Senior Fleet Production & Safety Leader

Stadler; Leicester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stadler in the United Kingdom seeks a senior leader to drive safe, reliable fleet production and 24/7 maintenance activities. You will lead production teams, liaise with customers and internal stakeholders, and push for peak fleet availability, reliability and train presentation.

This role focuses on embedding a strong safety culture, delivering contractual KPIs and developing high-performing teams while steering continuous improvements across all operational and engineering activities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within rolling stock maintenance, fleet operations or large engineering environments.
• Proven track record of leading and developing teams, with at least five years' people management experience.
• Experience managing production, maintenance or operational activities within a transport, rail or engineering setting.
• Strong background in stakeholder engagement, customer management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience driving operational performance through KPI management, continuous improvement and root cause investigations.
• Demonstrable experience identifying, assessing and mitigating operational and safety risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the Production team to deliver safe, reliable and efficient fleet operations that meet contractual performance and availability targets.
• Drive a strong safety-first culture, ensuring compliance with quality, environmental and operational standards.
• Manage day-to-day production activities to maximise fleet reliability, availability and train presentation.
• Build, develop and coach high-performing teams through effective leadership, performance management and succession planning.
• Act as the key customer and stakeholder interface for production performance, service delivery and warranty matters.
• Monitor and improve operational performance through KPI management, reporting, root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reliability, optimise maintenance activities and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead investigations into safety, quality and performance issues, ensuring timely resolution and sustainable improvements.
• Foster effective collaboration across operational, engineering and performance teams to achieve business objectives.
• Provide leadership support to the wider site, including deputising for the Head of Location when required and participating in on-call arrangements.

Skills

Leadership

People management

KPI management

Stakeholder engagement

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Safety culture

Rail operations

Problem solving

Lean/Kaizen/5S

Education

HNC in engineering or related discipline

Job description

Stadler in the United Kingdom seeks a senior leader to drive safe, reliable fleet production and 24/7 maintenance activities. You will lead production teams, liaise with customers and internal stakeholders, and push for peak fleet availability, reliability and train presentation.

This role focuses on embedding a strong safety culture, delivering contractual KPIs and developing high-performing teams while steering continuous improvements across all operational and engineering activities.