Technical Assurance Lead

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Date: 7 Oct 2026

Company: CAF Rail UK

Location:

MANCHESTER, GB

ABOUT CAF

Innovation is in our DNA - we thrive on pushing boundaries and adapting to new challenges with a flexible approach. Proud to be a global leader, our fast-paced growth provides exciting opportunities for our team and the community.

Committed to maintaining trains and trams, our mission is to enhance vehicle safety and reliability. Our ultimate goal is to deliver a comfortable, dependable, and sustainable commuting experience for all passengers.

Based out of multiple locations across the UK, our 24/7 operation means we’re always on hand to deliver reliable technical support. Utilising the latest digital technology, we strive to enhance dependability, helping people to get to where they need to be! We wouldn’t be where we are without our people. Working together as a team, we strive to achieve great things while supporting each other to thrive along the way.

• Positive Work Environment: You will work in a positive environment, based on mutual respect and team spirit.
• Professional Development: Our projects are often measured in years, sometimes decades, giving you and the organisation a future.
• Learning and Autonomy: We will encourage you to work autonomously, being able to propose and decide 'what' and 'how'.
• Security and Reliability: CAF has been working for over 100 years on a path that stretches into the future, giving you the security you need.
• Cutting-edge technology: You will work with the latest technologies, facing the challenge of devising innovative approaches and solutions every day.

The Technical Assurance Lead is responsible for providing independent technical assurance across CAF Rail UK's supply chain, ensuring that products, materials, services and engineering activities delivered by suppliers meet contractual, regulatory, technical and quality requirements. The role will support supplier qualification, technical validation, project delivery, procurement activities and ongoing assurance of supplier performance to reduce technical, safety, quality and commercial risks.

Supplier Technical Validation

• Lead technical assessment and approval of new and existing suppliers.
• Review supplier engineering capability, competence, processes and certifications.
• Validate supplier technical submissions, design data, specifications and approval evidence.
• Ensure supplier products and services comply with CAF standards, customer requirements and industry regulations.

Supplier Assurance and Auditing

• Develop and maintain a supplier technical assurance programme.
• Conduct supplier audits, inspections and technical reviews.
• Monitor supplier compliance against engineering, quality and safety requirements.
• Identify supplier risks and develop corrective action plans.

Engineering and Technical Support

• Provide technical assurance support to engineering, maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Review design changes, modifications and technical deviations raised by suppliers.
• Support engineering investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Quality and Product Validation

• Validate First Article Inspection (FAI) activities where required.
• Verify compliance with applicable standards, specifications and contractual requirements.
• Support investigations relating to product defects, failures and non-conformities.

Procurement and Supply Chain Support

• Work closely with Procurement to embed technical assurance requirements into supplier contracts.
• Define technical acceptance criteria for products and services.
• Support tender evaluations and supplier assessment activities.

Governance and Assurance

• Develop assurance…