Maintenance Manager
Company: COLAS RAIL UK
Job Location: LONDON, GBR
Type of Contract: Permanent
Posting Start Date: 11/03/2026
Make your mark with Colas Rail UK
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.
Job Description
Purpose of the Role
Manage and motivate a specialist engineering team which includes Project Manager, Reliability Engineer and Warranty Engineer to ensure the efficient and effective maintenance and repair of plant, supporting the delivery of Network Rail projects.
To deliver the required work in a safe and effective manner, conforming to contract specification and to provide the first level response to any machine failures, and ensuring a high level of cleanliness, reliability and performance is achieved.
Person Specification
- Always have safety as the primary consideration in all aspects of delivering and managing the people, process and equipment in Colas Rail.
- Have a minimum 3 years experience of maintenance of large rail plant or systems
- Have excellent planning & organisational capabilities.
- Have previous project management/engineering experience
- Excellent communication and motivation skills essential.
- Have knowledge and experience of railway rules, regulations & standards, and relevant safety legislation
- Have knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act
- Be trained in Risk Management or Risk Assessment techniques
- Have a knowledge of accident investigation techniques
- Hold a PTS
- Have an understanding of Network Rail Line Standards
- Be extensively computer literate.
- Understand commercial processes and requirements.
- Ensure that mandatory PPE is worn by all staff, at all times.
- Participate in regular monthly safety meeting.
- Participate in Accident and Incident reporting and investigation as instructed and in accordance with the Safety Management System
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in regular monthly safety briefs with the Plant Operations Manager.
- Hold monthly safety meeting with direct reports including monthly Cascade Safety Brief, ensuring effective communication throughout the team.
- Ensure that all staff are briefed on the technical and administrative instructions and records kept accordingly.
- Ensure that adequate resources are planned and available for all work sites, informing the Plant Operations Manager of issues for concern.
- Ensure System is operated in a safe manner and all safety locks are in place & safe for travelling on the infrastructure.
- Ensure safety task briefs are properly briefed to the system team.
- Responsible for the safe and effective operation of the machines, keeping the Plant Operations Manager updated on production progress, machine progress and any reportable accidents or incidents.
- Establish key foreseeable delivery risks and initiate appropriate mitigation measures.
- Ensure you achieve high levels of safety, performance, attendance and behavioural standards.
- To ensure that all contract, technical and administrative instructions are implemented.
- Carry out daily checks and servicing in accordance with the laid down procedures.
- To promote, through proactive participation, improvements in Safety, Health and Environmental management in line with the objectives set by the Plant Operations Manager.
- Carry out internal checks and inspections as directed including Safety inspections.
- Accurate and prompt reporting of all faults in accordance with Colas Rail procedures.
- Ensure any reactive maintenance carried out is promptly recorded and reported to the Maintenance Supervisor in a timely manner.
- Ensure that all machines are kept in an exceptionally clean and respectable condition both inside and out, whilst ensuring an adequate on board supply of appropriate tools, components, welfare materials and supplies to facilitate the highest standards of welfare and effective and timely maintenance and operational repairs.
- To be responsible for all on-board welfare including toilets, sinks and cupboards. These are to be kept in a reasonable and clean condition, including the responsibility to clean and ensure these items remain clean using commercial cleaning products, and further to raise through defined reporting channels if these facilities are found to be in an unacceptable condition.
- Collaborate effectively with and respond to the needs of the Network Rail, whilst working as an integral part of the NR delivery team. Ensure that all Colas Rail and Network Rail daily work returns, forms and processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
- Identify any potential innovative procedure or process that could be developed and adopted to improve machine performance, output or delivery quality to provide a world class service to our customers.
- Act as instructed to fulfill for the duties of On-Call for the purposes of technical assistance, incidents and accidents as required.
- Report to Colas Control as required including for accidents, incidents, emergencies or operational issues, booking on/off duty, notification of exceedance etc.
- Any other reasonable duties as required from time to time.
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
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.
Information at a Glance
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