Colas Rail UK
Production Manager
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At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be at home. You'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.
This is true because...
- We value everyone as part of the same team.
- We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
- We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
- We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
- We're renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
- We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.
About Us
Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.
At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.
Leading by our Values
Our values, Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.
- We Respect our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.
- We Commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.
- We Share as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.
- We Pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.
Even if you don't meet every requirement, please don't rule yourself out, we still encourage you to apply if your skills, values, and experience align to the role.
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Purpose of the Role
The Production Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient and coordinated delivery of track discipline projects, ensuring outputs are achieved on time, within budget and to the required quality standards. The role provides leadership to the Track Delivery function, overseeing multiple concurrent workstreams and ensuring that all activities are delivered in compliance with requirements and Health & Safety standards.
Person Specification
- Safety Management training
- Good knowledge and understanding of track standards, processes and procedures
- Experience with track form types found in Light Rail
- SMSTS / CSCS/ PTS
Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for the safe, timely, cost-effective and high-quality delivery of a portfolio of light rail (tram / urban rail) projects.
- Provide overall leadership and management of the Track Delivery function, ensuring that a competent team of construction managers, supervisors and engineers is in place and fully resourced to deliver works safely and effectively.
- Lead the planning and delivery of safe systems of work, ensuring compliance with organisational safety procedures, and establishing a proactive safety culture across all projects.
- Establish and maintain a safe working environment, including the preparation and implementation of construction phase plans, risk assessments, method statements and associated safety documentation.
- Drive safety performance across the portfolio, including leading close call reporting, safety engagements, investigations and the timely close-out of actions in collaboration with the Health & Safety team.
- Apply sound project management principles, taking overall accountability for cost, quality and programme performance in collaboration with Project Leads, Construction Managers and Technical Engineers.
- Ensure track works are fully integrated across disciplines, with effective coordination between engineering, construction, design teams, third parties and the wider programme.
- Lead, motivate and manage track delivery teams, ensuring technical compliance, high-quality installation, and adherence to specifications across all renewal and enhancement works.
- Develop team capability, identifying and addressing training, development and competency needs across safety, technical and leadership areas.
- Oversee commercial and cost management, including:
- Producing and owning construction estimates
- Delivering projects in line with agreed budgets
- Supporting accurate forecasting with the commercial team
- Managing change control processes and ensuring variations are captured and reported
- Procuring labour, plant and materials in line with delivery requirements
- Support planning and operational delivery, including input into programme schedules, possession/access strategies (where applicable), and business planning.
- Support business development activities as required.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties commensurate with the role.
- As you will expect the organisation may change from time to time and you will be expected to meet the operational requirements.
- Any other reasonable duties as required from time to time.
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What We Offer
- Competitive Salary
- 26 days Annual Leave
- Industry leading Life Assurance
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Wellbeing Employee Assistant Programme Pension Scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Long Service Award Season
- Ticket Loan
- Occupational Health Service
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, and we actively seek to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, heard, valued and respected. Regardless of background, disability, age, race, religion, or gender, everyone is welcome at Colas Rail.
We strive to promote equity and eliminate discrimination, actively seeking to create a workforce reflective of communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, offering flexible and inclusive adjustments to the interview process.
As part of a positive action drive to address under-representation we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.
We are proudly part of the Disability Confidence Scheme, and as such we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme if you meet the minimum requirements.
On joining Colas Rail you’ll have access to our growing Employee Network Groups including Railbow (representing the LGBTQ+ community), BeyonDisability (representing those with disabilities) and Cross Culture (representing people from ethnic backgrounds). Everyone is welcome to join our network groups whether you are part of the community or an ally.
Work life balance is important to us; flexible working options are available where feasible and dependant on the role. Please discuss this during the interview process.
Join us in making a positive impact! Apply and be part of a team that values diversity and embraces unique perspectives.
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