Engineering Technical Manager

Engineering Technical Manager Location: Wednesbury Depot, Potters Lane, Wednesbury, WS10 0AR Salary: £70,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits! Contract: Full time, Permanent Benefits: Free Travel on Trams & NX Buses (for you and your partner) + MML Pension + 25 Days Holiday (plus Bank Holidays) Keep the West Midlands moving safely, reliably, and securely! At Midland Metro Limited (MML), we are proud to operate and maintain the West Midlands Metro, providing a safe, reliable, and sustainable tram service across the region. We are now recruiting for an experienced Engineering Technical Manager to provide authoritative technical leadership across Infrastructure and Rolling Stock systems on the West Midlands Metro network. This senior role is accountable for ensuring engineering decisions, standards, fault resolution, asset strategies and project integration are technically robust, risk-informed and aligned with ISO 55001 principles. Acting as the recognised technical authority, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety, reliability and long-term performance of the Metro network. As our Engineering Technical Manager you will be responsible for: * Acting as the technical authority across all engineering disciplines, ensuring consistent, compliant and risk-informed engineering decisions * Leading investigation and resolution of complex, recurring and system-level faults using structured root cause analysis * Developing, maintaining and governing engineering standards, specifications and lifecycle strategies aligned to ISO 55001 * Providing technical assurance across maintenance, projects and contractor activities, including RAMS, methodologies and engineering proposals * Supporting production teams with technical direction while enabling long-term capability through knowledge transfer * Providing technical input to procurement, ensuring engineering requirements are clearly and appropriately defined * Supporting asset lifecycle planning, renewal strategies and engineering justification for investment decisions * Supporting capital projects through design reviews, constructability input and system integration assurance * Leading engineering change control, ensuring risks and impacts are assessed, approved and documented * Analysing fault trends and performance data to drive reliability and preventative engineering improvements * Acting as the technical interface with TfWM, contractors, suppliers and OEMs, supporting negotiations and resolution of technical issues * Maintaining engineering documentation, standards libraries and auditable decision records * Providing functional leadership to technical specialists and act as deputy to the Head of Engineering * Participating in on-call arrangements as required In order to be successful in this role you must have / be: * Extensive experience in engineering roles within rail, infrastructure or complex asset environments * Proven technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering systems * Strong experience in fault investigation, root cause analysis and reliability engineering * Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management and ISO 55001 principles * Experience developing engineering standards and technical specifications * Engineering Degree * Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status (or working towards) * IOSH or NEBOSH qualification * Excellent technical communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels * Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capability * High standards of technical integrity, governance and professional judgement * Able to operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels * Proactive, resilient and solution-focused * Full UK driving licence If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role, click on “APPLY” today