Head of Engineering – Fleet & Compliance Leader

First Rail; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstGroup plc in the UK is seeking a Head of Engineering to provide senior engineering leadership across coach operations, upholding engineering standards, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

The role is home-based with travel to UK portfolio entities; will work with the Managing Director Coach, Coaching Directors and operations teams to drive performance, reliability and safety across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Significant senior engineering leadership experience within transport, fleet, coach, bus or related engineering.
• Extensive knowledge of vehicle engineering, maintenance management and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to lead engineering performance improvement across multiple sites or business units.
• Strong governance, risk management and assurance understanding.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior engineering leadership across all coach operations, ensuring standards and compliance.
• Develop and embed engineering standards, governance and continuous improvement across the business.
• Coach and develop engineering leaders, and coach local teams through stakeholder engagement.
• Drive performance, reliability and fleet safety in alignment with commercial and sustainability objectives.

Skills

Senior leadership

Vehicle engineering

Maintenance management

Governance & risk

Coaching leaders

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Transformation & CI

Data-driven decisions

Strategic leadership

Education

Professional engineering qualification or equivalent

Job description

FirstGroup plc in the UK is seeking a Head of Engineering to provide senior engineering leadership across coach operations, upholding engineering standards, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

The role is home-based with travel to UK portfolio entities; will work with the Managing Director Coach, Coaching Directors and operations teams to drive performance, reliability and safety across multiple sites.