Head of Engineering - Transport Fleet Leadership (Home-Based)

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

Job summary

FirstGroup plc is seeking a Head of Engineering to provide senior leadership across all coach operations, with home-based work and travel to UK entities. The role focuses on applying engineering standards, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement to deliver safe, reliable and customer-focused transport services.

You will collaborate with Managing Director Coach, Coaching Directors and depot leaders to drive performance, build capability and ensure alignment with commercial and

Qualifications

• Significant senior engineering leadership experience within transport or fleet.
• Extensive knowledge of vehicle engineering and maintenance management.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk and assurance processes.
• Proven ability to lead performance improvement across multiple sites.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Experience leading transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to analyse complex data to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior engineering leadership across all coach operations.
• Develop and embed engineering standards, governance and compliance.
• Drive performance, reliability and continuous improvement.
• Coach local engineering leaders and build engineering capability.
• Engage stakeholders at senior levels to support the Coach strategy.
• Lead transformation and change initiatives across multiple sites.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Vehicle engineering

Regulatory compliance

Performance improvement

Governance & risk

Coaching leaders

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Change & transformation

Data-driven decisions

Education

Professional engineering qualification or equivalent

Job description

FirstGroup plc is seeking a Head of Engineering to provide senior leadership across all coach operations, with home-based work and travel to UK entities. The role focuses on applying engineering standards, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement to deliver safe, reliable and customer-focused transport services.

You will collaborate with Managing Director Coach, Coaching Directors and depot leaders to drive performance, build capability and ensure alignment with commercial and