Production Planner

**Description**

**Are you looking for opportunities to work on high profile rail projects and advanced technology alongside experts from the UK, Europe and Japan? Come and join the fastest growing rail business in the world**

Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signalling, service & maintenance, digital technology and turnkey. With a presence in 38 countries across three continents and over 13,000 employees, our mission is to contribute to society through the continuous development of superior rail transport solutions. **We are working to Inspire the Next - and this is your chance to be part of it.**

**Your new role**:
Specifically, you will be responsible for the following deliverables:

- Focus on future maintenance work: daily; weekly; monthly; quarterly; and annually in order to develop and continually refine the maintenance plan for the AT300 fleets.
- Assess the operational situation and dispatch requirements in order to provide input to the maintenance plan.
- Identify and prioritise tasks in accordance with contractual, performance, technical and safety requirements.
- Create and identify maintenance windows and determine the number of work hours available in order to produce work orders.
- Liaise with Engineering and Supply Chain departments to identify, allocate and leverage resources to enable the maintenance plan.
- Actively monitor the backlog of defects in order to reduce the amount of reactive maintenance and improve reliability.
- Identify, monitor and resolve any material issues which affect the overall maintenance plan.
- Plan the implementation of fleet modifications.
- Liaise with Engineering staff and promulgate Engineering Change where required.
- Initiate and plan fleet checks.
- Liaise with the Contract Performance Technicians in the Railway Operating Centre (ROC) to initiate and plan technical investigations, where required, for delays have been attributed to the AT300 fleet.
- Liaise with contractors and external repair agencies in order to inform the maintenance plan.
- Manage costs through the effective and efficient alignment of resources.
- Actively monitor repeat defects in order to reduce the amount of reactive maintenance and improve reliability.
- Comply with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in order to drive improvement.
- Be reactive to incidents, disruptions and emergencies on the operational railway and amend the maintenance plan accordingly.
- Liaise with Production Schedulers and Shift Support Engineers at Train Maintenance Centres to agree the maintenance plan to be executed.
- Liaise with Operations Support and Engineering staff in order to incorporate overhauls and technical investigations into the maintenance plan.
Develop and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders and maintain a customer focus.
- Participate in daily conference calls and manage shift handovers.
- Prepare reports and give verbal briefs as required.
- Promote, support and comply with all health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Hitachi’s new business demands as required.
- Any other duties as directed by the Production Planning Manager.
**About you**:
**Essential**
- Previous experience of planning maintenance and production.
- Previous experience in product improvement and reliability engineering on UK rolling stock.
- Sound knowledge of railway operations and compliance to railway rules and regulations.
- Excellent problem solving skills and ability to think quickly.
- Experience of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) - SAP, Maximo or Equinox.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum Engineering HNC or equivalent qualification.
- Vocational engineering qualifications and experience.

**Behavioura**l
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to represent Hitachi in a professional manner at all times.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Capable of working in stressful environments for long periods of time.
**Desirable**
- Intermediate IT skills - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
- Lean Six Sigma experience.
**Why Hitachi Rail?**

At Hitachi Rail you will find a passionate and collaborative environment. We operate according to our values of Harmony, Sincerity and Pioneering Spirit. As such, we work closely as a team and empower our colleagues to take ownership and become creative in our pursuit of excellence. We take pride in the contribution we make to society and we always act with integrity and fairness towards our customers, suppliers and colleagues.

We offer a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement as well as a generous benefits package. This includes a pension scheme with contributions up to 9%, health insurance, and many more perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.