Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Rolling Stock in Derby, SNC-Lavalin House, United Kingdom
Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Rolling Stock Enhancements
Location: SNC-Lavalin House, Derby
Job Description
From providing passenger fleet enhancement services to international operators, owners and manufacturers, to developing and managing interior refurbishments, train system enhancements, life extension packages and modifications, SNC-Lavalin have the knowledge that matters. We support the full lifecycle of an enhancement project covering feasibility studies to assess options, concept designs and industrial design schemes, engineering design and assessments of fire safety, design assurance and safety assurance, materials procurement and installation programme management.
In order to support SNC-Lavalin’s growing Engineering Design team, working as a Design Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting the technical delivery of designs for rolling stock. You will be working on industry-leading rolling stock modification projects within a global company, with clients throughout the rail sector.
The ideal candidate will have a solid and extensive background of working as a design engineer within the rail industry. You will work closely with our design managers, specialist engineers and your fellow design engineers to deliver engineering design solutions for industry-leading rolling stock modification projects. Using your experience as a design engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery of designs at every stage of the design process, from initial concept work through detail design and on to support of installation on turnkey projects.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Work closely with Project Managers and Project Engineers to deliver design projects.
• Delivery of workload to the timescales and deliverables agreed with project managers and project engineers, as well as reporting on progress against these to ensure successful project delivery.
• Have an active contribution to the continuous improvement of the team’s design guides and practices, looking to raise issues where identified and adopting appropriate developments in technology and practices.
• Help to develop junior members of the team from our technician and graduate schemes to enhance their competency and the range of skills that SNC-Lavalin offers to its clients.
• Compliance of the applicable standards and ensure that design packages are delivered in line with these.
• Build good working relationships with our specialists engineers to gain their input to design when required.
• Provide impartial input to design projects as an independent checker, helping to ensure a consistent and high level of quality across all the work that we deliver.
• Delivery of high quality engineering design work for allocated design packages, within defined timescales and to the required quality.
• Close liaison with project engineers and other designers.
• Presentation of design concepts and detailed design solutions to project engineers and other colleagues during design reviews.
• Working in compliance with SNC-Lavalin’s design and project processes.
• Site visits to client and supplier premises for the purposes of conducting design surveys and completing first article inspections or build support.
• Good communication and teamwork skills to ensure that your work is developed in accordance with the requirements of the team and the project.
• Proactively working to contribute to a continuous improvement culture, raising opportunities for improvement whenever these are identified.
Essential Experience & Skills
• Experienced in the delivery of railway (rolling stock) engineering design projects, either new build, retro-fitment, modification or refurbishment including the ability to understand the inputs required to support the development of a successful design, and the ability to produce designs which accommodate the product lifecycle (manufacture, install, test, operate, maintain, remove, dispose)
• Qualified to degree standard or apprenticeship in a relevant discipline, or several years’ related experience and / or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient in the use of Solid Edge, our primary CAD package, or a comparable software package for both 3D modelling and 2D drafting purposes.
Desirable Experience & Skills
• Experience in the use of Catia software would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of the risks associated with each aspect of the lifecycle of a Turnkey project would be beneficial; covering bidding, concept, detailed design, rolling stock approvals, material procurement and installation, maintenance and warranty is a key advantage.
Why SNC-Lavalin?
We offer a professional but nurturing environment for you to better develop in your career whilst exposing you to a wide variety of transport projects. We also offer competitive salaries, enhanced pension contributions, 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), private medical and dental insurance, gym membership subsidies, flexible working hours and a host of other benefits supporting a range of lifestyles.
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