Job Description

Are you passionate about transport and ready to lead a team that's transforming how people move across our city region? This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic organisation at the forefront of delivering the Bee Network a world-class, integrated transport system for Greater Manchester!


We're looking for a collaborative and visionary leader to establish and grow an engineering function that supports our ambitious goals, including a fully electric bus fleet by 2030. Your work will directly improve the quality of life for millions of people.


This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic team leading the transformation of bus services throughout Greater Manchester. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority, through TfGM, now controls the bus network including responsibility for service quality, fares, network integration and standards. The role of Head of Bus Engineering is a senior role responsible for the establishment of a new engineering function supporting franchising across GMCA, operator and national standards.


Bus-specific experience is not required we welcome candidates from a range of engineering backgrounds.


This is your chance to shape the future of public transport and improve the daily lives of millions across Greater Manchester.

Your Role

The Head of Bus Engineering is an opportunity to combine deep engineering expertise while changing the economics and quality of life for millions of people. In this senior leadership role you will be responsible for overseeing the engineering team's strategic alignment with business objectives and will ensure TfGMs responsibility as asset owner are met. This role fosters innovation, leads a broadly focused bus engineering function and acts as project sponsor for major capital schemes.. This role will be a key partner to senior leadership and act as deputy to the Bus Director as required on technical matters and will guide the technical direction, scaling, and optimisation of engineering operations to support the overall business strategy.


This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office 2 days per week.


For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.

Who are we?

At TfGM, we're delivering the biggest change to public transport in 50 years. From taking control of over 250 bus routes to improving customer experience across 600 daily journeys, we're setting a new standard for the industry, whilst supporting economic growth and mobility across Greater Manchester.


This is an exceptional time to join as we continue our delivery of electrification, plan achievement of our commitment to have a fully electric fleet by 2030 and in tandem transition from a delivery model to operational management functions.


Working alongside a high performing, dynamic and collaborative environment. this role as part of a Senior Leadership Team will be integral to ensuring we are strategically placed for success.


You'll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking leadership team that values innovation, inclusion, and impact

What you'll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.


You will bring expertise and leadership to develop and deliver at pace a strategy to develop our engineering capability which can drive our ambition for a fully electric fleet by 2030. You will be a strategic thinker focused on immediate and medium-term objectives whilst enabling the engineering function to deliver to 2030 and beyond.


This role is ideal for someone with strong engineering expertise, a background in service transformation, and an understanding of the political and operational context of public transport. We're also looking for somebody with the ability to inspire and empower a high-performing team, with a strong commitment to TfGM's values.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role attracting a salary of 87,905 - 98,152 per annum depending on skills and experience


At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.


Our benefits include:

28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays) Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we'd really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.


Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.


We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.


Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.


TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.


For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.


Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.


NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.