Environment and Climatic Adaptations Engineer

Req ID: 456499

Environment and Climatic Adaptations Engineer

Location: Derby

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Salary: c. £50K - £55K + Benefits

Closing Date: 14th September 2024

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 the full-time Environment and Climatic Adaptations (ECA) Engineer to work on project/offer development through the application of engineering instructions, guidelines and established internal processes of the ECA domain?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge in Derby and apply your Environment and Climatic Adaptations Engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Evguenia Rode (Domain Leader Specialist), and work alongside a dedicated and passionate Engineering team in Alstom UK&I. 

Day-to-day, you’ll participate in tender (client clause by clause; deliverables definition), project execution (calculations, specification, conception support for organic and functional performance of the train) and validation (involvement in train level type test during realisation phase); collecting and deriving climatic environment requirements and providing the related Transverse Requirements Specification (TRS); preparing and participating in a Design review for environmental adaptation; contribute to relevant Core Competency Network (CCN) (internal referential continuous improvement and R&D activities); checking Design conformity to TRS and EI during design reviews and all along the design (upon request), ensuring corrosion performances using ALSTOM standards; collecting REX (Return on Experience from previous projects) and providing to CCN (for capitalisation and translation into rules); R&D activities defined in the CCN road map.

We’ll look to you for:

• Collecting and deriving climatic environment requirements and providing the related TRS
• Ensuring corrosion protection performances using ALSTOM standards
• Supporting engineering, suppliers, production and quality with metallic and non-metallic material selection
• Liaise with Environment and Climatic Adaptations engineers from other sites to gather relevant REX
• Participate in R&D projects and work packages

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: 

• Chemical, Materials or General Engineering degree Bachelor/Master of Science or equivalent
• Management skills to lead R&D actions with a transversal approach
• Good communication skills, pro-activity, team working, strategic vision
• Knowledge of climatic and corrosion international standards
• English conversational/writing/reading advanced level mandatory
• French conversational/reading advanced level is preferred

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
• Work with colleagues and customers based all over the world
• 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
• 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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. 

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