Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited
Location
Derby, Derbyshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Technical Author
Application Deadline: 16 February 2024
Department: Safety, Standards & Environment
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Derby
Description
Our mission is to provide high-quality, digitally-enabled rolling stock solutions that help deliver a safe, efficient and sustainable railway.
Since 1996, our investments have totalled over £3bn, including the commissioning of over 2,500 new passenger and freight vehicles. We plan to invest over £1bn into UK rail in the coming years to deliver high quality new and refurbished vehicles for passengers and freight customers.
But financing new trains is not the end-game. Our asset stewardship role includes management of assets to ensure performance, safety and long-term suitability over their full economic life.
About the team
Our Safety, Standards and Environment team supports Porterbrook with:
- Operational Safety and Engineering Safety management
- In house and external production and management of maintenance, overhaul and modification documentation
- Engineering Change Management
- Documentation and drawing process control
Key Responsibilities
Role Purpose
The successful candidate will update and manage the production and implementation of technical documentation relevant to Porterbrook assets. Ensuring on-time project delivery, and fulfilment of all customer requirements.
Responsibilities - Production of technical documentation to support the delivery of procurement, maintenance, overhaul, and modification of Porterbrook's rolling stock
- Production of technical documentation to support activities at Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre
- End-to-end management of technical documentation projects including delivery planning, risk mitigation, stakeholder management & collaboration, and issue resolution
- Maintain all technical documentation project delivery plans. Ensuring full alignment and integration with relevant company project plans
- Manage the performance of external suppliers and consultants required to support the delivery of technical documentation projects
- Assess engineering and safety risks that may result in new or modified maintenance documentation
- Support the development, deployment and continued operation of digitally enabled content management systems across the Safety, Standards & Environment activities
- Produce management reports on document production
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
General Requirements
- Relevant technical authoring experience developing maintenance documentation and the ability to produce supporting graphics / illustrations using image editing software
- Competent in the use of IT systems including Microsoft Office and SharePoint
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to work in a small team or independently
- A good understanding of electrical / mechanical engineering
Qualifications
- Industry recognised engineering qualification
- Recognised project management qualification / experience
Knowledge
- A good understanding of maintenance practices
- Industry related legislation and regulations
- Railway engineering advantageous
- Quality systems
- Engineering Safety
Key Skills
- Ability to understand and develop engineering instructions and drawings
- Competent in the use of IT systems such Microsoft Office
- Project management and planning skills
- Ability to plan and deliver on-time to meet business objectives
- Open-minded to new ideas and new ways of working
- Well organised with ability to recognise the strategy whilst seeing through the detail
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Team player
- Ability to work in accordance with Porterbrook’s procedures
A great place to work
We are seeking the very best talent to join the team, and offer an excellent salary, along with bonus and benefits.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great organisation with excellent people and a road map for the future to grow and develop the business. Some of our benefits are listed below:
- Excellent pension scheme
- Financial wellbeing support
- Flexible working
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
- Enhanced Armed Forces policies
- Ongoing support with professional and personal development
- Long service awards
- Porterbrook Star awards
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- 25 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ additional leave
- Additional days annual leave for long service
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking at our Derby and Long Marston sites
Should you be suitable for the role, the full benefits package will be discussed in more detail during your screening call.
To apply
Please follow the link at the top of this page to send your CV and a covering email with full details of why you would be a great addition to the Porterbrook team, along with details of your current salary and notice period.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can develop to their full potential.
Please note we are not accepting approaches from recruitment agencies for this role.
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