# Head of Engineering

About First Bus: Are you ready to advance your career with one of the UK's leading bus operators? Join a forward-thinking company that embraces cutting-edge bus technology, from innovative mobile apps to environmentally friendly vehicles. We are passionate about delivering passenger journeys that are sustainable, comfortable, and efficient. We are at the forefront of innovation in the industry, connecting communities and shaping the future of public transport. Position: Head of Engineering Location: Home based with travel to our UK based portfolio of Coaching entities. The Head of Engineering will provide senior engineering leadership across all coach operations, ensuring the consistent application of engineering standards, regulatory compliance and best practice. The role will work closely with the Managing Director Coach, Coaching Directors, General Managers, Operations teams and depot engineering leaders to drive performance, reliability and continuous improvement while supporting the business's commercial, operational and sustainability objectives. Key Details: Salary up to £95,000 - £100,000 DOE Monday-Friday The Head of Engineering is accountable for establishing and maintain

- **Id**: 3333551
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/first-bus-head-of-engineering>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T12:48:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T11:46:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 14
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3986
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Public Transport, Recruiting & Staffing

## Company

- **Id**: 1767914
- **Name**: First Bus
- **Domain**: firstbus.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/firstbus>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 95000
- **Max**: 100000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 133568

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 14

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-27T12:48:43Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 67
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.892
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 13
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 133568
- **Is top pay**: no

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