Assistant Designer (Control Systems)

Req ID:469564 

Location:Hatfield

Appointment Basis: Permanent 

Excellent Salary + Benefits Include: Pension, Contributed Healthcare, Life Assurance, plus many flexible benefits.

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

Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling

Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your UK Railway design expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to a Design Delivery Manager working under the Control Systems Design Group Manager Mifaz Miftha located at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and work alongside expert, supportive and diverse teammates.
You'll play a critical role in ensuring a compliant, on-time  and to budget design delivery is achieved in your role within our skilled CCS Design Team. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business engineering disciplines such as product, signalling, installation, telecoms, power and test, but also for your own design in both hardware and application design you’ll work with mentors, licenced design verifiers, CRE/CEM and the customer,
You’ll specifically take care of assigned design work packages using CAD Microstation and data design tools, producing the design from source specifications through to acceptance by the client and resolution of any fault logs captured during the validation process. The CCS Team is looking for candidates to have strengths in either hardware or data design since our approach will be to cross-train into both design disciplines.

We’ll look to you for: 
Assistant Designer in hardware and data design for the Alstom Control Centre Systems product platforms following the standard Alstom procedures. Working closely with other team members and departments during the design life cycle to provide robust design solutions. 

Sapphire Platform Systems 
•    Modular Control Systems (MCS) including Enhanced (eMCS) and Infinity (MCSi)
•    Signal Passed at Danger Alert (SPADAlert) including Out of Sequence Train Operation (OSTO) 
•    Train Describer (TD) including Information Train Describer (ITD) and Dual Train Describer (DTD) 
•    Relay Interlocking Serial Interface (RISI)

Delphin Platform Systems
•    Time Division Multiplexer (TDM) 
•    Panel Interlocking Interface Unit (PIIU) 
•    Panel Multiplexer (PMux)
•    Relay Interlocking Interface Unit (RIIU)

Automatic Route Setting System
•    Modular Advanced Route Setting System (M-ARS)

Objectives:
•    Ensure that the control system designs are delivered to the project schedule, to the required technical standards, specifications and procedures.
•    Take full cognisance of the project concept, requirements, assurance plan, acceptance criteria, project scope and technical specification.
•    Attend design review meetings covering the designs produced as and when required.
•    Attend Interdisciplinary Design Reviews (IDR) and Interdisciplinary Design Check (IDC) when required.

Responsibilities:   
•    Carry out design work under mentorship of experienced Designers and Lead Application Engineers.
•    Ability to interact with other experts and peers and to problem solve and identify technical conflicts.
•    Produce designs under mentorship that comply with the company, technical and customer standards.
•    Actively seek to improve design and engineering processes.
•    Participate in periodic CRE design reviews and mentor reviews.
•    IRSE licence log book kept up to date.
•    Licensed or working towards IRSE Design License 1.1.510 supported and sponsored by Alstom.

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:  

On a more personal level, you will also need to be:
Skills:
•    Excellent communication skills, good problem solving and solution building skills.
•    Accurate and able to concentrate on the task, time management and critically review own work.
•    Numerate, organised, self-motivated.
•    Meticulous, with an eye for detail.
•    Be present at Alstom Hatfield office 4 to 5 days a week

Qualifications: 
•    A-Level or BTEC in Engineering equivalent
•    Licensed or working towards an IRSE Design License 1.1.510 supported by suitable evidence.

Experience: 
•    Knowledge or Appreciation of railway operations or system engineering activities.

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: 
•    On hands training and mentoring provided by experienced professionals within Alstom.
•    Develop both technical and non-technical skills
•    Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
•    Work with Alstom processes and industry Railway Standard
•    Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
•    Contribute to innovative projects
•    Utilise our design office in a safe  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 Designer role and then into Design Verifier role
•    Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
 

Equal opportunity statement:

Important to note
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' 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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