Lead Mechanical Engineer

Req ID: 472579

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Location: Crewe

Appointment Basis: Permanent (Onsite role)

Salary: £60K-£65K + Benefits (Dependent on Experience)

Closing Date: 23rd March 2025

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, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be our Lead Mechanical Engineer in Crewe we’re looking for at Alstom?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge in Crewe and apply your Mechanical Engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Head of Technical Services and work alongside a dedicated and passionate Services team in Alstom UK&I. 

Day-to-day, you will manage and control all Mechanical Product Engineering related activities at Crewe, including assurance of product safety. He/She will be be part of the engineering interface with customer, central engineering and relevant Alstom support functions. We’ll look to you to the following:

• Be part of a dedicated, site-based engineering team, providing hands-on support to ensure seamless overhauls, repairs, and maintenance of vital railway components e.g. Wheelsets, Bogies, Traction motors, HVAC and other associated Subcomponents.
• Work closely with customers, project teams, and production staff to align engineering activities with operational goals and ensure top-tier service delivery.
• Investigate safety-related and high-value product failures, collaborating with teams and customers to find solutions that enhance reliability and performance.
• Lead and support product overhauls from the initial bid stage right through to full implementation, ensuring smooth integration into our operations.
• Develop and validate repair procedures, working closely with suppliers and customers to approve innovative and effective solutions.
• Provide technical leadership to engineers within the team, offering guidance, expertise, and project management support to drive success.
• Drive continuous improvement by recommending updates to overhaul specifications and processes that boost both product quality and business efficiency.
• Support new projects and product introductions, managing technical queries, warranty investigations, cost-saving initiatives, and alternative sourcing solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including central engineering, quality, purchasing, and manufacturing, to maintain the highest standards of safety, integrity, and efficiency.
• Play a key role in securing new business, supporting bids and sales opportunities for the Crewe site.

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: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification, ideally with Chartered status;
• Strong experience in a similar role (product engineering type of role), ideally in railway industry;
• Fleet Engineering experience is desirable;
• Mechanical/Production Engineering experience;
• Understanding of railway safety
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to use this technical knowledge in the support of other departments (Methods, Production, Procurement, Projects) and the development of engineering personnel;
• Experience of developing and applying a range of mechanical engineering process and tools;
• Experience of working across many different disciplines, with indirect reports to delivery complaint cost effective solutions technical solutions to schedule and budget;
• Experience of converting the customer's explicit and implicit technical and functional requirements into technical/ functional specifications;
• Very good communication and stakeholder management skills, ability to negotiate and influence others;
• Results driven individual with good problem-solving skills;
• Specialist knowledge and/or qualification in the areas of torqued joints, bonding, shrink fits or painting would be  advantageous
• English language skills: advanced/business fluent level.

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
• Working on a wide variety of legacy fleets and electrical systems
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our agile working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards senior design engineer or engineering manager
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive benefits (pension, life ins., medical)

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 leader accredited employer”, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. 

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