Industry Placement

At the heart of the rail network for over three decades, Porterbrook is the UK’s leading rolling stock financier and asset management company with 4000 vehicles in our diverse portfolio of passenger and freight trains.

By working together with our partners, we deliver high-quality, agile rolling stock solutions that ensure the railway remains safe, reliable, sustainable and fit for the future.

We don’t just provide trains – we provide a customer-focused platform for long-term success. Since 1994, Porterbrook has invested over £4bn in new rolling stock including £1bn of capital in new trains, fleet upgrades, traction innovation and rail infrastructure in the last five years.

With our strategic and empathetic funding solutions, we’re actively looking to invest a further £1bn in the years ahead.

Our Fleet Services team support customers across the UK and offer a range of embedded support packages to help improve fleet reliability. The successful candidate will be joining a team of experienced engineers.

A great opportunity for an exceptional Year in Industry Placement, to join the Porterbrook team.

General engineering and project delivery

• Follow Porterbrook’s processes to support the management of projects so that Porterbrook owned vehicles allow safe operation on the railway system
• Provide general support for technical investigations to continuously improve safety including National Incident Reports, Porterbrook’s supplier accreditation process, audits and subsequent corrective action requests
• Working with Porterbrook’s Project Managers, to provide technical support to project delivery so that our projects are delivered to time, cost and quality objectives
• Provide project reports on your work to give sufficient visibility of progress, issues, costs, risks and opportunities within your projects
• Share all relevant information with the wider business to make sure that information about project schedules and other critical information is kept up to date
• Update the Project Execution Plan (PEP) workbook for your projects real time such that the workbook reflects the actual position of the project
• Support the Management of Change process to review the technical risks associated with any vehicle changes
• Support vehicle inspection and supplier visits when required
• Support the development of maintenance specifications, particularly any updates that are required during a project
• Support the audit of suppliers of maintenance/overhaul activities to ensure all necessary compliance is achieved
• Support technical investigation work requested by the Head of Fleet Services North, Midlands or South to provide support to customers on all technical issues affecting the vehicles that they lease that arise from projects. Ensure that these matters are appropriately prioritised and addressed

• Assist in providing general engineering services to/across the business as and when required
• Work towards Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) status, ensuring all eMPDS documentation is kept up to date

Porterbrook year-in-industry placement students benefit from an IMechE accredited monitored professional development scheme (MPDS) which all entrants would join. Whilst focussing on achieving Engineering Technician status during the placement year, this path eventually leads to either Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer status. The scheme’s proven track record will provide a wide range of training and experience, both within Porterbrook and at other railway companies, leading to a wider awareness of engineering management within the rail industry.

General requirements for this scheme are an MEng in mechanical or electrical related discipline (or a BEng with commitment…