GATX Rail Europe is a leading, full-service railcar lessor offering a high quality and diversified fleet to over 20 European countries. With an experienced, service-oriented team, we are focused on making railcar leasing and rail transport simple, efficient, and seamless thus we have strategically located offices across Europe. At GATX we empower, develop, and recognize our people, building a culture of excellence, accountability, and respect. We value diversity and open communication to create a collaborative environment. Together, we achieve more and embrace change by challenging the status quo.

To support our growing organisation we are currrently looking for 

Head of Workshop Management Europe (m/w/d)

(location: Europe / preferred Hamburg or Vienna)

We are seeking a Senior Manager with strong leadership, strategic thinking, and execution skills to lead our European Workshop Management Team. In this high-profile role, you will ensure operational excellence across our workshop network for wagon maintenance services, manage a significant budget, and drive organizational change within the group.

Your main responsibilities:

• Leadership: Lead and manage our European Workshop Management Team, ensuring quality, timely, safe and cost-efficient stationary and mobile maintenance of the GATX wagon fleet.
  
• Supplier Management & Network Development: Oversee and coordinate supplier management, ensuring sufficient capacities and network development to meet fleet, geographical and capability needs.
  
• Organizational Transformation: Play a key role in driving organizational changes, with opportunities to share the future of the team and ensure alignment with strategic goals. 
  
• Team Management: Support operational excellence as the main point of contact for the Management Board, reporting directly to the CTO. Act as a crucial interface to our Sales & Service departments, other Technical Operations teams, and the Executive Team.
  
• Strategy: Co-define and execute the European strategy for Technical Operations.
  
• Cost Management: Oversee budget responsibility, driving a cost-sensitive approach while ensuring operational effectiveness.

We offer: 

• attractive and well equipped workplace in the heart of the city center
• interesting job where you can meet diversified challenges and tasks every day
• international working environment, shaped by team work and a great atmosphere
• appropriate remuneration and social benefits of a modern company
• flexible working time including home office model
• close cooperation and exchange of experience with other skilled teams within the GATX group
• opportunity for professional development with wide range of trainings

You are a good fit if you have:

• Degree in business administration and/or engineering.
  
• Strong leadership experience, ideally in international environment.
  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to delegate effectively and engage teams.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strategic and proactive mindset. 
  
• Market and technical knowledge of the railway industry, particularly in railcars and their technical supervision, is a strong plus.
  
• Experience with maintenance services (ECM 3), repair, or rental/leasing in the rail domain is highly desirable.
  
• Fluent in German and English.

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

Join our GATX team and let’s make railcar leasing easier together.

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