Rolling Stock Engineer

Please note: This role is for Pullman Rail which is a subsidiary of Transport for Wales

Location- Canton, Cardiff

Equal Opportunities

At Pullman Rail we value diversity. It makes us stronger, helps us understand our customers better, make better decisions and be more innovative.Everyone's different and has their own perspective so we're building a diverse team that mirrors the communities we serve. Through this we're determined to be one of Wales' leading inclusive employers.

Who we are

At Pullman Rail (part of the Transport for Wales family), we're on a mission to be the engineering and overhaul partner of choice to the UK Transport Network. From our facility in South Wales, we provide comprehensive services including vehicle overhauls, heavy maintenance, component repairs and system upgrades to a large proportion of the UK rail fleet. And we have exciting plans to diversify into the wider transport market as part of our growth strategy.

We're an open and inclusive place to work, where everyone is welcome and our people are supported to reach their full potential. We want to create an environment where our people can grow and succeed. This is key to enabling us to deliver on our ambition to grow our services and support the transformation happening across the Public Sector transport industry.

Role responsibilities

We are seeking a dynamic Rolling Stock Engineer as a key part of the engineering capability at Pullman Rail to drive engineering strategy, ensure technical excellence, and overseeing operational support. You will develop talent and support the engineering capability to power Pullman Rail's long-term growth.

The Rolling Stock Engineer will deliver comprehensive engineering support for traction, rolling stock, and vehicle systems, focusing on safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations. The role encompasses both electrical and mechanical expertise for traction, auxiliary power, and control systems. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Safety & Ethics
  – Support the implementation of the Pullman Rail Limited Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) strategy, associated actions and resulting initiatives, to deliver continuous improvement.
• Quality & Compliance
  – Support the quality and inspection team to drive the quality of products to our customers. This will include providing technical support and engineering expertise across all rolling stock systems including traction, braking, pneumatic, electrical and control systems embedding best in class ways of working.
• Delivery
  – Ensure work is carried out with a continuous view to profitability and efficiency and drive customer value and relationships. Take responsibility for delivering on time, high quality and on budget products, or/and engineering services, which Pullman Rail can take pride in. You will develop, review and update engineering documentation, technical instructions and maintenance procedures to ensure clarity, accuracy, and compliance.
• People
  – Champion respect, inclusion, and diversity; empower the engineering team to excel through development, collaboration, and innovation. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams and our customers to develop and mobilise solutions, and deliver high value customer products and engineering services.

Who we're looking for

• An engineer (with a Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Production Engineering, or working towards Chartered Engineer status) with demonstrable experience in a technical role, ideally within the traction and rolling stock industry.
• Someone with a strong understanding of regulatory and industry frameworks (for example, RISAS, ISO ROGS) who is able to lead, influence and collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams to develop strategies and programmes.
• Understanding of vehicle electrical systems including traction, control and auxiliary power with sound knowledge and demonstrable experience of process engineering and continuous improvement, with demonstrable experience of enhancing customer value.
• High level attention to detail, able to interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and technical drawings; with experience in design (3D CAD), fault diagnosis, root cause analysis and engineering change management.

Welsh Language Skills

The ability to speak/write Welsh would make a great addition to your application, but it is not essential for this role.

Next steps

Does this role sound like the opportunity you are looking for? Do you want to find out more? See attached Job Description for further details.

This advert will close at midnight on the day of the application closing date stated above. We do encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Note that you must hold the permanent right to work in the UK. We are not currently able to provide sponsorship.