Rolling Stock Engineer - Structures

Milton Keynes

Up to £50,000 per annum

Are you looking for a role that’ll give you the opportunity to showcase your skills to progress your career?

The Company

This new and exciting organisation is at the forefront of rail and rolling stock engineering, providing customers with the products and services to enable us all to benefits from a more sustainable railway.

The Role

As an experienced Rolling Stock Engineer, within structures your role will be to carry out duties in line with the mechanical and structural engineering aspects of rolling stock projects, and ensure they are validated and delivered and comply with Railway Group Standards. This will include travelling throughout the UK to meet with customers to understand their requirements.

The Responsibilities and Role:

As the Structures Engineer, you’ll be working with customers to understand requirements concerning modifications and repairs of rolling stock

Creating work instructions and repair procedures in accordance with guidelines set by the Vehicle Acceptance Body, for the maintenance teams.

Assist Project Managers with the cost and timescales for the reengineering projects.

Manage the risk associated with mechanical, repairs and structural changes to rolling stock are understood and documented

Ensure design changes and repairs comply with appropriate Railway Group Standards.

Produce reports to justify the use of reverse engineering techniques to support obsolete materials or methods of production for replacement components.

Collaborate with the Welding Engineering resource.

Perform FEA analysis on 3D models produced by the other parties.

Create 3D models and drawing for FEA analysis where required. (Solid edge and Ansys experience preferred but not essential).

On project completion ensure that the Structural & Welding element of the “vehicle history book” is accurate, signed and that the content reflects the work undertaken, prior to customer handover.

Requirements:

Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Detailed knowledge of railway vehicle structural designs and build.

Benefits:

Up to £50,000 per annum

25 days holiday + BH

Free Parking

Flexible benefits, you can choose from: health cash plan, Childcare vouchers, computers and mobile and a Cycle to work scheme.

Pension is auto enrolment at 4.4% employee contribution, with employer contributing 6%

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