Rail Operations Manager

Speedy Hire; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hire provider is seeking a Rail Operations Manager to oversee operations across multiple sites. The role involves maximising customer experience, managing P&L, and ensuring safety standards. Applicants should have proven operational management experience and strong commercial acumen. This position offers benefits including 26 days holiday, pension scheme, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

26 days holiday

Pension Scheme

Life assurance

95% discount across the Speedy brand

Voluntary Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Proven operational management experience of a large team across multiple sites.
• Ability to deliver sustained growth and profitability through operational effectiveness.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in full P&L management.

Responsibilities

• Maximising customer experience through high standards of service.
• Ownership of the full P&L for all depots within the region.
• Maintaining safety standards and fostering a safety-first culture.

Skills

Operational management experience

Commercial acumen

Health and Safety management

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Overview

Job title Rail Operations Manager

Location - National role travelling from all over the north from Crewe to Glasgow

Working Hours - Monday to Friday, 7:30 – 17:00, 42 hours per week

Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!

Are you ready to take on a pivotal leadership role within the UK's leading hire provider? Speedy Hire is looking for an Operations Manager to drive operational success, enhance customer satisfaction, and ensure top-tier safety and performance across our depots in the region.

Responsibilities

• Maximising customer experience by ensuring high standards of service and operational excellence.
• Asset management across the region, ensuring efficient sourcing and sharing of equipment.
• Ownership of the full P&L for all depots within your region, driving cost-effective practices while boosting revenue.
• Maintaining safety standards across depots and customer sites, fostering a safety-first culture in all aspects of operations.
• Collaborating with area managers and the wider sales teams to drive new business opportunities, ensuring revenue targets are met and exceeded.

What You’ll Need

• Proven operational management experience of a large team across multiple sites
• Ability to deliver sustained growth and profitability through operational effectiveness and service excellence regionally
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in full P&L management
• Evidence of attained sales and profitability growth
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of logistics, operations and sales
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Excellent understanding and experience of managing Health and Safety practices at work
• Ability to support your business unit/team to deliver our ESG Strategy – Decade to Deliver.
• Driving licence

Desirable

• Previous hire industry experience
• Local area knowledge of the market and sectors
• IOSH qualified

What We Offer

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Life assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Canteen facilities
• 95% discount across the Speedy brand
• Opportunities for training, development and career progression
• Voluntary Health Cash Plan
• My Staff Shop: discounts and offers for shopping etc. across many suppliers
• Green Commute Initiative: Work scheme for cycling
• PAM – Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Offers free and confidential support and counselling to help you through matters such as wellbeing, divorce, legal, and financial management

Why Join Speedy?

At Speedy, we pride ourselves on delivering industry-leading services. As a Regional Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the business, leading a talented team to new heights and driving operational and commercial success.

Speedy operates an industry leading Work Life Balance initiative, demonstrating our commitment to reducing core contracted hours, supporting colleague wellbeing, and identifying more balanced work patterns for our colleagues which is a huge step in realising our ambition of putting our People First. Talk to us about a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements to suit your needs including flexible start/finish times, shorter days, term time hours and job share opportunities.

Speedy offer a Career Line of Sight which enables a detailed understanding of the route to progression and growth within the Speedy Group.

Please be aware Speedy reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We would recommend that if you wish to be considered that you complete the application as promptly as possible.

Please be aware that some roles within The Speedy Group UK&I may require a DBS, Credit or Security Clearance Check. The Speedy Group is an equal opportunity employer where we embrace diversity in all its forms and fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.

Link below to our policies in line with our ESG Governance: https://www.speedyservices.com/esg/governance

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. All roles within The Speedy Group require proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment.