in Operations Planning

Job description

Job Purpose

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:

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications & Skills

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.

About Alstom

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.

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.

Benefits

You’ll also:

• 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.