Fleet planner / depot planner

In this role you will plan, schedule and prioritize depot maintenance activities for trains, ensuring timely execution and high readiness. You will coordinate with maintenance, retrofit and engineering teams, as well as external partners, to keep operations on track. You’ll monitor spare parts and workshop tools, manage workload and extraordinary planning, and report delays with root‑cause analysis. You will also ensure real‑time dissemination of planning updates and support continuous improvement through data‑driven insights.Responsibilities

• Plan and prioritize depot maintenance activities and schedule them as the first goal
• Report status, follow up and delays for depot maintenance
• Coordinate maintenance, retrofit, engineering and external teams
• Supervise and coordinate workshop maintenance activities within fixed time slots
• Monitor spare parts availability and workshop infrastructure needs
• Check production workload and manage extraordinary planning meetings
• Verify compliance with time slots and train cycles (handovers, servicing, cleaning, readiness)
• Interface with Supply Chain to ensure parts availability and translate issues into work orders
• Use SAP for planning updates and reporting; create and release service orders as needed
• Provide real‑time planning information in the workshop and communicate updates widely
• Attend planning meetings and adjust plans as required
• Analyze delays, identify root causes and implement improvements
• Produce and share performance indicators (KPIs) and delay reports
• Update depot communication tools and train layout information for accessibility
• Maintain clear, transparent communication with customers, teams and suppliers

• Engineering degree or professional technical qualifications
• English mandatory
• Experience in a process/production environment
• Railways and train systems knowledge preferred
• Basic knowledge of maintenance processes required
• Strong IT skills, SAP (CS/PM modules) and Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills and ability to make decisions with urgency
• Transparency in communication and stakeholder management