Senior Engineer (Band 3) - Vehicles (London Trams)

Overview

Senior engineer delivering tram rolling stock reliability, safety and project assurance

Key Responsibilities

• technical documentation
• assurance records
• design input
• reliability review
• sme support
• stakeholder coordination

Tasks

-Delivery of rolling stock project technical and assurance documentation. -Provision of work and assurance record packages to ensure compliance to regulations. -Provide the initial design input to ensure delivery of the best possible technical solution considering value for money, design for maintenance and future obsolescence. -Review and prioritisation of reliability and availability growth work banks with the other members of the Fleet Engineering team. -Provision of light rail rolling stock specific subject matter expertise to the LT Head of Engineering in order to respond to wider TfL and regulator queries. -Interface between TfL and third parties, ensuring compliance to quality standards. -Coordination with the fleet maintenance team to ensure availability of trams for all relevant stakeholders with a flexible approach to deal with unforeseen scheduling issues.

Requirements

• engineering degree
• rolling stock
• rogs
• work instructions
• depot experience
• communication

What You Bring

-Ability to read electrical schematics and/or mechanical drawings (Desirable). -Technical knowledge of light rail rolling stock design principles and operation (Desirable) -Self-motivated to find problems and drive their resolution to a successful conclusion (Essential). -Practical experience on rolling stock in order to undertake trials, and to test work instructions. -The application of the Rail and Other Guided transport systems regulations (ROGs) to a tramway (Desirable). -Ability to write work instructions for the required audience (Essential). -Engineering qualification in a discipline relevant to rolling stock design and maintenance, or an apprenticeship, with a suitable amount of experience in engineering design, maintenance and operations for complex technical systems (Essential). -Experience of working in an operational depot environment and of their safety regimes (Essential) -Knowledge of engineering safety management and its application within the rolling stock environment (Desirable); -Experience of applying professional engineering judgement to support medium risk / complexity projects or operational activities (Essential) -Good interpersonal, communication, presentation and negotiation skills (Essential). -The application of engineering to a tramway / railway as a system and not a collection of disparate asset groups (Desirable). -Experience of building relationships with and influencing a wide range of stakeholder at all levels within (Essential) and outside of the organisation (Desirable) -Good engineering literacy, track record of writing good quality and comprehensive technical specifications and failure reports (Essential). -Membership of an engineering professional body (Desirable) or working towards membership (Essential).

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Benefits

-TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow -Retail, health, leisure and travel offers -30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays -Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) -Final salary pension scheme -75% reimbursement of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home -Discounted Eurostar travel -Free travel for you on the TfL network -Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

About Transport For London

-Handles day-to-day operations: Overground, DLR, trams, ferries and roads. -Manages congestion charge and ultra-low emission schemes. -Develops major infrastructure projects: Northern Line extension, Silvertown Tunnel, West London Orbital plans. -Runs one of Europe’s largest zero-emission bus fleets and pioneered a cycle shuttle through Silvertown.

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