Lead Technical Advisor – FIFO

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

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Wabtec Corporation

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10,000+ employees

🚗 Transport

🏭 Manufacturing

☁️ SaaS

💰 $3M Post-IPO Equity - Wabtec on 2025-07

Transport • Manufacturing • SaaS

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value‑added services for freight rail, transit, mining, industrial and marine markets. The company designs and manufactures locomotives, freight cars, braking and coupler systems, HVAC and electrical components, power generation and heat‑transfer equipment, and elastomer products, while also offering maintenance, remanufacturing, digital intelligence (including cloud-based Port Optimizer and train/asset monitoring), signaling and train control, and onshore power solutions. Wabtec emphasizes sustainability and decarbonization (battery-electric locomotives, green friction materials, shore power) alongside performance upgrades, optimization software, and asset management services.

📋 Description

• Lead, train, and support Wabtec technical advisors and customer/subcontractor teams in Diesel-Electric locomotive maintenance and repair for CTG in Guinea • Serve as an escalation point for technical issues to minimize locomotive downtime • Provide technical expertise on safety procedures, maintenance and repair procedures, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, material handling, tooling, and contract requirements • Promote continuous improvement in safe work practices while monitoring quality, productivity, and contract adherence • Provide training and mentorship and own preventative and corrective actions • Communicate work scope, process improvements, and required coordination with cross-functional departments • Provide reports on contractual deliverables, locomotive maintenance and repairs, scheduled work, quality and reliability improvements, OJT training, materials, open issues, and operational metrics • Ensure compliance with Wabtec, customer, and local regulations • Conduct operational risk assessments • Develop and maintain customer relationships and address customer concerns • Coordinate field modifications and monitor their effectiveness • Lead Wabtec and customer/subcontractor teams during shifts to ensure maintenance is executed safely and successfully • Interface with Wabtec operations leadership on customer, contract, and equipment issues

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors’ Degree in a Technical discipline from an accredited College or University • Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a customer facing role maintaining Wabtec/GE locomotives • Wabtec L1 Locomotive Technical training certificate • Experience and ability to work in a shop environment and work various shifts on various days as required • Understanding of Wabtec Maintenance and Material management processes and systems • Strong leadership and Interpersonal skills • Ability to interface with different levels of internal and external customers • Fluent in Mandarin and English • Lean/Six Sigma certification (desired)

🏖️ Benefits

• FIFO rotational schedule of 60 days on and 15 days off • Accommodation provided at the maintenance facility • Mobilization and demobilization air and land transportation provided • Assignment allowance • Overtime eligibility