Light Rail Fleet Planner – Optimize Availability & Maintenance

West Midlands Metro; Balls Hill; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free travel for you and partner

MML Pension

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

West Midlands Metro is seeking a Light Rail Fleet Transport Planner to maximise fleet availability and support safe, efficient tram operations. The role entails long-term maintenance planning, recovery programmes and resource forecasting across the modern tram fleet.

You will work with Engineering, Production and Supply Chain to deliver plans, balance depot capacity and ensure timely maintenance, overhauls and parts supply. Strong analytics and planning experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant planning experience within rail, transport, engineering or asset-intensive environments.
• Proven experience creating and managing long-term maintenance, resource or production plans.
• Experience coordinating unavailable asset recovery programmes and managing complex dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a 52-week rolling forecast for tram fleet availability.
• Monitor fleet availability against requirements and identify risks/opportunities ahead of time.
• Keep track of trams out of service and ensure recovery plans stay on track.
• Update plans to reflect changing maintenance priorities, demand or supplier lead times.
• Develop and manage annual maintenance plans for the fleet.
• Schedule planned maintenance, inspections, overhauls and improvement programmes.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Production to restore trams to service efficiently.
• Balance depot capacity, resources and workloads to maximise fleet availability.
• Provide early warning of risks and provide clear recommendations for decisions.

Skills

Long-term planning

Excel skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Education

Engineering qualification

Operations planning qualification

Asset management qualification

Tools

AMIS

Agility

Power BI

Project planning software

Job description

West Midlands Metro is seeking a Light Rail Fleet Transport Planner to maximise fleet availability and support safe, efficient tram operations. The role entails long-term maintenance planning, recovery programmes and resource forecasting across the modern tram fleet.

You will work with Engineering, Production and Supply Chain to deliver plans, balance depot capacity and ensure timely maintenance, overhauls and parts supply. Strong analytics and planning experience are essential.