Fleet Engineer

Fleet Engineer 

Role Purpose 

• To support Midland Metro Ltd.’s mission which is to provide a safe and dependable tram service
• To support the Midland Metro Rolling Stock department with technical management of the current CAF Urbos Tram fleet.

Role Responsibilities:

• Oversee the day to day technical management of the current CAF Urbos Tram fleet.
• Ownership of fleet performance and safety.
• Ensure in service failures are correctly reported, rectified, tracked and closed out.
• Analysis of fleet data to find any trends to help improve reliability and prevent in service failures.
• Create and update Key Performance Indicators to help visualise fleet performance.
• Work closely with other departments within the business to help improve fleet performance.
• Further develop the maintenance regime, including instructions, procedures and associated documents, to help improve the reliability of the fleet and cost effectiveness of vehicle maintenance.
• Investigate and review all fleet safety related incidents.
• Assist the Technical Trainer and Assessor in knowledge transfer to the Maintenance team.
• Create weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to communicate the performance of the fleet internally and externally.
• Monitor National Incident Reports (NIR’s) to understand if failures on other parts of the railway could impact the MML fleets.
• Manage the fleet risk register.
• Ensure Rolling Stock procedures and policies are correct and up to date.
• Ensure any modifications are captured within Engineering Change.
• Chair and manage monthly meetings relating to fleet performance such as warranty meetings.
• Create and maintain good working relationships with the vehicle manufacturer and system OEM’s.
• Help influence the culture within the department to continuously improve.
• Working occasional evenings, nights and weekends if required as part of the role.
• Carry out rostered on-call duties as part of Fleet Technical On-call.
• Any other duties that are commensurate with the role.