Field Maintenance Engineer

ALSTOM Gruppe; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading railway engineering company in London seeks a Field Maintenance Engineer to oversee the design and maintenance of trains. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage safety and performance standards, and implement cost-effective solutions. Ideal candidates have a degree in engineering and relevant experience in rolling stock. This role offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree level HNC/HND in an engineering related subject or equivalent, experience in rolling stock required.
• Understanding of key engineering processes and standards is essential.
• Experience in project planning and organisation is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design, development, and maintenance of trains to meet safety and performance standards.
• Identify and implement cost-effective measures for safety issues.
• Collaborate with teams to manage projects from concept to completion.

Skills

Rolling stock experience

Project planning/management

Risk assessment knowledge

Root cause analysis

Computer literacy (MS Office, SAP)

Education

HNC/HND in an engineering related subject

Job description

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Field Maintenance Engineer

Date: 2 Oct 2025

Location: London, LND, GB

Company: Alstom

Fleet Maintenance Engineer

Location: East Ham - London (Onsite)

Appointment Basis: Permanent

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.

Your future role

Working from East Ham Maintenance Depot, on the newly in service Class 720/6 Aventra & Class 357 Electrostar, You'll be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and maintenance of rolling stock (trains and rail vehicles) to ensure they meet safety, performance, and regulatory standards. This includes the mitigation of safety and reliability risks, conducting root cause analysis, and defining long-term resolutions. The role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and operators, to manage projects from concept through to completion.Identify and implement safe, cost effective, containment and countermeasures to identified product safety issues and track them through from accurate reporting of safety issues to on time implementation of countermeasures.

We’ll look to you for:

• Identify and implement safe, cost effective, containment and countermeasures to identified product safety issues and track them through from accurate reporting of safety issues to on time implementation of countermeasures.
• Develop and deliver engineering change to improve fleet/system reliability performance, reduce cost of maintenance & deliver customer variation solutions.(change management, planning and opportunities management).
• Support the depot to resolve operational issues and arbitrate fitness to run decisions.
• Planning and delivery readiness (incl. BoM’s, work instructions & configuration) for planned maintenance activities, as defined by the Vehicle Maintenance Schedule.
• Support the Project Reliability Board to implement containment and countermeasures on identified key reliability failure modes.
• Lead improvement projects to reduce train maintenance and operation costs, whilst ensuring that the specified fleet maintenance regime is certificated, adhered to, and complies with all relevant legislation, and associated limitations are effectively managed through controls such as concessions.
• Implement customer variation orders, train presentation / customer ambience improvements as well as identification and follow through of Risk and opportunity management to improve Safety, Reliability & Profitability of the trains.
• Incident Root cause analysis and performance attribution IAW The railway group standards i.e. ‘The Rule Book’. Support day-to-day depot operations teams in resolving arising fleet issues – this could include the requirement or undertake out of hours on-call / night shift duties as part of a roster.
• The successful candidate will be required to work at height and in enclosed spaces from time to time.

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:

• Degree level HNC/HND in an engineering related subject or equivalent Must have experience in rolling stock and have a rail background
• Experience in organisation and project planning/ management skills, governance, and execution.
• Understanding of key engineering processes (ex: risk assessments, FMECA…) and standards.
• Problem-solving abilities and practical experience of root cause analysis techniques Computer literate (MS Windows + Office, Microsoft Projects, Maximo, SAP)

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
• 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)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holidays
• Optionto enjoy a brand new electric or hybrid vehicle with our salary sacrifice scheme
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

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:

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.