About the Role:
As a Performance Engineer, you will lead exciting projects, driving innovation and guiding team success. You will have the opportunity to coach and mentor colleagues, shaping the future of the industry while leveraging your technical expertise and safety knowledge to tackle challenges. Through close collaboration with customers, you'll help build strong relationships, ensuring their needs are met while managing budgets and contracts to deliver exceptional results. This is your chance to make a real impact and lead the way in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
Key Responsibilities:
•Showcase your deep understanding of system knowledge, applying performance improvement techniques and processes to drive real results.
•Liaise with centralised engineering functions and customers.
•Use your expertise in system engineering to lead design, development and optimise processes.
•Take ownership of reviewing and approving complex engineering designs, reports and investigations that impact the safe efficient operation of public transport systems.
•Deliver high-quality analysis and reporting on in service and system level defects, ensuring excellence in diagnostics and solutions.
•Tackle complex tasks head-on using your problem-solving skills to make a lasting impact.
•Craft high-quality technical and production reports that enhance both performance and operational efficiency.
•Leverage your expertise in interpreting legislation and standards to ensure top-tier health, safety and production outcomes across technical transport matters.
•Take a proactive role in identifying assessing and mitigating risk, while documenting compliance to keep safety systems at the highest standards.
•Bring your passion for continuous improvement, people development and operational excellence to enhance team performance and end user experience.
Why Join Us:
Innovative Environment: Work with the latest technology in the rail industry, contributing to the development of state of the art trains.
Growth and Development: Be part of a dynamic company with an order book extending into the next decade, ensuring long-term career opportunities and stability.
Passionate Team: Collaborate with a team of dedicated professionals who share your enthusiasm for rail transport and innovation.
Customer-Centric Approach: Play a key role in delivering exceptional service to our growing number of customers across the UK.
Environment and Sustainability: Be part of our team and help us make significant strides towards zero emissions with state of the art electric trains. We are working towards creating a cleaner, greener future in rail transport.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusive: Be part of our mission to expand diversity, equality and inclusion within our workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that a variety of perspectives and background improves our team and drives our success.
What We're Looking For: We are looking for talented people, from skilled technicians and engineers to professional services who are excited about the future of rail transport and eager to make a difference. If you want to be part of a company that values innovation, growth and excellence, apply now to become a key member of our team and help our journey to shape the future of rail transport.
•Understanding the design, operation and maintenance of Locomotives
•Familiarity with performance metrics related to locomotives such as operational reliability.
•Proficiency in statistical methods and performance modelling techniques to analyse data from Locomotive Systems
•Understanding of Locomotive control systems, including modern electronic and software based systems that impact performance.
Experiences:
•Previous roles in engineering, preferably with direct experience in the rail sector and more specifically, locomotives or rolling stock.
•Involvement in rail performance testing projects
•Experience in trouble shooting and resolving rail performance issues, including fault diagnosis and corrective measures.
•Experience in managing engineering projects.
Qualifications:
•A bachelor's degree in mechanical, electric systems or a related engineering discipline preferred, however, a HND with relevant experience will be considered.
Soft Skills:
•Strong analytical abilities to interpret complex data and make informed decisions related to Locomotive performance.
•Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present findings, work in partnership with teams and engage with stakeholders.
•Ability to effectively negotiate and persuade stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment across the board to achieve successful outcomes.
•A keen eye for detail to ensure precise results, reporting and adherence to safety and quality standards.