Project Engineer - Rolling Stock

Location: Derby + UK Wide Travel Type: Permanent |
Salary / Rate: Negotiable

We’re recruiting a hands‑on Rolling Stock Engineer for a rail services and projects business. You’ll support the delivery of client service contracts and turnkey vehicle modification projects, working both in the company workshop (manufacture, assembly, testing and kitting) and on client sites.

This is a technical, practical role. It would suit an experienced engineer with a practical leaning, or a rail manufacturing operative or team leader looking to broaden their skillset. You’ll be self‑sufficient, solve problems, prioritise your own workload and support the Services Manager.

• Liaise with clients and coordinate visits
• Fault find, working with office-based engineers where needed
• Replace, test and calibrate equipment

• Plan and lead on‑site works with the relevant Project Engineer
• Plan mobilisation: method statements, modification procedures, labour, tooling, calibration, pre‑assembly and kitting
• Produce method statements, risk assessments, and modification, testing and commissioning procedures
• Build test boxes and small‑scale production items such as harnesses and electro‑mechanical sub‑assemblies
• Produce cost estimates, installation timescales and technical input to bids
• Manage sub‑contract labour, including competence management
• Capture, assess and resolve engineering change during installations, keeping drawings and documentation up to date
• Monitor on‑site progress against project timescales
• Coordinate supplier First Article Inspections and kitting with procurement
• Act as the on‑site interface with clients
• Manage and, where needed, deliver rectification programmes
• Manage the on‑site workshop facility, including housekeeping, safety practice, and the tooling asset and calibration register
• Support design reviews with a focus on design for installation and maintenance
• Lead on HSQE practices

• A practical or technical engineering qualification
• Ability to plan and lead vehicle modification programmes
• Understanding of electrical and mechanical installation and modification techniques
• Awareness of engineering considerations, particularly safety‑critical aspects
• Ability to carry out electrical and mechanical manufacturing and testing tasks
• Strong fault finding and problem‑solving skills
• Strong HSQE leadership
• Good communicator with team leadership experience
• Able to author technical engineering documentation
• Competent in MS Office
• Willing to work away from home regularly and work non‑core shift times
• Full UK driving licence
• Vehicle modification experience in a rail environment
• Experience working with supply chain, materials and labour suppliers
• Ability to develop a business or site support team
• Ability to build client relationships and new opportunities

Self‑motivated and confident, proactive, flexible and approachable, thorough and organised, able to prioritise and influence, comfortable under pressure and working alone, commercially aware, with a high level of integrity.

The role involves working away from home during non‑core hours, both ad hoc and on longer‑term project placements.