Locomotive Engineering Manager

Drive your career forward as a Locomotive Engineering Manager, ensuring locomotive safety and reliability through expert maintenance and risk analysis

Mission

As Locomotive Engineering Manager you fill in the function of Maintenance development ECM2;

You respect and enforce the safety-related internal guidelines, regulations and legal requirements when carrying-out the safety critical tasks, and follow the safety-related trainings and the certification path linked to the function;

You assure Locomotive safety, by ensuring that the maintenance of the assets and subparts are in full compliance with all applicable standards, laws and imposed safety goals and safeguard the accreditations imposed by the regulations;

You maximise Locomotive reliability by maximising MTTE and continuously optimizing maintenance from a technical and safety point of view.

Tasks

As Locomotive Engineering Manager you determine the maintenance plan and / or maintenance program Locomotives, with respect for the safety and technical integrity of assets ;

You perform risk analysis on locomotives maintenance development changes and / or configuration changes and / or major damages

You continuously improve the maintenance activities & type of maintenance being executed based on the analysis of incidents, recurring damage and maintenance works carried out.

You take ownership of the configuration management of the ECM Lineas Locomotives implying defining and following up components;

You write maintenance instructions and adapt TOR documents.

You manage REX meetings with respect to incidents, technical problems, recurring damages and / or executed maintenance works, with the aim to find solutions and proposals for improvement the Reliability team, even for assets for which Lineas is not the ECM,

You organize and / or validate optimization and change studies and relevant changes in the technical and maintenance status of the Locomotives, from the point of view of safety and integrity

You collaborate closely with the Locomotive Planning Manager and Workshop Supervision, as bi-directional communication on the maintenance plans and executed maintenance is needed to ensure the quality of the maintenance performed

You sign engineering contracts with technical expertise bureaus for outsourced competences;

You check the quality & completeness of data, including all technical information after maintenance or repair on ECM Lineas Locomotives and their critical components, and monitor the optimization / automation of data entry;

You set up the safety-related internal guidelines, regulations and legal requirements when carrying-out the safety critical tasks, and follow the safety-related trainings and the certification path linked to the function;

Profile

You have 3-5 years of experience as engineer

You are a subject matter expert in locomotives

You have excellent problem solving and decision making skills

You have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate others

You have proven organizational and delegation skills

You are focused on cost awareness

You have excellent communication skills in Dutch or French and good knowledge of English and the other national language (Dutch / French)

What do we have to offer you?

With us you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a fast growing and international company.

You will be part of a team of passionate colleagues who will make the Modal Shift a reality.

You will receive a full-time and unlimited contract with a competitive salary.

As part of the benefits, you will receive a car with fuel card or a fiscally interesting mobility budget. The insurance package includes hospitalization insurance, private accident insurance, group insurance for guaranteed income and pension. Also meal vouchers and eco vouchers are provided.

The option to work from home up to 2 days a week, along with flexible working hours, ensures a healthy work-life balance.

As you can work from home, your home internet expenses are covered, and you receive net expense allowances.

You will start with 23 days of leave and 9 ADV days.

You will end up in a young and energetic company. Things are moving fast here and a lot is always changing. That opens up permanent perspectives for your career

At Lineas, diversity is fundamental. We believe that skills and talents are not linked to gender, ethnic origin, age, social background, sexual orientation, philosophical or religious beliefs. Help us to promote an inclusive and positive working environment.

About Lineas

We are Lineas, the largest private rail freight operator in Europe. We convince companies to shift the transport of their goods from road to rail. Because that's much better for the climate and mobility. We make this Modal Shift a reality with the best train products and innovative services.

We, the FREIGHT FORCE, dedicate ourselves day after day to the freight transport of our customers. And to really make a difference!