Senior or Principal Rolling Stock Engineer (Electronic Systems)

Location/s: Derby, Birmingham, London, Manchester
Relocation supported: Not supported
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

About the role
Mott MacDonald’s Rolling Stock team is a highly successful centre of excellence for railway rolling stock knowledge, supporting a diverse range of customers including government departments, train owners, train operators and manufacturers of railway rolling stock. The Rolling Stock team is an integral part of Mott MacDonald’s Railways division which employs over 300 rail consultants.

The job will ideally be full time, but requests for flexible part-time working would be considered.

For this role you will report to a Team Leader and be based in our Derby, Birmingham, London or Manchester office. Mott MacDonald supports flexible working, with working from home permitted 2 days per week.

You will be responsible for delivering a broad range of consultancy tasks in the field of railway vehicle electronic and electrical systems.

This will involve undertaking design reviews of electronic train systems, performing technical investigations into reliability issues of electronic train systems, supporting clients in developing requirement specifications for electronic train systems.  You will also be involved in site visits to inspect rail vehicles, and to provide guidance regarding defects found, obsolescence strategies and vehicle modifications on electronic systems.

Such electronic systems shall include; Train Control and Management System, traction control systems, door control systems, Passenger Information systems, Automatic Power Changeover systems, driver advisory systems, auxiliary power systems and traction battery systems. 

You will be expected to be able to produce technical reports conveying critical findings to both technical and non technical staff, presentations to clients and be able to work in a collaborative manner within client project delivery teams.

Part of your responsibilities will be to communicate with key clients and continue to promote Mott MacDonald and the services we offer.

In addition, you will be required to produce proposal documents for new work packages, including estimating the costs required to undertake the activities being proposed.

There may also be an opportunity to travel to other locations (company or client, office or site) within the UK and overseas.

Candidate specification
For this vacancy it is essential that you have:

• Rolling Stock electronic system engineering experience in TCMS, traction and auxiliary systems, electronic system aspect of passenger doors including door control and selective door open systems and passenger information systems including both visual and audio systems.
• Previous experience designing such systems or working in a design reviewer capacity of such systems.
• Experience of developing client specifications for such systems.
• Proficient knowledge of the rail industry and applicable standards.
• A degree in engineering.
• Chartership or working towards Chartership in engineering.

For this vacancy it is desirable that you have:

• Experience in fault finding / technical investigations on rolling stock electronic systems.
• Experience of developing or assessing traction battery solutions.
• Experience in train control systems including ETCS / CBTC.
• Worked for a train manufacture as a rolling stock electronic systems engineer, or held positions in a rolling stock consultancy.
• Experience in producing commercial proposals for technical investigations and studies.
• An aptitude and willingness for mentoring less experienced engineers.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills, and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working  

We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace. 

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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