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A pivotal commercial role at the heart of fleet performance and reliability. You will shape the commercial backbone of operational UK rail fleet.
Job Responsibility:
Collaborate with key stakeholders, including engineering services companies, equipment manufacturers and regulatory bodies and fleet stakeholders to ensure fleet engineering needs are met
Understand and translate practical engineering needs from the internal end users to viable commercial contracts with suppliers
Collaborate with financial, commercial, legal and procurement teams where needed on new contracts sourcing / negotiation and financial modelling
Requirements:
Ideally a minimum of HNC in an engineering related discipline or an academic background in finance/economics or legal with in-depth experience supporting or working within a technical engineering department
Experience of the rail sector in particular managing either the operations, procurement, negotiation, financial cost modelling or delivery of fleet related contracts. This may be from an engineering, fleet management, commercial, analytical or contract management position
Ideally have a strong understanding of basic engineering contracts within rolling stock such as TSSAs, TSAs, MSAs and/or other engineering services agreements
Practical and solutions minded – this role will be required to write and manage engineering contracts. Legal, procurement and engineering technical support will be available however the ability to manage the contract itself, contracting processes and commercials will be the sole responsibility of the post holder
Excellent communication skills and strong at developing positive internal and external relationship to ensure practical delivery of contracts and effectively support the commercial interests of the company
Ideally familiar with basic procurement processes in the UK rail industry, including competitive tendering, approvals processes and safety certification. Support is available from the procurement department, especially for competitive tendering of high value contracts
Good problem-solving skills and the ability to assess complex engineering requirements and communicate needs with both internal and external stakeholders. Having a background in engineering would be highly advantageous
Experience working closely within or with a ROSCO or OEM on fleet contract delivery or management would be highly advantageous
Nice to have:
Experience working closely within or with a ROSCO or OEM on fleet contract delivery or management
Having a background in engineering
Strong understanding of basic engineering contracts within rolling stock such as TSSAs, TSAs, MSAs and/or other engineering services agreements
Familiar with basic procurement processes in the UK rail industry
Academic background in finance/economics or legal with in-depth experience supporting or working within a technical engineering department