We are currently searching for aa Senior Rolling Stock Engineer to manage and deliver the engineering elements of the high-speed passenger train fleet delivery programme, including integration of trains into the wider railway system, in order to ensure that quality rolling stock is delivered on time through an efficient, robust process, contributing to the success of the overall HS2 project.

You will be a part of a team accountable for the end-state railway specification and for assuring its delivery through the programme.

The Rolling Stock Engineering team is responsible for developing the requirements for the new fleets, for ensuring that the fleets deliver the operational concept and the customer service proposition, and for managing the integration of the fleets with the HS2 and conventional rail networks.

The location of the position could be either London or Birmingham depending on the preference of the successful candidate.

About the role:

• Provide, from a rolling stock perspective, strategic direction within the business to ensure successful programme outcomes and integration of the rolling stock with the wider system/programme
• Develop and contribute to development of the system strategies and policies which will deliver the railway capability, while mitigating the environmental impacts, within the programme and budget
• Provide leadership of specialist and consultancy resource
• Oversee the delivery of studies to enable robust system design decision making
• Develop and validate the requirements for the rolling stock, carry out evaluation of rolling stock tenders, support negotiations leading to award of rolling stock supply and maintenance contracts and depot design & build contracts
• Engage with external stakeholders (including the train manufacturer, client, train operator, Network Rail, approval bodies, rail user groups) throughout the procurement and delivery of the fleet to ensure stakeholder needs are understood and managed to successful conclusion
• Provide overall programme assurance for the rolling stock, following a systems engineering approach as appropriate to a major, complex engineering programme.

About You:

You will encompass specialist knowledge in multiple areas of rolling stock and railway integration relevant to the HS2 Rolling Stock and Depots project, with the following being of relevance:

• Train infrastructure compatibility
• Operational concept and functional integration
• Signalling systems
• Train interior design, including Industrial design and human factors
• Maintenance and servicing, including knowledge of train maintenance regimes
• Degree qualified in relevant engineering subject, ideally a chartered engineer;
• Test strategies and the design of test procedures;