Project Engineer in Derby

Location: Derby (Onsite)

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 3/2/26

Excellent Salary + Benefits Include: Pension, Contributed Healthcare, Life Assurance, plus many flexible 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:

Take on a new challenge and apply your expertise within Project Engineering in a new cutting-edge field within the Rail industry. Reporting into the D&IS Digital Services Tenders & Project Director, you’ll work alongside highly motivated professionals within the Digital Team committed to best in class performance in the D&IS Product Line by leading, managing and coordinating the main Digital Services Tenders and Project activities whilst fostering our values of agility, inclusivity and responsibility.

We’ll look to you for:

• Ensuring the successful delivery of projects within the specified requirements, budget, and schedule.
• Acting as a key coordination point for both internal and external stakeholders involved in the development and support of solutions for the digital scope of tenders and projects.

What are my key responsibilities?

• Prepare technical offers within the Digital Services scope to support tenders globally.
• Define tender budgets and develop business cases to demonstrate positive return on investment for tender.
• Conduct regular project meetings with internal stakeholders, to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
• Liaise with support teams to address and resolve open project issues.
• Prepare and update governance reports encompassing financial, delivery and technical KPIs.
• Serve as an ambassador for the Digital Services portfolio, promoting its benefits and capabilities.

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:

• Degree or Equivalent in Engineering discipline.
• Experience in the railway industry.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness.
• Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Project).
• Experience in leading and managing teams.
• Excellent planning skills.

Desirable Technical Knowledge / Experience:

• Hold business related qualification.
• Experience in the railway industry maintenance sector.

Things you’ll enjoy:

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.