Ten Live Rail are delighted to supporting a highly thought of maintenance and refurbishment rolling stock client based in Derbyshire.

Due to internal movements, we have been engaged by our client to procure a Production Engineer, on a permanent basis to work onsite at their Derby HQ.

Role overview

The Production Engineer is responsible for interpreting customer specifications and the creation of cost estimates and schedules while providing all necessary support during the execution of projects.

Job Accountabilities

Planning

Develop cost estimates and work schedules for production engineering

Interface with Supply Chain and others as required to ensure cross communication to support and validate production plan.

Report on technical risk and provide input to innovation.

Engineering, Project Management, and Production Processes

Assist with the engineering evaluation of customer specifications including technical drawings and proposals. The evaluation to include bid/no bids, risk assessment, project cost, and project schedule.

Assist with the provision of modification procedures and technical information and the resolution of system malfunctions or failures to ensure production output and on time delivery targets are achieved in a cost effective manner and in accordance to customer specifications.

Deliver documentation, including instructions, operational manuals and proof of compliance, for our internal and external customers with key metrics for schedule, quality, and budget.

Track and report on production level progress, hour utilisation, and costs throughout the job

Complete a post job summary to highlights the successes and lessons learned.

Contribute to continuous improvement efforts to improve safety and quality and reduce cost and cycle time.

Testing & Commissioning

Create and carry out the machine test and commissioning program scope and coverage.

Serve as the focal point to build support and for corrective response to findings made during testing and commissioning.

Confirm and verify compliance with customer requirements and company design standards.

Goal : This role ensures proper engineering oversight on all technical production jobs ensuring compliance and innovation.

Behavioural Competencies

Values Based: Recognized by others as living and teaching the values, and appropriately responds when others behave in opposition to the values, leading to a culture that engages people and instils trust

Safety Awareness: Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety; upholding safety standards.

Managing and Measuring Work: Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress, and results; designs feedback loops into work.

Process Management: Good at figuring out the department and cross-functional processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organise people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can’t; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.

Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Qualifications :

Rolling Stock Experience

Certification - Chartered (or working towards) Engineer

Expectations of the role :

10% or more travel including international, using any method of transportation.

You shall comply at all times with our client’s rules, policies and procedures.

From time to time, with reasonable notice, you may be required to work at another designated company location on a temporary basis.

You shall comply at all times with our client’s drug and alcohol policy and understand that random drug and alcohol testing will be part of these working conditions

From time to time data will be shared with our client and you agree to this under agreement with UK Data Protection Policy

Please contact me in the first instance should you feel that this role is of interested to you.