Lifecycle Delivery Analyst in Manchester

Join our team at KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM), the largest light rail network in the UK! Drive the future of asset performance and infrastructure reliability in this rare and exciting opportunity within our Asset Management Team. As a Lifecycle Delivery Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in shaping asset management excellence, ensuring maintenance strategies and system governance frameworks to deliver safe, efficient and sustainable outcomes across the network. This is an opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, champion continuous improvement and support asset lifecycle planning, while contributing to the ongoing success of a dynamic, safety-critical environment. This position is a maternity cover expected to last a minimum of 12 months.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Produce reports on the condition of assets across the network and work with maintenance teams to ensure condition scores are reviewed, updated, and recorded accurately to reflect the current state of the assets.
• Maintain and coordinate the Annual Maintenance Plan and maintenance schedules, ensuring all activities are accurately planned, aligned with maintenance specifications, and support the safe, reliable and efficient performance of assets across the network.
• Continuously review and improve asset management systems, processes and planning activities, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, data quality, compliance and overall maintenance performance.
• Develop and deliver tailored reports from key business systems, including CMMS and SharePoint, to help Engineering and Maintenance teams track performance, manage assets effectively and identify trends and improvement opportunities.

What you’ll bring:

• Degree-level qualification in an Engineering discipline (or another STEM subject) or equivalent experience.
• Experience of working within a busy multi-disciplined engineering environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of Asset Management and asset lifecycle activities.
• Very strong IT skills with experience of using Microsoft SharePoint, SQL, Power BI, Power Automate or Python Pandas.
• Experience with geospatial data, or QGIS is preferable.

What we will offer you:

• Salary of £40,887 depending on experience.
• 12 months minimum Fixed Term Contract, working full time 37.5 hrs per week.
• Free Tram Travel for all our colleagues, plus a sponsored pass for an immediate family member.
• Access to Amazing Discounts at major retailers including Asda, Currys PC World, John Lewis and many more.
• Family Friendly Policies including enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Wellbeing Support including free counselling, health checks and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Supporting your development focusing on career pathways and professional fees covered if required for the role.

The closing date for applications: 30th July 2026. Depending on the level of applications for this role we may close the advert earlier, therefore we encourage you to submit your application early.

Our Commitment to you:

At KAM, we celebrate the diversity of our customers, communities, and colleagues, and strive for a workforce which is equitable, inclusive and representative of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, and sexual orientation to apply. We look forward to receiving your application. We live our values of “We Care, We Commit, We Imagine” through our behaviours and we strongly believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and create an environment where individuals can imagine that anything is possible. We care about our people, and we fully commit to creating an inclusive environment where our people feel valued, respected and empowered to thrive. We recognise the importance of flexibility in the workplace and where possible, we will do our best to consider alternative working patterns or flexible arrangements to help you balance work and life in a way that works for you and the business.

If you’d like to discuss before applying, please feel free to contact our recruitment team. To ensure you are given the best opportunity to succeed in the recruitment process, please let us know if you will require any support or reasonable adjustments.

What we will need to check:

If you are successful, we will need to complete several pre-employment checks prior to you starting. These include:

• Proof of address.
• Evidence of right to work in the UK.
• References from previous employment or studies from the last 3 years.
• Pre-employment medical (level subject to role).
• Criminal Records self-declaration check, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).