Marine Engineering Manager (Vessel)

Transport for London; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final salary pension

Free TfL travel

Rail ticket reimbursement (75%)

30 days annual leave

Hybrid working approach

Cycle-to-work scheme

Retail, health & travel offers

Eurostar travel discounts

Job summary

Transport for London seeks a Marine Engineering Manager (Vessel) to lead maintenance across Woolwich Ferry vessels and shoreside assets. You will set goals, mentor the team, and ensure safe, reliable service while controlling budgets and driving efficiency.

The role focuses on safe operations, asset performance, and long-term planning, with on-site duties at Woolwich Ferry and periodic on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading planned maintenance teams and chairing maintenance meetings (essential).
• Knowledge of electrical/mechanical engineering in operational transport settings (essential).
• Strong reporting and asset-management skills (essential).

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day maintenance for vessel teams and shore assets.
• Develop and execute annual maintenance plans and safety procedures.
• Coordinate internal and contractor works within budgets and timelines.
• Drive continuous improvement and asset lifecycle planning.

Skills

Technical reports

IT literacy

Planned Maintenance Software

Coaching & guidance

Safety mindset

Verbal and written communication

Leadership by example

Education

Electrical or mechanical degree/HNC/HND

Knowledge of maintenance systems

UK driving licence (desirable)

Tools

Planned Maintenance Software

Job description

Marine Engineering Manager (Vessel)

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Key Information

Marine Engineering Manager (Vessel)

Location : Woolwich Ferry

Contract Type : TfL

Team : Woolwich Ferry

Ref: 5774

Salary : up to £66,520 plus 12.5% on call allowance ( 1 week in every 4 weeks)

The closing date for applications is: 5th November 2026 @ 23:59 hours

Overview of the role

We are looking for an experienced Vessel Marine Engineering Manager to lead the safe, efficient, and reliable maintenance and upgrade of Woolwich Ferry's vessels and shoreside assets. Responsible for coordinating resources and maintenance activities, you will ensure assets are available for service and operate in compliance with company and statutory standards.

The role plays a key part in delivering a safe, reliable, and punctual ferry service while driving asset performance, continuous improvement, and operational recovery. You will lead teams, manage change initiatives, and develop forward plans that enhance safety, reliability, and long-term asset sustainability.

The role will be a full time operational role based in Woolwich Ferry.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for providing day to day management for a team of maintenance engineers. Establishing clear goals,providing direction and supporting delivery. Lead from the front in a visible accessible fashion, and be responsible forcommunicating the strategies and objectives of Woolwich Ferry in a relevant and engaging fashion.
• Ensure that a workable suite of work safe procedures are in place, in line with the company's policies and that they are suitable for the activities being undertaken, and ensure that the team adhere to those procedures at all times.
• Ensure that the computerised asset management system is implemented in full. Establish annual maintenance plans.
• Ensure that this planned work along side all work arising and corrective work is scheduled and assigned to sufficient and competent resource and that the asset is maintained in line with the designated standards
• Manage budgets in line with company's business plan. Constantly identifying opportunities for efficiencies to enable both increased output and cost savings. Provide periodic reporting of activities as required for escalation information.
• Provide training, mentoring and competence assessment of the team and other operatives where applicable to enable them to fulfil their roles in a safe efficient and compliant manner, and identify any development needs of the team to ensure maintenance works are carried out to a satisfactory standard.
• Manage 2nd tier contractors, consultants and external resources as required, in line with budget, in delivery of maintenance strategy, to ensure works are completed to standard.
• Participate in on call duties
• Input to the capital works plan to ensure that all relevant assets are planned to be refurbished or replaced prior to the end of their safe and economical life cycle. Specify replacement assets to meet system requirements and whole life cycle cost.

Skills

• Ability to write technical reports.
• Strong IT & computer literacy skills.
• Ability to use Planned Maintenance Software.
• Ability to appropriately coach and guide at all levels.
• Good approach to safety.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Be able to lead from the front with the team and deputise for the Head of Marine Assets and Infrastructure when required.

Knowledge

• Degree in relevant electrical or mechanical discipline, Electro-Technical or Mechanical HNC/HND, or equivalent electrical qualification (essential)
• Knowledge of working with planned maintenance systems and softwares (essential).
• Knowledge of ISM code (desirable).
• Valid UK driving license (desirable).

Experience

• Experience in leading planned maintenance teams and chairing maintenance related meetings (essential).
• Extensive electrical and mechanical engineering experience within operational or transport industry (essential).
• Experience of leading teams (essential).
• Experience of work with mechanical and electrical engineering (essential).
• Remote monitoring, fault diagnostic & resolution. (essential).
• Maintenance and repair (essential).
• Extensive experience in fault finding, continuous improvement projects and management of electricians/engineers (essential).

Interviews will be held on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th November.

This is a safety critical role so you will need to get clearance from our Occupational Health team before you start.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge and experience has been met. In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them.

Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly, consistently and proportionately in line with our Disability Confident commitments.

We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair

Benefits

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

Vetting Process

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn't match or can't be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we'll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.