Lead Engineer / Chief Engineer (Bogies & Wheelsets)
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We are seeking a highly experienced Chief Mechanical Engineer to provide technical leadership across a specialist Bogies & Wheelsets function supporting some of the UK's most critical rolling stock assets.
This is a rare opportunity for an accomplished rail engineering leader to influence engineering strategy, shape technical standards, mentor engineering talent, and act as the senior technical authority across a complex portfolio of bogie and wheelset products, overhaul programmes and reliability improvement initiatives.
Working at the heart of a growing engineering organisation, you will play a key role in ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective solutions are delivered to customers across the UK rail sector.
The Opportunity
As Chief Mechanical Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across engineering, operations and customer-facing teams, ensuring best practice is applied throughout the lifecycle of bogie and wheelset products.
You'll be responsible for:
Acting as the senior technical authority for bogie and wheelset engineering activities.
Driving engineering excellence, governance and technical decision-making.
Supporting complex failure investigations and root cause analysis activities.
Providing technical oversight of overhaul, repair and life extension programmes.
Developing engineering standards, technical procedures and best practice.
Supporting customers with specialist engineering advice and technical solutions.
Influencing long-term product strategy, reliability improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
Leading, mentoring and developing a team of mechanical and systems engineers.
Working closely with suppliers, operators, maintainers and rolling stock owners.
Reviewing and approving technical documentation, engineering changes and concessions.
Essential Experience
Degree-qualified in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
Significant experience within rolling stock engineering
Strong understanding of bogie systems, wheelsets, running gear or associated vehicle systems.
Experience leading engineering teams or major engineering programmes.
Technical expertise covering reliability, design, maintenance, overhaul or product engineering.
Location: Barton-under-Needwood
Salary - Negotiable dependant on experience
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