Duty Shift Manager

Overview

Duty Shift Manager role at Hitachi Rail in Edinburgh. This position is based in Edinburgh Craigentinny, and involves leading maintenance teams and overseeing fault finding and repair of Hitachi rolling stock assets.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the condition of the work site, materials and equipment.
• Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices in the workplace.
• Be responsible on a shift basis to ensure that the team delivers the contractual requirements for availability of trains to the correct standard to meet the diagrammed requirements of the TOC.
• Ensure all contractual KPI’s are complete for each train before entering service.
• Ensure that all records are completed and entered into the maintenance management system.
• Obtain and use engineering schedules, procedures and specifications for traction and rolling stock activities.
• Support good quality, health, safety and environmental practices in the workplace.
• Organise resources and prioritise routines to undertake planned traction and rolling stock engineering activities.
• Organise resources and prioritise routines to undertake unplanned traction and rolling stock engineering activities.
• Responsible for the safe movement of rolling stock.
• Responsible for the recruitment of the maintenance team members.
• Responsible for the continued development of the maintenance teams.
• Control costs through planning of resources.
• Identify and deal with hazards in the railway environment.
• Carry out in-process and post-maintenance checks in accordance with the SSHEQ manager to drive continued improvement in maintenance activities.
• Diagnose faults in traction and rolling stock assets and pass to the technical team.
• Gather and execute the maintenance plan from the central planning resource / Production Manager.
• Development of improvements in maintenance processes.
• Deal with disciplinary issues within the maintenance teams.
• Carry out assessments in line with the depot competence management system as required.
• Accept and confirm responsibility for the control of traction and rolling stock assets.
• Develop professionally and support good working relationships.
• Learn new skills in accordance with Hitachi’s new business demands as required.
• Liaison with Hitachi and external personnel as required to complete the duties of the post.
• Assist as required.

About you

Essential

• Team management and development

Qualifications

• M & E ONC or served apprenticeship with mechanical, electrical disciplines

Behavioural

• Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulations (internal and external)
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Able to represent Hitachi in a professional manner at all times
• Good team worker

Desirable

• Stock-Specific maintenance and faulting
• Manual Handling
• Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Equinox
• Powered plant and tools – air / 110v
• Depot Protection
• Working at Height
• AC/DC Depot isolation

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
• Private medical insurance
• Personal Accident insurance
• Group Income protection
• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme

We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

Closing date for applications is 15th September 2025.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please visit https://www.hitachirail.com/careers to discover more about us and our latest jobs.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment – we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Rail Transportation