Field Service Manager

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 '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.

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 '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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To manage the maintenance of Network Rail owned assets which includes C2102, C2103 and C44 machines to ensure the maximum availability and reliability is achieved. Ensure that the equipment is maintained in accordance with relevant standards, procedures & legislation.

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.

• 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

• Report to and work under the direction of the Plant Operations Manager and in close collaboration with the Rail Grinding Delivery Manager,…