Req ID: 443825
Location: Can be based at London Golders Green NW11 7NU, or Morden SM4 5PT but will cover both sites.
Appointment Basis: 24 Months Fixed Term. Day shift working Monday-Friday
Apply by: 15th February
Salary: Circa £65,000 depending upon experience
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Employing 6,000 people within the UK & Ireland, we are the prominent supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas.
Alstom is at the forefront of technological innovation and it is a global leader in both rolling stock and signalling, so working at Alstom means becoming part of a great family of the best professionals in this industry. Enhance your career and join us on our journey as our Fleet Project Engineer and make your mark with a globally renowned organisation in the rail sector.
The engineering department is responsible for maintenance of the Northern Line (NL) which also includes managing overhauls, obsolescence, London Underground projects on the northern line e.g. TMS upgrade and Northern Line extension and etc.
Your future role
We are hiring a Fleet Project Engineer based at either our Golders Green or Morden Depots, serving London Underground's Northern Line. You’ll provide product knowledge and support to operations and the customer on rolling stock systems.
You’ll have responsibility for the performance of a number of systems in order to maintain and improve the safety, reliability and availability of the rolling stock and trackside equipment and to optimise maintenance costs. You’ll be reporting into the Maintenance Engineering Lead Engineer and will be working within a diverse team with a good blend of electrical and mechanical engineers
In addition, you’ll have great exposure to other projects and will be working on various activities other than providing maintenance support to operations. You’ll be helping with the NL overhaul project, with support given to carry out variation order work from customer London Underground. Obsolescence management will also be key.
We’ll look to you for:
- Collaborating with Services Engineering and Platforms, to improve the Services portfolio of products and services.
- Detecting, defining and implementing the modifications of the maintained products to improve the reliability and serviceability, in order to reduce project costs and improve the performances of the systems.
- Analysing the technical performances of the systems and the efficiency of the maintenance plan and processes, promoting action plans to improve them.
- Searching for improvement actions in maintenance operations, performing engineering interface activities with Operations Engineers (depot support).
- Optimising the scope and related tasks of the Maintenance plan.
All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Ideally educated to Degree in Electrical or Mechanical engineering discipline
- Chartered status or actively working toward chartered status (advantageous)
- Strong engineering/technical knowledge of rolling stock systems and maintenance policies/practices
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in fleet maintenance or asset management environment
- Experience in delivering rail vehicle engineering change, including risk assessments and approvals
- Knowledge of rail industry legislation and safety case obligations
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.
What we offer
We offer a highly competitive remuneration package, 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday. Contributed healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive, and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?
We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief. As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
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