Depot Operations Manager

Req ID: 526711

Location: Old Oak Common

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 26/08/2026

Salary: circa £87,000 plus excellent bonus and car/car allowance

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

The Depot Operations Manager is responsible for leading and developing a positive culture and working environment that drives attitudes and behaviours to support and continuously develop the overall project strategy for improvements to Safety, Quality Cost and Delivery. The Depot Operations Manager will utilise, mentor and develop their project team to ensure the key deliverable as defined by the organisation are optimised for the benefit of the shareholders and the services value chain.

We’ll look to you for:

• Health and Safety – Manage the contract to ensure compliance with all legal, group and local processes and procedures with specific focus on legal compliance, staff training and competency, project safety and quality plans. Working in close relationship with the Project HSE Business Partner.
• Contract Delivery – Manage the people and processes to ensure compliance to all contractual obligations in terms of availability and reliability. Including any other customer requirements (audit schedules, compliance to the VMS, and delivery of any variation orders). Working in close relationship with the Project Manager, Project Commercial Manager and customer.
• Cost Improvement – Responsible and Accountable for the cost structure on a day to day basis for the fleet contract life. In terms of authorisation and approval of all expenditure, to execute the contract on time and to quality and cost, working in close relationship with Finance Controller.
• People Management – Responsible and accountable for the management of the project in line with all group processes, working in close relationship with the HR Business Partner.
• Site Leadership – Manage the site leadership team (direct and indirect) to maximise all potential benefits for the shareholder whilst identifying and minimising all project risks. Ensure all service records (maintenance records, reported incidents, serial numbers etc.) are entered in the Maintenance Management System, (GSI), in a timely manner with the required level of detail.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Management or Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• A specialist qualification (eg CEng, CIMA, CIPD, BPICS) unless similar expertise is evident through experience.
• Strong project management and communications skills, and a proven operational management background, ideally in the railway maintenance environment.
• High level understanding of mechanical and electrical principles.
• Good understanding of English language (written and verbal).
• People Engagement & Management.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday.
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement: Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.