At Transport UK London Bus we love our jobs and everything we do is to support our wider goal of being the best bus operator in London.

Do you get a buzz when you see growth in a business? Do you want to be part of this journey?

Engineering service managers at Transport UK London Bus play a crucial role at the front line of delivering an efficient, safe and reliable bus network. Overseeing the engineering shift requires a skillful blend of people management and mechanical know-how to maintain our fleet to the highest standards. 

Transport UK London Bus operates bus services across London on behalf of TFL, plus rail replacement and event services across the UK. We operate 11% of the London’s bus network, running over 900 modern high-tech vehicles and employing around 3,500 employees across six depots in Central, South and West London. We carry over 150 million customers a year on TfL’s contracted bus network – and are the fastest growing operator in the capital.

Duties include:

• Have full people management responsibilities for the engineering team and all workshop activities during the managed shift.
• Oversee workshop maintenance and repair tasks: 
• Allocate work to staff and ensure work is completed within a reasonable time. 
• Ensure quality of work is to DVSA / FTA / IRTE standard. 
• Manage required out-sourced labour from specialist contractors. 
• Ensure Safety Inspections and servicing tasks have been completed and report any failures. 
• Monitor vehicle reliability and identify problems, ensuring successful remedial action. 
• Oversee chargehand (supervisor) tasks: 
• Driver Vehicle Condition Report Reconciliation. 
• Vehicle breakdown management and repair. 
• Work with wider administration team to organise: 
• Purchase order requests and parts being ordered and delivered on time. 
• Staff sickness/absence/leave requests. 
• Vehicle movements between depots/suppliers. 
• Conduct MOT pre-presentation manager checks. 
• Inducting contractors/site visitors to company policy and ways of working. 
• Monitor route performance (operated mileage) and send queries to central administrative team. 
• Understands and uphold company policies. 
• Premises' security and duty of care for wellbeing of staff and ensuring health and safety procedures are understood and adhered to. 
• Pass on crucial information to fleet manager. 

All candidates must have:

• An excellent understanding of the road passenger transport sector, including all relevant legal and external regulations and requirements for the safe operation of passenger carrying vehicles.
• Level 3 qualifications in PSV maintenance and repair or level 2 qualifications with 5 years recent PSV workshop experience in maintenance and repair.
• Have current vehicle inspector IRTEC license or must pass within probationary period.
• Have a passion to lead by example while motivating and developing teams to achieve high standards of performance.
• Flexible approach to working hours.
• Be able to lead and motivate a team to produce high quality work.
• Be able to mentor and develop individuals.
• Able to communicate effectively with all levels of the business and work in a collaborative manner.
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills 
• Proficiency using digital fleet management systems. 
• Have a proactive attitude to dealing compliance issues. 

If you feel you have the skills, experience or qualifications required for this role and want to join a fast-paced growing company apply immediately! Please note that due to a high number of applications we may close the job posting earlier than expected. Best of luck!!

We’re working hard to make sure our workforce is a true representation of society, and we fully support diversity, inclusion and equity.  This means we take a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of discrimination and harassment.  We encourage suitably qualified applicants from under-represented groups to apply.  A copy of our Diversity, Inclusion and Equality Policy is available on request.