Planning Material Coordinator

ALSTOM Gruppe; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary plus benefits

Permanent contract

Day shifts, includes weekends

Disability confident employer

Competitive pension and life cover

Employee development programs

Job summary

Alstom in Burton on Trent is seeking a skilled Planning and Coordination professional to maximise fleet availability. You will manage maintenance plans, service orders, and real-time SAP GSI data while coordinating with internal teams, contractors, and suppliers to keep work on track.

You’ll contribute to ensuring service quality, identifying risks, and driving improvements in maintenance delivery. A permanent role with day shifts offers stability and growth within a global rail leader.

Qualifications

• Degree in supply chain management, logistics, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience or understanding of maintenance planning, materials coordination, or operational support roles.
• Familiarity with fleet maintenance processes or vehicle maintenance schedules.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Problem-solving skills with a focus on identifying risks and driving continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, contractors, and suppliers.
• Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Managing short-term and 5-day rolling maintenance plans, including scheduling overnight depot work.
• Raising, prioritising, and managing service orders, notifications, and defect incidents from multiple sources.
• Maintaining accurate, real-time data within SAP GSI, ensuring all maintenance activity is correctly recorded and reflected.
• Inputting and analysing data from a range of sources to support informed decision-making.
• Coordinating contractors and suppliers, ensuring work is aligned to plan, delivered on time, and escalating where risks or delays arise.
• Providing clear, consistent communication on daily priorities, critical defects, and operational risks to internal and external stakeholders.
• Supporting in-service fault response in collaboration with Service Engineers and reviewing incidents for quality.
• Identifying risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Supply chain

Maintenance planning

Fleet maintenance

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Degree in supply chain management/logistics/engineering

Tools

SAP GSI

Job description

Req I.D: 523813
Location: Burton on Trent (DE13 8ES)
Appointment Basis: Permanent (Day Shifts Inc W.E.)
Apply by:15/09/26
Salary + Benefits: £54,792.06 (Includes Shift Allowance)

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, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.Hi Dariu

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your planning and coordination expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dedicated and collaborative teammates.
You'll ensure the effective planning and coordination of maintenance activities within SAP GSI to maximise fleet availability and performance. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (internal teams, contractors, and suppliers), maintain accurate, real-time data within SAP GSI, and proactively identify risks to drive continuous improvement in maintenance delivery and service quality, and much more

We’ll look to you for:

• Managing short-term and 5-day rolling maintenance plans, including scheduling overnight depot work ,
• Raising, prioritising, and managing service orders, notifications, and defect incidents from multiple sources, including the Defect App and email requests ,
• Maintaining accurate, real-time data within SAP GSI, ensuring all maintenance activity is correctly recorded and reflected ,
• Inputting and analysing data from a range of sources (e.g., contractors, suppliers, and monitoring systems) to support informed decision-making ,
• Coordinating contractors and suppliers, ensuring work is aligned to plan, delivered on time, and escalating where risks or delays arise ,
• Providing clear, consistent communication on daily priorities, critical defects, and operational risks to internal and external stakeholders ,
• Supporting in-service fault response in collaboration with Service Engineers, helping to contain and manage defects until repair ,Reviewing completed incidents for quality and completeness, and responding to customer queries in line with agreed processes ,
• Identifying risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement, supporting service quality initiatives and continuous improvement

All about you

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:

• Degree in supply chain management, logistics, engineering, or a related field. ,
• Experience or understanding of maintenance planning, materials coordination, or operational support roles. ,
• Familiarity with fleet maintenance processes or vehicle maintenance schedules. ,
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. ,
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions. ,
• Problem-solving skills with a focus on identifying risks and driving continuous improvement. ,
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel. ,
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, contractors, and suppliers. ,
• Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Things you’ll enjoy

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. 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
• Option to enjoy a brand new electric or hybrid vehicle with our salary sacrifice scheme
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

Equal Opportunity Statement
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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