Rail Power Pack MRO Workshop Lead

Rolls-Royce Power Systems; Winsford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Power Systems in Winsford is seeking a Workshop Team Leader for Rail Power Pack MRO. You will lead a multi-skilled MRO team responsible for repair, overhaul, refurbishment, testing and return to service of rail power packs, ensuring safe, on-time delivery to quality standards.

The role emphasizes visible shop-floor leadership, embedding standard work, lessons learned and continuous improvement across overhaul programmes, with a focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering or manufacturing experience.
• Appropriate level of technical competency for the activities being supervised.
• Relevant leadership / supervisory experience.
• IOSH / NEBOSH or equivalent.
• Lean / Six Sigma qualification.
• Rail industry competencies.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day delivery of the allocated rail power pack overhaul workload.
• Coordinate activities across mechanical, electrical, cleaning, painting, inspection and testing operations.
• Monitor progress and identify potential delivery risks at an early stage.
• Manage constraints and escalation issues appropriately.
• Ensure effective shift-to-shift handover.
• Maintain accurate production status and communicate progress to the Production Manager.
• Support recovery plans where production performance falls behind schedule.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety leadership

Production planning

Problem solving

Communication

Rail/MRO knowledge

Lean / Six Sigma

Engineering supervision

Education

Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent

Job description

Rolls-Royce Power Systems in Winsford is seeking a Workshop Team Leader for Rail Power Pack MRO. You will lead a multi-skilled MRO team responsible for repair, overhaul, refurbishment, testing and return to service of rail power packs, ensuring safe, on-time delivery to quality standards.

The role emphasizes visible shop-floor leadership, embedding standard work, lessons learned and continuous improvement across overhaul programmes, with a focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People.