Development Support Engineer

Are you an experienced engineer passionate about improving the safety, reliability and performance of complex fleet assets? Do you thrive on leading major engineering change programmes and influencing stakeholders across a business? If so, this could be your next career move.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Change Engineer to play a key role in delivering robust, compliant and cost-effective engineering change and overhaul programmes across our fleet. Working closely with the Principal Fleet Engineer, you’ll lead the development and delivery of significant asset improvement initiatives that directly enhance fleet safety, availability, maintainability and performance.

This is a high-impact role where your engineering expertise, commercial awareness and leadership skills will shape the future of our rolling stock assets.

What You’ll Be Doing ?

• Lead the delivery of engineering change and overhaul programmes, ensuring they meet agreed safety, performance, time, quality and cost targets.
• Develop clear, structured specifications and delivery plans covering the full lifecycle of engineering changes.
• Scrutinise detailed designs to ensure compliance with industry standards, legislation and asset management principles, while optimising reliability and maintainability.
• Act as Engineering Lead for procurement and tendering activities, supporting supplier selection and contract negotiations.
• Proactively identify, assess and manage engineering risks, resolving issues as they arise.
• Build robust business cases, establishing accurate costs, resources and timelines.
• Manage engineering budgets associated with Asset Business Plan (ABP) initiatives.
• Influence and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across Fleet, Projects, Supply Chain and the wider business.

About You

You’re a delivery-focused engineer with strong technical foundations and the confidence to lead complex change in a regulated environment.

You’ll bring:

• Chartered Engineer status (or actively working towards it via a recognised scheme).
• Strong knowledge of rolling stock maintenance practices and the railway regulatory and standards framework.
• Experience applying asset management principles to real-world engineering challenges.
• Excellent planning, organisation and change management skills.
• Commercial awareness and a pragmatic, results-driven mindset.
• The ability to lead through influence, working effectively with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong numeracy, literacy and IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access).
• The ability to apply engineering first principles and interpret technical and railway standards.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of an organisation that values engineering excellence and genuinely cares about its people. Our culture is built on shared values that guide how we work every day:

• Fair – We treat everyone equally and make balanced, objective decisions.
• Accountable – We take ownership and deliver on our commitments.
• Collaborative – We succeed by working together as one team.
• Transparent – We communicate openly and learn from experience.
• Open-minded – We embrace innovation and continuous improvement.

We want everyone to feel valued, respected and safe, and you’ll play an important role in role-modelling these behaviours across the teams and partners you work with.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re looking for a senior engineering role where you can shape fleet performance, influence major investment decisions and deliver meaningful improvements, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help drive the future of our fleet.

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