Job Title: Fleet Performance Systems Specialist
Department: Fleet, Safety & Sustainability, TransPennine Express
Role Purpose
The Fleet Performance Systems Specialist will design and deliver a system to analyse, deliver and report on rolling stock reliability, to support TPE's ambition for industry leading fleet performance. This system will drive operational excellence across engineering, maintenance and service delivery, allowing the engineering, commercial and production specialists in the team to adopt into working practices and champion its delivery. Using deep knowledge of rolling stock engineering and maintenance, this role will work within the fleet team, TPE sister departments and maintenance partner organisations to embed a high performance culture, moving the fleets towards optimal reliability.
Key Responsibilities DESIGN PHASE
- Evaluate current team practices in reliability management and performance improvement, putting fleet performance improvement in the context of TPE's business and operations.
- Collect and analyse performance data to present accurate picture of current performance vs targets.
- Develop guidance documentation - the 'how' of fleet performance improvement.
- Create suite of templates covering data analysis, incident review, system performance improvement plans and reporting (not exhaustive). Adapt and develop maintenance partner organisations existing documentation, working together to avoid duplication and 'reinventing the wheel'.
- Ensure that the system design and resulting improvement initiatives comply with rail industry regulations and safety standards.
DELIVERY PHASE
- Working with maintenance partner organisations, develop existing improvement plans into the new system principles. Identify engineering and maintenance issues and inefficiencies, and incorporate these into existing plans.
- Training & Culture Building: Deliver workshops and coaching sessions to embed continuous improvement practices across teams internally to TPE and maintenance partner organisations.
- Innovation & Technology: Support the adoption of digital tools, automation, and predictive analytics to future proof processes.
- Continuous improvement methodology deployment: Introduce elements of improvement methodologies (eg. Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen principles) to reduce waste and improve processes and quality. Use maturity models to assess 'before and after' performance.
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, maintainers, and operations teams to deliver integrated and holistic solutions to reliability challenges. Suggest improvements to supplier and relationship management to help embed the reliability improvement system.
- Data Driven Decision Making: Develop KPIs to report on fleet performance, and monitor progress against improvement targets.
Skills & Qualifications Essential:
- Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field
- Proven experience in fleet performance/reliability improvement within rail industry
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Familiarity with rail safety standards and compliance requirements
- Proficiency in data analysis
- Knowledge of reliability engineering and asset management principles
Desirable:
- Experience working with outsourced rolling stock maintenance providers
- Certification in continuous improvement methodology (eg. Lean Six Sigma)
- Commercial management skills
What can we offer you?
- Competitive salary paid on a 4 weekly basis.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants.
- Travel discounts of up to 75% on other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 year's service.
- Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Portal, 24/7.
- Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
- Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
- High street and lifestyle discounts, plus a cycle to work scheme.
- A welcoming, inclusive workplace that values diversity and supports your wellbeing.