Production Manager

Alstom; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Life, medical, pension coverage

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Production Manager for our Nottingham depot. The role oversees production targets, safety, and quality while leading a shift-based team. You will ensure on-time tram delivery, maintain infrastructure, and drive continuous improvement in a dynamic, multi-shift environment.

The position involves days, nights and weekend work, with a comprehensive benefits package and a competitive salary. If you want to advance in rail operations, join our global mobility leader.

Qualifications

• Higher National Certificate or equivalent qualification in an Engineering field.
• Management experience of large groups of staff 10+.
• Experience in fleet and/or maintenance operations and planning.
• Understanding of Railway Depot and Industry Operations preferable.
• Understanding of SAP and MS Office packages, Email & Intranet.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production targets, quality standards and safety requirements are achieved through the production plan and resource management.
• Ensure trams are delivered on time in a safe, clean and fully functional condition.
• Maintain Infrastructure to required standards.
• Lead a Production Team across shifts and manage leave entitlement.
• Promote Lean maintenance philosophies and identify areas for improvement.

Skills

Management experience

Fleet maintenance ops

Railway depot operations

SAP

MS Office

Education

Higher National Certificate (HNC) or equivalent

Job description

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Production Manager

Date: 9 Oct 2026

Location: Nottingham, NGM, GB

Company: Alstom

Location: Based On-Site at Nottingham Tram Depot, NG7 7NW

Appointment Basis: Permanent. This is a shift based role and will include days, nights and weekend working.

Salary + Benefits: Circa £58,000 plus shift allowance of 5-10%, along with a performance related bonus and a competitive benefits package.

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.

Your future role

The Production Manager is responsible to perform the following:-

• Ensure production targets, quality standards and safety requirements are achieved through the execution of the production plan and through the efficient management of resources.
• Ensure trams are delivered on time in a safe, clean and fully functional condition to our customers.
• Ensure Infrastructure is maintained to required standards

We’ll look to you for:

Management

• Manage a Production Team, including monitoring and controlling Production on a shift-by-shift basis.
• Ensure that accountability for production is clearly defined and delegated.
• Actively promote APSYS, AZDP, 5S, Lean maintenance philosophies and methodologies.
• Plan and control leave entitlement for Team Members within set guidelines in order to meet the requirements of the business.
• Encourage continual professional development for staff within your areas of responsibility.
• Maintain good industrial relations within area of responsibility, implementing disciplinary procedures for any serious staff irregularities
• Maintain a well-disciplined work force.
• Proactive in identifying areas for improvement by personal checks, analysis of Tram incident reports and complaints, initiating action to ensure improvements. Manage and carry out these investigations.
• Identify staffing requirements for budgeted fixed workload ensuring flexibility and high levels of productivity are achieved.
• Manage organisational change in order to optimise working practices and thus ensure a productive workforce.
• Identifying training and other resource needs to facilitate production in the most effective way.

EHS

• Ensure all Production meets the Safety and Quality requirements of internal standards, customer specifications.
• Monitoring working practices and environment to ensure that staff and facilities meet the mandatory and/or statutory requirements.
• Ensure work is performed in a safe, effective manner and in accordance with the local policies and procedures.

Performance and Efficiency

• Minimise depot-operating costs and maximise depot-operating efficiencies through effective depot resource planning and controlling of production overtime.
• Review work plans to ensure daily production targets are met as effectively and efficiently as possible. Conduct analysis where there was a failure to achieve production.
• Proactively identify areas for improvement by analysis from production/service operation reports and customer complaints, initiating action to ensure improvements.
• Manage relationship with sub-contractors and the customer.
• Support continuous improvement of processes. Look for and implement changes to improve maintenance and operational processes.

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:

• Higher National Certificate, or equivalent qualificationin an Engineering field preferable OR equivalent experience.
• Management experience of large groups of staff 10+
• Experience in fleet and /or maintenance operations and planning role.
• An Understanding of Railway Depot and Railway Industry Operations preferable.
• An understanding of SAP and ability to use MS Office packages, Email & Intranet

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
• 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!

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.