Maintenance & Technical Support Engineer

3 months ago

BartonunderNeedwood, United Kingdom Alstom Full time

Req ID: 459422

Location: Central Rivers, DE13 8ES, on site

Appointment Basis: Permanent, plus Shifts

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Salary + Benefits: starting from 50K + 20% shift allowance

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.

Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading 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. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Maintenance Engineering Lead Engineer and work alongside dedicated and passionate teammates.

You’ll be working as part of a team of Engineers across the DMU/DEMU fleet platform delivering activities and projects to provide a safe, reliable and cost-efficient fleet of trains, which meets the Train Operator’s presentation requirements and complies with their Safety Case obligations.

The role will involve travel to other depot locations in close proximity when required. It also involves working a shift pattern including nights to provide Engineering support 24/7.

We’ll look to you for:

• Be point of contact for the depot operations team to resolve technical issues and support decisions to help keep contracted availability targets.

• Supporting other local depots across the platform via phone to resolve technical issues, travelling to those sites when required during the shift.

• Develop and deliver engineering change to improve fleet/system reliability performance, reduce cost of maintenance & deliver customer variation solutions.

• Identify and implement safe, cost effective, containments and countermeasures to identified product safety issues.

• Planning and delivery readiness (inc. BoM’s, work instructions & configuration) for planned maintenance activities, as defined by the Vehicle Maintenance Instruction.

• Ensure that the specified fleet maintenance regime is certificated, adhered to and complies with all relevant legislation, and associated limitations are effectively managed.

• Use engineering knowledge, problem solving skills, standard project management techniques and awareness of standards and the constraints of the delivery organisation to support, justify and manage changes.

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 or Higher Certificate in engineering/technical discipline.

• Strong organisational, resource management and decision-making skills.

• Strong engineering/technical knowledge of traction and rolling stock systems and maintenance policies/practices.

• Strong 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.

• Chartered status or actively working toward chartered status (advantageous).

Things you’ll enjoy

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.

You’ll also:

Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues Contribute to innovative projects Utilise our agile working environment Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension) 

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

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?

Equal opportunity statement:


Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law. 

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.


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