Electrical & ETCS Systems Engineer

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

As a partner that adds value to the railway today and for the future, we’ve invested over £3.5bn in new rolling stock and we’re actively looking to invest a further £1bn in the years ahead. Since 2020, this includes over £550 million in new trains, fleet upgrades, traction innovation and rail infrastructure.

Sustainability is embedded in our decision making, and we’ve been named the global sector leader in the annual GRESB sustainability assessment for the last four years.

Our teams are leading some of the most exciting innovations taking place in the railway today at our offices in Derby and London, and the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire. The 135-acre site is an invaluable asset for the railway to test and trial new traction technologies.

The Porterbrook group of companies is wholly owned by supportive long-term institutional investors, fully committed to the future of the UK rail sector.

We have over 100 engineers and fleet support staff working directly on our passenger fleets, alongside experienced key relationship managers with a deep understanding of our customers' needs and expectations on their existing fleets, and investment in new rolling stock.

A great opportunity for an exceptional Electrical & ETCS Systems Engineer, to join the Porterbrook team.

To act as Technical Expert on ETCS and key train electrical systems, providing internal engineering consultancy, project partnering and expert engineering advice to Fleet Services, Engineering Services, external stakeholders and the wider business – including Projects, Strategy & Sustainability, new build procurement and Long Marston.

• Act as Porterbrook’s centre of expertise for electrical & ETCS systems on Traction & rolling-stock
• Lead or support technical investigations into equipment failures, support complex warranty claims and joint investigations. This will involve attendance and witnessing issues etc at manufacturing sites and depots from time to time, occasionally outside office hours.
• Act as a technical project partner for allocated projects (ie. complex or innovative projects), in support of wider business objectives
• Lead internal technical consultancy work streams, including the management and coordination of external consultants and suppliers, to deliver technical services to the business. Ensure that staff, consultants and contractors working under your direction have appropriate technical competencies to undertake their work.
• Lead and act as project manager for assigned work streams with an electrical systems focus as identified by the business, to meet safety, quality, cost and timescale requirements.
• Investigate assigned National Incident Reports and identify, lead and manage appropriate remedial actions. These would normally be NIRs/PIRs that cover multiple fleets, fleets owned by other asset owners or those that have a complex technical bias
• Support Fleet Platform Strategy team in delivering strategic fleet solutions
• Maintain market awareness of new products & developments, and evaluate on behalf of the wider business.
• Build relationships with existing suppliers and any new players in the supply chain, and monitor the quality of products and engineering activities including site visits as required.
• Lead or support product development and obsolescence management when the need is identified by the Fleet Services team, the Engineering Services team or the wider business, including supporting formulation of business cases
• Support and provide input to Porterbrook’s Digital Services team, in their provision of analytics, artificial intelligence and remote condition monitoring system development as appropriate
• Attend, inform or support on specific technical work streams as required, including internal forums such as Technical Committee or Project review meetings
• Regularly report on progress on owned work streams, including updates for…