Senior Project Engineer (Rolling Stock)

We’re TransPennine Express and we’re going places. Whether that’s helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We’re looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help push for more progress within the rail industry. We look forward to meeting new faces and eager minds, ready to join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who can successfully support the technical delivery of a complex New Trains programme into the next decade, driving forward and promoting the needs of the TransPennine Route Upgrade and the wider future of TransPennine Express. The role will be at the forefront of building and sustaining effective relationships with industry partners, ensuring that they deliver excellence in not only the new rolling stock but also the facilities, processes and above all people that will maintain them in the years to come. Working within the Major Projects Directorate the successful candidate will have a proven track record in delivering complex-multi agency projects, ideally in the Rail industry. The role will support the Commercial and Engineering Lead and will work closely with train manufacturers to develop the future rail offering for the North. We are looking for a senior level rolling stock engineer with a passion for working collaboratively in the business and the wider industry to drive the project forward. You will be part of the team deriving the decisions for new trains from the bidding stage. You will provide TPE with technical support to the design, build and delivery stage of our New Trains project, giving inputs to early-stage development, detailed design and implementation work, ensuring appropriate representation of TPE’s interests. You will be required to ensure train design, procurement and implementation plans comply with industry legislation and company standards, supporting design reviews, inspections and acceptance. You will lead critical internal workstreams to ensure a successful fleet introduction, managing change through our Safety, Engineering and Competence Management Systems. You will provide key engineering input to the rolling stock design, manufacturing and test locations, managing the interfaces between TPE, the local manufacturer’s team and representatives of the relevant financing companies, to monitor and report on progress, and to participate in or facilitate detection, discussion and resolution of issues that arise during the new trains programme. A strong collaborator with a robust understanding of rolling stock engineering, you will have the ability and agility to work with partners to resolve risks and issues to deliver on business goals. You will have some commercial experience and be confident to work with high value commercial contracts. You will have strong project management skills to support your technical knowledge. An ability to conduct commercial management and collaborative working with our rolling stock supplier will be important. Strong written and presentation skills are a key aspect to this role. The successful candidate will focus on the technical delivery of the project, whilst engaging with colleagues from frontline to board room across the Industry, whilst driving the successful delivery of new trains to improve and expand our network. If that sounds like the right fit for you, then we’d love to hear from you. Please click apply and complete an application form and upload a copy of your CV and a Covering Letter. We’re looking forward to hearing from you! What we offer Excellent career prospects. A personal development plan. Structured training and development. Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis. Generous annual leave entitlement. Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*. Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years’ service* for you and your dependants*. Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there’s someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home. Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions. Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits. Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*. *Terms and conditions apply. Help take the north further. Goings places has never felt better! At TransPennine Express, it’s our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it’s ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we’d love to have you onboard. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.