Engineering Contracts Manager

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• Role:
  Engineering Contracts Manager
• Location:
  
  Aylesbury Depot
• Contract type:
  Permanent
• Salary: £60,000 per annum
• Closing date:
  Sunday 4th January 2026

Thorough management of the supply chain, to ensure full availability and delivery of materials, equipment, services and contracts where applicable for the Engineering department. Be a leader in Chiltern to deliver the business plan for our stakeholders.

• Establish priority contracts to support major work packages,
• Work closely with the Chiltern Railways Procurement Department and Arriva Group Procurement to ensure contract timescales are achieved,
• Management of suppliers and contracts, including formal contract reviews,
• Achieve best VFM through management of contracts and suppliers,
• Improve performance and delivery of key suppliers, including the development of Key Performance Indicators for all relevant suppliers/contracts,
• In conjunction with other stakeholders develop the materials budget for planned and unplanned maintenance,
• Maintain the engineering contract register,
• Compliance with applicable legislation, DFT And Arriva Group commitments
• Meet budgetary constraints in terms of resource, systems and services
• Work with Fleet Planning team to link materials procurement with heavy maintenance strategy to minimise impact on fleet availability.

• Professional Qualification desired
• Experience of negotiating and managing high value commercial agreements
• Experience of traction and rolling stock maintenance
• Proven people leader and manager
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Continuous improvement knowledge and experience
• Highly self-motivated problem solver
• Broad cross-functional working perspective
• Resilient and flexible

Mid-senior level