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Maintenance Manager | Manchester | Up to £72,000 per annum
The Opportunity:
An exciting opportunity has arisen with one of the UK’s leading rolling stock businesses to join their team as a Maintenance Manager. This role will be overseeing the contractual overhaul services across three depots, monitoring expenditure against contract, leading a team of engineers and seeking to optimise the longer term maintenance cycle to seek continual improvements.
This position requires an experienced engineering professional who can lead a technical team, oversee engineering processes, and collaborate with senior internal and external stakeholders. Our client has a culture of promoting from within, and this role has become available due to an internal promotion. There is also the opportunity to travel both nationally and internationally within the organisation.
This is a high-profile role which requires direct communication with senior colleagues within the business as well as external stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone motivated by challenge and seeking an opportunity to have a real impact on the continued success of the business.
Candidate Essentials:
- Proven experience in project or operational management within a rolling stock industry
- Leadership expertise - motivating teams and making decisive problem-solving decisions.
- Technical proficiency, including reviewing and analysing procedures and seeking continual improvements.
- HNC/D or above in Engineering with strong and relevant experience.
- Strong organisational and planning skills - with a results-driven approach.
About Ford & Stanley Group
Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.
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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.
