Mechanical Engineer

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

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Location:

Derby

Appointment Basis:
Permanent

Apply by: 29/07/2026

Salary: circa £46,000 DOE with excellent benefits

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing Computer-Aided Design (CAD) activities and ensuring the timely delivery of design outputs within your assigned area of the Mechanical Domain.

Your role includes adhering to quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) objectives, while consistently applying relevant mechanical engineering standards, processes, and tools throughout the project lifecycle.

We’ll look to you for:

Performing mechanical engineering activities in compliance with QCD commitments:

Quality - Designing products considering project requirements (performance, manufacturability, serviceability, testing, etc). Working to a high standard and applying design rules, processes and tools to achieve acceptance by the customer within committed limits.
Cost - Working to an agreed budget.
Delivery - Self-governance of committed deliverables on project considering applicable instructions/processes and other specific Customer (internal or external) requirements.  

Technical:

Scope areas:
Rolling stock saloon interior including floors, ceilings, sidewalls, vestibules and equipment installations;
Exterior installations including roof, underframe and bodyside equipment. All scope areas are a mixture of build-to-print and proprietary equipment installations.
This role will require you to manage and contribute to the design of mechanical engineering solutions from concept to customer acceptance, considering project requirements (performance, manufacturability, serviceability, testing, etc.).
Your solutions will respect allocated volumes/interfaces (no clashes) and consider critical design elements such as weight, gauge, acoustics, eco design, ergonomics, aerodynamics, installation strategy and maintenance strategy.  

Planning/Reporting:

This role will require you to contribute to project plan and budget creation. You will be asked to report on Mechanical Domain activities progress, anticipating issues (capacity, skills, rule applicability, etc.) and alerting if needed. You will partake in regular cross-functional team reviews for your scope during concept phase, and actively support Procurement, Industrialisation and Manufacturing teams during production ramp-up.
You will be responsible for your own deliverables with self-governance being critical. You will be expected to mitigate potential delays effectively and communicate risks and/or blocking points.  

Leadership

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be required to contribute to multiple scopes, often across multiple projects. You will be supported as required by additional resources both onshore and offshore. You will be responsible for ensuring your solutions comply with technical, project and customer expectations. You will contribute to design reviews and assist in concept verification via design mock-ups and/or simulations as required.

All about you:

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

Qualified to Degree level or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering.
A broad mechanical engineering knowledge, including:  

A clear…