Avanti West Coast
Fleet Quality & Compliance Manager
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Fleet Quality & Compliance Manager
We’re looking for a Fleet Quality & Compliance Manager to play a key role in ensuring the safety, compliance, quality and continuous improvement of our rail fleet.
This is a high-impact role where you’ll work across engineering, operations, maintenance partners and senior stakeholders to ensure our fleet remains compliant, assured and ready to perform.
What you’ll be responsible for
You’ll take ownership of a broad range of fleet quality and compliance activities, including:
- Ensuring all rail vehicles comply with relevant industry standards, safety requirements and regulations.
- Managing the engineering change and concession programme across the Avanti West Coast fleet.
- Managing safety item trackers for the Class 390 and Class 80X fleets, ensuring actions are progressed and closed within appropriate timescales.
- Reviewing National Incident Reports (NIRs) and ensuring relevant reports are recorded, investigated and appropriately mitigated across the fleet.
- Establishing and maintaining an effective assurance programme with third-party maintenance suppliers to monitor quality and performance.
- Providing clear and meaningful reporting on engineering change, concessions, quality and audits to the Executive/Board, internal departments and external stakeholders.
- Managing and delivering the Fleet assurance audit programme, including appointing and managing third-party auditors where required.
- Creating, reviewing and managing risk assessments and internal standards in line with the company’s Safety Management System.
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What we’re looking for
Essential knowledge & experience
- Strong knowledge of UK rolling stock, preferably EMUs.
- Experience working with UK rolling stock standards and procedures, including ROGS, LOC & PAS and NTSNs.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to thoroughly review technical and compliance documentation.
- Strong analytical and investigation skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
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Take a look at the Role Profile and apply now to join our team and make a difference at Avanti West Coast.
Qualifications
Degree qualified in a relevant engineering subject or equivalent industry experience.
Benefits
As well as working with a fantastic team you will also receive:
- Final salary pension
- Free travel on Avanti West Coast for you/spouse/partner/dependents
- Privilege Travel card (75% off other train operators fares for leisure travel)
- 30 days holiday rising by 1 for every completed year of service to a maximum of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 10 free journeys on other First Group Train Operators
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