Depot Supervisor - Engineering

About The Role

Join our Wigan depot as a Depot Supervisor and take the lead in ensuring safe, reliable and efficient delivery of seasonal fleet maintenance requirements.

Managing a team of 6-8 maintenance staff, this role is suited to an experienced maintenance supervisor or maintenance manager from a workshop, depot, fleet, plant, heavy engineering, HGV, utilities, manufacturing, aviation ground support or similar maintenance environment. Previous rail experience is beneficial but not essential, with rail‑specific knowledge and requirements developed through training and operational exposure.

The salary on offer for this role is 48-58k depending on experience.

Closing date: 22nd June – early application is encouraged, we may close this role early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

• Lead and manage a depot team of 6–8 maintenance staff, allocating work, monitoring progress, supporting competence development and ensuring safe, efficient completion of planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Plan and control daily depot workload, balancing safety, resource availability, asset priorities, defect rectification and seasonal readiness requirements.
• Drive a clear maintenance rhythm for the depot, including daily briefings, work allocation, defect review, parts availability checks, job close‑out and escalation of blockers.
• Monitor daily site activities, manage job progress and elevate issues to the Maintenance Manager as required.
• Conduct site inductions, toolbox talks, routine safety inspections and local safety briefings.
• Maintain accurate records of labour, materials, parts, plant and equipment usage to support cost control, maintenance planning and customer reporting.
• Maintain accurate records of work carried out, including parts used, defects identified, actions completed and follow‑up requirements, in line with company and regulatory documentation standards.
• Work with the Maintenance Manager, FAMS team and wider support functions to ensure maintenance records are accurate, complete and closed in line with company and customer requirements.
• Act as the local depot point of contact for customer and internal operational queries, ensuring issues are communicated clearly, owned appropriately and escalated when required.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are followed and safe working practices are maintained within the depot and any associated on‑site working environments.
• Support the delivery and improvement of maintenance plans, standard work instructions, depot processes and reliability actions.
• Work closely with operations, planning, stores, engineering support and senior maintenance management to resolve issues affecting asset availability and depot performance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activity by identifying recurring defects, reporting reliability trends and suggesting practical maintenance or process improvements.
• Ensure depot activity is carried out in line with company safety, environmental, quality and rail compliance requirements, with support provided for rail‑specific standards where required.
• Work effectively with other departments within GBRf to support safe, reliable and efficient delivery of the seasonal maintenance function.

• Experience supervising or managing maintenance activity within a workshop, depot, fleet, plant, manufacturing, utilities, aviation, HGV, heavy engineering or similar maintenance environment.
• Strong practical understanding of planned maintenance, reactive defect management, job prioritisation and safe systems of work.
• Proven ability to lead small to medium‑sized maintenance teams, including work allocation, performance management, coaching and day‑to‑day supervision.
• Good mechanical and/or electrical understanding, with confidence working around complex equipment, machinery, vehicles or specialist plant.
• Demonstrable understanding of maintenance activity in relation to site operations, asset availability, operational targets and customer requirements.
• Strong leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong safety leadership, including briefings, toolbox talks, near‑miss reporting, hazard…