Configuration Assistant

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**
- We have over 100 engineers and fleet support staff working directly on our passenger fleets, alongside experienced key relationship managers with a deep understanding of our customers' needs and expectations on their existing fleets, and investment in new rolling stockKey Responsibilities

**Role Purpose**
- Develop a consistent approach to component controls across the business
- To run standard reports and produce management information relating to project/modification and heavy maintenance planning activities via Porterbrook’s reporting system
- To ensure that component management is undertaken in a robust and professional manner**Responsibilities**
**Set Up and Maintain Maintenance Planning Data**
- In liaison with the Maintenance Services Planning and Configuration Manager and the respective Fleet Teams, ensure that all approved planned maintenance events on the Porterbrook Fleet are captured in Porterbrook’s asset management system
- Undertake regular maintenance planning data reconciliations to ensure the data integrity and address any non-reconciling items promptly ensuring the correct change control processes are applied
- Produce a quarterly mileage and meter reconciliation report

**Cross-Departmental Support, Fleet & Commercial**
- Provide information and support for mileage/counter reconciliations and last service information date reconciliations with customers as required

**Procurement**
- Provide assistance in the specifying of appropriate ‘resources’ for use in blanket purchase agreements
- Provide assistance in the specifying of appropriate new supplier and supplier/depot locations to Procurement

**Configuration Management**
- Undertake/facilitate the set up and maintenance of all new and changed assets (including their sub-assemblies/components) on Porterbrook and the industry's IT systems

**Components**
- Manage the static data for component reporting in Porterbrook and the industry's IT systems used by our component interface to ensure the correct allocation of components in the Company’s asset management system

**Modifications, Trials and Experiments**
- Undertake the creation of all ‘management of change’ approved project/modification work orders on Porterbrook's assets in a timely fashion, managing the input from IT and Procurement accordingly

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

**General Requirements**
General requirements are for an experienced railway person who has a comprehensive knowledge of rail industry leasing and maintenance requirements. The incumbent shall be experienced in dealing with Porterbrook’s engineering systems

**Qualifications**
- Degree, HNC/D or equivalent in relevant discipline

**Knowledge**
- Extensive knowledge of railway industry rolling stock and components, organisation and players
- Knowledge and understanding of vehicle maintenance and overhaul requirements, supplier management and the supply chain
- Familiarity with railway vehicle stock types, repair types and vehicle repairers
- Sound geographical knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of Porterbrook’s engineering asset management systems beyond that of a normal user
- Knowledge of Railway legacy systems
- Ability to use railway database systems, such as R2, TOPS, GEMINI, TRUST, etc

**Key Skills**
- Project planning skills
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Diligence and level-headedness
- High level of computer literacy (especially Microsoft Office and database usage), with the ability to pick up new IT systems and ways of working quickly
- Ability to work consistently to a high level of detail with a high degree of accuracy
- Personal reliability with a consistently high level of attendance

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 ass