Fleet Planner

Req ID:446946 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Gibela Rail Transport Consortium invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the Fleet Planner position to be based in Randjespark, Midrand, however, the job requires some mobility to client’s depots . The successful candidate will report hierarchically to the Manager Planning Services and functionally to the Manager Engineering Services.

Job Purpose

To execute the fleet planning activities in the project and to manage / be part of the task’s execution within the Fleet Support Centre, looking for the improvement of the reliability of the fleet by preparing the maintenance plans of the fleet to ensure preventive maintenance visits are performed on time and as per the defined  maintenance regime.

 Minimum Requirements

• BSc or BEng Degree  in Industrial or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 2 years relevant working experience in the rail industry.
• BTech or Advanced Diploma in Industrial or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 3 years  relevant working experience in the rail industry.
• Prognostic Tools (Train Tracer CFM, Health Hub). 

• Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word) and SAP.
• Rail safety and railways standards knowledge advantageous.

Main       Main Responsibilities

• Providing up to date information on fleet status to internal and external stakeholders.

• Ensuring an effective maintenance plan is developed and managed on a day-to-day basis in accordance to the defined maintenance regime.
• Supporting the Depots and Fleet Support Centre with all aspects of the maintenance fleet planning.
• Communicating fleet availability, performance and the 12 months sliding maintenance plan to all internal stakeholders.
• Bringing into default planning items special request coming from all project team and scheduling them using SAP system.
• Creating and releasing of notifications and service orders related to corrective or preventive activities, if required.
• Interfacing with Fleet Support Centre (Engineering) Data Analysts with respect to the health and availability of the fleet.
• Communicating to the supply chain, industrial team and interested parties the maintenance forecast in advance for them to  prepare and organize preventative maintenance support activities. 
• Creation and maintenance of measuring points, maintenance plans, maintenance Items, including scheduling of maintenance plans.
• Ensuring alignment of maintenance planning strategy with parts management strategy for efficient maintenance visits.
• Auditing of Maintenance Planning Master Data to ensure all fleet has the required master data to carry out maintenance planning and organize and manage fleet  maintenance data logs.

• Managing all fleet Planning activities and providing associated KPI’s.
• Following up and monitoring the on-time execution, the data delivery and raise alerts to the customer and the business.

 Key Performance Indicators

• Quality Cost Delivery targets according to Project. 
• Maintenance plan and scheduling improvement and optimization.
• Project reliability / availability / cost targets. 
• Feedback from stakeholders. 
• Operations Support.

Closing Date:  9 March 2024

Preference will be given to suitably qualified females and people with disability.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Job Type:​Experienced​