System Engineer

Talent Acquisition Partner at Wabtec Corporation

Who will you be working with?

Brecknell Willis (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) headquartered in Chard, Somerset, focuses on engineering, project management, and sales of electrification equipment for railways, specifically pantographs and contact shoes.

Location: Chard, Somerset, TA20 2BB

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 08:00am to 17:00pm, and Friday 08:00am to 12:30pm

• Interpret customer specifications to support global project delivery
• Design technical solutions tailored to customer requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality outcomes
• Lead engineering activities including design and gateway reviews
• Approve key project documentation such as safety analyses and test reports
• Contribute to cost reduction and risk/opportunity assessments
• Ensure timely achievement of project milestones
• Provide regular updates to the Project Manager
• Support aftermarket services and UK engineering needs
• Lead technical resolution of warranty and customer claims

• Travel expectations: 3-5 trips per year
• Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment
• Experience in the railway industry is desirable
• Proven design and project delivery experience
• Strong coordination skills across multi-site and cross-functional teams
• Ability to lead and implement high-impact engineering projects
• Excellent communication and matrix leadership skills

If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values: always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.

Apply today!

Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

About Wabtec:

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world.

Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at:

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make your and someone else s life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so!

Through our people, leadership development, services, technology, and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Project Management, Engineering, and Product Management
• Industries: Railroad Equipment Manufacturing, Engineering Services, and Manufacturing