Infrastructure Maintenance Contracts Mgr

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Key Information

Job title: Infrastructure Maintenance Contracts Mgr 

Salary: £55,000 - £59,970 plus unsociable hours allowance

Grade: 3A

Contract type: RfLi, Perm

Reference:  1489

Location: Plumstead / Endeavour Square

Application closing date: Tuesday 17th June 2025 @ 23:59 

Hybrid working is not available in this position, it is a full office-based role.

This is a safety critical role so you will need to get clearance from our Occupational Health team before you start.

Overview of project/role
The Infrastructure Maintenance Contract Manager (IMCM) is responsible for the Stewardship and leadership of the maintenance contracted services and overall supervision of the specialist contracted services teams ensuring the execution of programmed delivery of maintenance and like for like renewal and enhancements works including, but not limited to, asset fault response, infrastructure inspection, asset data management and the safe delivery of reliability cantered maintenance tasks. This includes approval and direct supervision of contracted works. 

IMCM will be responsible for ensuring that contracted maintenance services receive there necessary technical discipline competence / works authority from the relevant Infrastructure Maintenance Engineers. 

 TheIMCM will supervise the contracted maintenance services measuring their responsibilities for the safety critical deployment, on site works delivery and quality. The IMCM will support  planning and management, strategic decision prioritisation and execution in relation to maintenance engineering stewardship leading cross functional teams.

Key Accountabilities 
•    Accountable for the Supervision of the contracted team including people resources and services in delivering the overall safety of line and safety critical asset / systems inspection, compliance, work prioritisation and quality, strategy and tactical deployment requirements. This includes the management of delivery of self assurance checks, quality checks and audits.

•    The IMCM will supervise the delivery of the yearly asset stewardship and renewals plan for contracted services. Accountable for the delivery of the of the applied strategic intervention regime and the management of maintenance engineering / performance stewardship to enable the defined relevantstandards, processes, procedures and performance to be delivered.

•    Responsible for the tangible delivery of the contracted maintenance deployment planning with operations colleagues, ensuring that the operational outputs align with the maintenance engineering asset management requirements and deliver a compliant, safe, operable and maintainable railway.

•    Ensure Infrastructure and Asset maintenance standards are met by applying established policies and procedures to ensure safety and functional limits are included in the design and construction phase.

•    Lead the application of continuous improvement for the applied contracts deliverables program in association with the Infrastructure Maintenance Engineers.

•    Ensure continually review skills gap analysis, competency and support long term strategic contract procurement.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience 
Skills
•    Team leader experience with leadership skills to motivate professionals from multiple disciplines. 
•    Excellent communication skills with proven negotiation and influencing skills explicitly with external contractors
•    Excellent decision-making and analytical skills
•    Established risk management skills.
•    Ability to formulate and articulate clear visions for the planning and delivery of initiatives and programmes
•    Ability to supervise projects of high monitory and technical complexity
Knowledge
•    Desirable Higher / National Diploma or equivalent qualification
•    Desirable Member / Associate / Technician of a relevant professional institution Institute of Railway Operators, Permanent Way Institution Member of Association of Project Managers
•    Desirable understanding of the business structure of and agencies associated with the Rail Industry
•    Demonstrable application of railway safety-related standards regime and processes
•    Desirable knowledge of Railway Safety standards
Experience 
•    Knowledge in the infrastructure and asset critical industries
•    Knowledge in the management of infrastructure stewardship and maintenance 
•    Knowledge of successfully managing a range of maintainers
•    Knowledge of working alongside other engineering functions. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process 

Please apply using your CV and a two page covering letter.

Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 17th June 2025 @ 23:59

Benefits 
•    Final salary pension scheme
•    Free travel for you on the TfL network
•    Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
•    266 hours of annual leave which includes the usual 8 recognised public and bank holidays.
•    Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
•    Retail, health, leisure, and travel offers.
•    Discounted Eurostar travel

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.