Workshop Team Leader – Rail Power Pack MRO

Workshop Team Leader – Rail Power Pack MRO

Location: Winsford

Full time Onsite

Job Description

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

The Team Leader will provide effective day-to-day leadership of a multi-skilled MRO team responsible for the repair, overhaul, refurbishment, testing and return to service of rail power packs and is accountable for delivering the agreed production plan safely, to the required quality standard and within agreed timescales.

The role will provide visible leadership across the shop floor, ensuring that people, processes, equipment and materials are effectively coordinated to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People objectives.

You will play a key role in establishing and developing a robust rail power pack MRO capability, embedding standard work, lessons learned and continuous improvement into future overhaul programmes

What you will be doing:

Safety & Environment

• Provide visible and proactive safety leadership within the MRO facility.
• Ensure all activities are undertaken in accordance with company HSE requirements, risk assessments, COSHH assessments and approved methods of work.
• Ensure appropriate PPE and safety controls are in place.
• Challenge unsafe behaviours and conditions.
• Stop work where an immediate safety risk exists.
• Ensure safe working practices are followed for:
  • Engine removal and installation
  • Heavy lifting and handling
  • Pressure washing and cleaning
  • Decontamination activities
  • Fuel and oil systems
  • Electrical systems
  • Running and testing of power packs
  • Working with chemicals and hazardous substances
• Support incident, near-miss and safety investigations.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and 5S.

People Leadership & Development

• Lead, engage and develop a multi-skilled MRO production team.
• Set clear daily expectations and communicate production priorities.
• Conduct effective team briefs and shift handovers.
• Allocate resources according to workload, capability and production priorities.
• Monitor individual and team performance.
• Identify training and competency requirements.
• Support apprentices, new starters and developing employees.
• Promote knowledge sharing and cross-skilling within the team.
• Recognise good performance and encourage employee involvement.
• Address performance and behavioural issues fairly and consistently in line with company processes.
• Build a culture based on One Team, accountability and continuous improvement.

Production & Delivery

• Own day-to-day delivery of the allocated rail power pack overhaul workload.
• Ensure work is planned and executed against agreed milestones.
• Coordinate activities across mechanical, electrical, cleaning, painting, inspection and testing operations.
• Monitor progress and identify potential delivery risks at an early stage.
• Manage constraints and escalate issues appropriately.
• Ensure effective shift-to-shift handover.
• Maintain accurate production status and communicate progress to the Production Manager.
• Ensure resources are deployed effectively to maximise productivity.
• Support recovery plans where production performance falls behind schedule.

Rail Power Pack MRO

The Team Leader will develop and maintain a strong understanding of the complete MRO process, including:

Receipt → Strip → Inspection → Clean/Decontaminate → Repair → Overhaul → Rebuild → Test → Quality Inspection → Final Preparation → Dispatch

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure work is carried out to approved technical instructions and engineering requirements.
• Ensure components are correctly identified, inspected and controlled.
• Ensure defective or non-conforming components are identified and appropriately managed.
• Ensure critical dimensions, inspections and checks are completed.
• Ensure correct torque, assembly and configuration requirements are followed.
• Ensure traceability is maintained throughout the overhaul.
• Support engine and power pack testing activities.
• Capture lessons learned from completed overhauls.
• Drive consistency between individual power pack overhauls.
• Support the development of standardised MRO processes.

Position Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant engineering or manufacturing experience.
• Appropriate level of technical competency for the activities being supervised.
• Relevant leadership / supervisory experience.

Desirable:

• Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent technical qualification.
• IOSH / NEBOSH or equivalent.
• Lean / Six Sigma qualification.
• Relevant rail industry competencies.

Preferred requirements:

• Proven experience leading a production, engineering or MRO team.
• Experience working within a safety-critical or engineering environment.
• Demonstrable experience of managing competing production priorities.
• Strong understanding of quality and engineering standards.
• Experience of problem solving and root-cause analysis.
• Strong communication and people leadership skills.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation and engineering instructions.
• Demonstrable commitment to continuous improvement.

· Rail engineering or rolling-stock experience.

· Diesel engine or power generation experience.

· Engine overhaul / refurbishment experience.

· Mechanical and electrical engineering experience.

· Heavy engineering or MRO experience.

· Experience of complex lifting and handling operations.

· Lean / Six Sigma experience.

· Experience implementing new production processes.

· Previous experience establishing a new production or MRO capability.

At Rolls‑Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles

Power Systems is the Rolls-Royce business which provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalisation and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.

We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These technologically advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.