Product Engineer

2 weeks ago


Chard, United Kingdom Wabtec Corporation Full time

Who will you be working with?

The Product Engineer will be responsible for driving the development of new products and standardisation for a given product family.


Role: Product Engineer

Salary: £Competitive

Location: Chard, Somerset,

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time


How will you make a difference?

Assisting with tender coordination and validation across the product line and helping to reduce costs through design and standard catalogues.


What will your typical day look like?

  • As Wabtec is a global company and has multiple manufacturing and engineering sites around the world; applicants must be willing to travel internationally when required.
  • Maintain from a technical standpoint, the product portfolio, fulfilling the needs of OE tenders and project execution.
  • Development/withdrawal of products and product variants according to the strategy set by the product manager.
  • Creation of effective documentation for products.
  • Execution of the necessary validations.
  • Management of non-conformity applicable to the products after system engineering confirmation.
  • Interface Purchasing, Production, Quality, and Laboratory for procuring parts, assembling, testing, and validating prototypes.
  • Lead the activities for reducing the cost of specific products.
  • Propose a yearly Margin Improvement Plan.
  • Apply the design for assembly and testability including the concurrent design with Suppliers.
  • Perform Supplier Quality Assurance, design reviews, and drafting specifications for commodities and purchased articles.
  • Provide the validation status of the product and the list of ongoing and foreseen modifications, together with its evaluation of possible risks on the costs.
  • Contribute to the industrialisation process and ToT.
  • Contribute to the programming activity of the product manager (list of activities, time plan, budget, risks).
  • Contribute to the preparation of the engineering product budget.
  • Support the resolution of the quality product issue.


What do we want to know about you?

  • As Wabtec is a global company and has multiple manufacturing and engineering sites around the world; applicants must be willing and enthusiastic to travel internationally when required.
  • Engineering experience required e.g., Maintenance, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Health and Safety, Production Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Production, Quality, Design.
  • HND / Degree in engineering or equivalent preferred but not essential
  • Fully proficient with modern manufacturing methodology.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
  • Meticulous and detail oriented.
  • Efficient planning and time-management skills.
  • Ability to correlate information effectively.


If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first and strive to expand what is possible.


About Wabtec:


Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at:


It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make your and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so Through our people, leadership development, services, technology, and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.


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*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.


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