Delivery Manager IM

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.

About Us

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.

Leading by our values

Our Care, Share and Dare values are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.

We care for our employees' well-being and safety, fostering a culture of inclusivity and support.

We share a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.

We dare to push boundaries, embracing challenges and driving innovation in every endeavour.

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.

The successful Assistant Delivery Manager (IM) will be a competent and enthusiastic individual, responsible for safe, on time and on budget delivery of all Colas Rail Infrastructure Monitoring train services nationwide. They will ensure high levels of quality and reliability against key KPIs and ensure both their colleagues and customers get the best possible service. They will assist the Delivery Manager (IM) in providing day to day first line management and support to all train crew staff within the nominated region and thrive in an ever-changing environment.

• Be a confident and outgoing individual who can act as a role model to both office based and operational colleagues.
• Have well practiced communication skills and to be able to apply them in different ways to get the best from differing audiences and situations.
• Desire a role which changes daily, requiring them to learn and develop an array of different skills and experience.
• Have an interest in working with and managing people to get the best from them, whilst showing them the respect they deserve.
• Have a desire to split their time between office based responsibilities and site based visits/cab rides.
• Act as an example of excellent H&S standards, both in principle and practically when out on the network.
• Be a proven team player with a pragmatic approach and logical mindset
• Have good general IT capabilities
• Have a basic familiarisation and/or interest in traction, rolling stock and the wider railway industry.
• Have a sound commercial awareness and an ability to demonstrate this through cost control and management of commercial data.

• To manage the thorough investigation, reporting and close-out of all accidents and incidents within their designated regions in a professional and timely manner, working closely with Safety team.
• Download locomotive OTDR and arrange for competent staff to interrogate and write up assessments in line with deadlines.
• Undertake and log regular Safety Inspections and ensure actions are closed out in a timely fashion.
• Undertake and write up regular risk assessments of problematic…