Fleet Contract Manager

What You’ll Be Doing

• Draft, review and negotiate engineering and rolling stock contracts, including maintenance, modification and lease arrangements.
• Own the end‑to‑end contract lifecycle – from development through to delivery and performance management.
• Act as a trusted commercial partner to Engineering Managers, advising on contractual frameworks, warranties and performance regimes, commercial risk and opportunity.
• Build strong working relationships with ROSCOs, engineering suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Identify contractual risks, ambiguities and value opportunities, and recommend clear actions.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy and governance, ensuring contract documentation and financial controls are robust and up to date.

About You

We’re particularly keen to hear from candidates with an engineering mindset who are comfortable operating in commercial environments.

Essential Experience

• Degree‑level qualification (or equivalent experience), ideally in Mechanical / Engineering discipline.
• IMechE qualified, working towards, or equivalent professional credibility.
• 5+ years’ experience within an engineering or asset‑heavy environment.
• Proven experience pulling together contracts – not just administering template agreements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence engineers, suppliers and senior leaders.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical capability.

Desirable

• Rail, rolling stock, transport, defence or heavy engineering experience.
• Experience working with maintenance, modification or asset‑based contracts.
• Sound commercial and financial awareness in technically complex settings.

Why Join Us

• Work at the intersection of engineering excellence and commercial delivery.
• Influence contracts that directly impact fleet safety and performance.
• Exposure to complex, high‑value engineering agreements.
• Hybrid working with flexibility.
• Clear development pathway into senior fleet commercial or leadership roles.
• Purpose‑driven work supporting a safe, reliable railway.

Benefits

• Final salary pension.
• 25 days annual leave allowance (plus bank holidays).
• Free rail travel across our networks.

As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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