Rail Vehicle Engineer

5 days ago

York, United Kingdom Fusion People Full time
Job Purpose

You will provide rail vehicles engineering expertise, support and guidance. You will primarily support the Railway Safety Directorate, but you will work closely with colleagues across all ORR's various directorates, the Department for Transport and a wide range of industry stakeholders. You will be required to travel, as and when needed, throughout the UK and within Europe. There will be nights away from home and occasionally work will be required during unsocial hours.

As one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Railways you will regulate health and safety for: passengers; the workforce; and the public; who use, operate and maintain Britain's railways. You will be a warranted health and safety inspector and there will be a training and development programme to help you achieve the necessary inspector competence.

Your key responsibilities, although not exhaustive, will include:

  • Carrying out assessment of Interoperable Authorisation projects and Authorisation applications for vehicles
  • Providing support in relation to other ORR statutory work, such as Entities in Charge of Maintenance (ECM), Vehicle Exemptions and Safety Certification assessments
  • Performing inspection of vehicles to assist with ORR delivery plan work
  • Providing support to ORR investigations. Occasionally this may include taking the formal role of an Expert Witness
  • Reviewing Rail Accident Investigation Branch findings, recommendations and responses, to ensure duty holders take effective action and achieve timely closure of recommendations
  • Providing technical input into answering public and ministerial enquiries relating to rail vehicles
  • Contributing to the review, development and application of relevant technical standards
  • Representing ORR at professional forums with industry
  • Maintaining technical expertise in your own specialist area, likely to be, for example, mechanical (structures, braking, wheel/rail interface, doors); or electrical (power systems, control systems, interference)
  • Sharing rail vehicle engineering knowledge with colleagues across ORR to support training and development activities.

Behaviours
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing

Experience
  • Significant practical experience of working in the rail industry in a relevant role relating to rail vehicles (e.g. maintenance, design or manufacture of rolling stock)

Technical
  • Knowledge of rolling stock maintenance, component overhaul regimes and processes
  • Understanding of the interfaces between rolling stock, infrastructure and power supply systems
  • Working knowledge of the principles of safety management
  • Understanding of the role and purpose of different types of standards, for example Railway Group Standards, Rail Industry Standards, National Technical Specification Notices, Technical Specification for Interoperability, CEN/CENELEC standards, ISO and IEC standards

Mandatory Qualifications
  • Educated to degree level or with appropriate equivalent professional experience to have achieved chartered status of a professional institution
  • Qualified to (or working towards) Chartered Engineer status or equivalent

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