Rail Maintenance Scheduler: SAP & CMMS Expert

Hitachi Rail; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Annual bonus potential

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Group Life Insurance

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is recruiting for a maintenance planning role based at the Train Maintenance Centre (TMC). You will develop and deliver the operating maintenance schedule for IEP/WOE Class 800/2 fleets, liaising with Fleet Planning and Team Leaders to optimise priorities and resources.

Working on a shift basis, you will use SAP MMS and CMMS tools to manage documentation, stock and defects, coordinating with contractors and internal teams to ensure reliable railway operations.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of scheduling maintenance and production.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to think quickly.
• Experience of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) - SAP, Maximo or Equinox.

Responsibilities

• Focus on the local daily and weekly maintenance plan for the Train Maintenance centre (TMC) in order to develop and continually refine the maintenance schedule for the IEP/WOE Class 800/2 fleets.
• Review, prioritise and schedule maintenance tasks with the Team Leaders & Fleet Planning in accordance with maintenance plan priorities.
• Identify any restrictions & resource capacity that could affect the delivery of the maintenance plan. Work with the local management and Fleet Planning to reduce the effect of the restriction.
• Review SAP notification, ensuring material demands are in place, & coordinate with Material colleges to ensure correct stock of material.
• Identify, coordinate and leverage resources to enable the maintenance schedule including the technical information and any material required.
• Coordinate the work of contractors and external repair agencies into the maintenance schedule.
• Monitor the backlog of defects in order to reduce the amount of reactive maintenance and improve reliability.
• Be reactive to incidents, disruptions and emergencies on the operational railway and amend the maintenance schedule accordingly; record decisions to drive improvement.
• Ensure defects in-service and emerging work is incorporated into the maintenance schedule.
• Liaise with Fleet Planning, the Duty Shift Manager (DSM) and Team Leaders (TL) to agree the maintenance plan to be executed.
• Administer and manage technical investigations to ensure timely resolution.
• Utilise the SAP Maintenance Management System (MMS) and other IT applications in order to inform and develop the workload plan.
• Ensuring SOROS is accurate at all times.
• Review of all defects and correct coding in SAP in line with IEP/WOE contractual obligations.
• Prepare reports and give verbal briefs as required.
• Participate in the daily conference calls & planning meetings.
• Act as the SAP super user for the TMC.
• Co-ordinate with the Training Department to plan training and assessment while maintaining resource requirements.
• Promote, support and comply with all health and safety practices in the workplace.
• Any other duties as directed by the Production Planning Manager.

Skills

Scheduling maintenance

Organisational skills

Problem solving

CMMS experience

Education

Vocational qualifications

Tools

SAP

Maximo

Equinox

Job description

Hitachi Rail is recruiting for a maintenance planning role based at the Train Maintenance Centre (TMC). You will develop and deliver the operating maintenance schedule for IEP/WOE Class 800/2 fleets, liaising with Fleet Planning and Team Leaders to optimise priorities and resources.

Working on a shift basis, you will use SAP MMS and CMMS tools to manage documentation, stock and defects, coordinating with contractors and internal teams to ensure reliable railway operations.