Fleet Maintenance Engineer

Alstom; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in transport solutions, operating in the UK, seeks a fleet maintenance engineer to join its Fleet Maintenance Engineering team. This role at the Wimbledon Depot involves managing maintenance documentation and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in engineering and strong skills in communication, collaboration, and analytical thinking. The company offers opportunities for career development and a competitive rewards package.

Benefits

Competitive reward package

Investment in development

Comprehensive social coverage

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience or understanding of maintenance documentation management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage comprehensive maintenance documentation.
• Ensure compliance with contracts, regulations, and standards.
• Monitor reliability KPIs and prepare routine reliability reports.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Proficiency in MMIS

Understanding of railway safety regulations

Resilience

Education

Degree in Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Maintenance Management Information System (MMIS)

Job description

We are looking for a fleet maintenance engineer to work with us, within the Fleet Maintenance Engineering (FME) Function to deliver the Class 701 SWR Aventra fleet into service. You'll play a pivotal role within the Engineering Team at the Wimbledon Depot in ensuring the safety, reliability, and performance of our fleet. Day‑to‑day, you'll work closely with teams across the business (Operation, Material/Sourcing, and maintenance teams), prepare and manage comprehensive maintenance documentation, and ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, and safety standards, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Preparing managing maintenance documentation, including maintenance plans, manuals, configuration, spare parts lists, and tools.
• Establish a up-to‑date configuration (per systems and function) of trains and related documentation.
• Ensuring compliance with contracts, regulations, and standards.
• Managing interfaces with the Maintenance Management Information System (MMIS).
• Identifying hazards during maintenance activities and maintaining safety‑related item documentation.
• Check the maintenance documentation such as Vehicle Maintenance Instruction (VMI) is comprehensive, consistent, updated, and well‑organised.
• Conducting risk assessments for proposed changes and reporting identified safety issues.
• Monitoring reliability KPIs and preparing routine reliability reports.
• Supporting reliability improvements.
• Investigating and identifying maintenance optimisation opportunities, on the Heavy Maintenance (HM).

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.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience or understanding of maintenance documentation management, including maintenance plans, manuals, and configuration.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in using Maintenance Management Information Systems (MMIS) or similar.
• Ability to identify, address obsolescence and support complex troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of railway safety regulations, standards, and risk assessment processes.
• Familiarity with reliability management tools and methodologies such as Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Knowledge of cost optimisation techniques, including Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis.
• Resilience and adaptability to work in a dynamic and fast‑paced environment.

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.

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

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• You will be part the London Aventra FME (Fleet Maintenance Engineering).
• Work with cutting‑edge maintenance documentation and tools to ensure compliance with regulations, standards, and safety requirements.
• Progress towards becoming a key contributor to reliability improvements, cost optimisation, and innovative maintenance solutions for the Fleet 701 SWR.
• 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 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!