Fleet Maintenance Engineer

Alstom Transport UK Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport company is seeking a Fleet Maintenance Engineer in East Ham, London, to oversee rail vehicle compliance, ensure safety, and improve reliability. The role includes managing maintenance activities, conducting risk assessments, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have an engineering degree and experience in rolling stock. Benefits include competitive salary, comprehensive packages, and a dynamic working environment, offering growth throughout your career.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Must have experience in rolling stock and a rail background.
• Experience in project planning and governance required.
• Understanding of engineering processes and standards necessary.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and maintenance of rolling stock.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement solutions.
• Manage projects from concept to completion.

Skills

Knowledge of rail vehicles

Reliability management

Problem-solving abilities

Computer literate (MS Windows + Office)

Education

HNC/HND in engineering or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Projects

Maximo

SAP

Job description

Req ID:497126

Fleet Maintenance Engineer

Location: East Ham - London (Onsite)

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Salary: c. £60K + 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, 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

Join us in shaping the future of rail travel. Based at East Ham Maintenance Depot, you’llsupport the newly commissioned Class 720/6 Aventra and Class 357 Electrostar fleets, playing a pivotal role in ensuring their safety, reliability, and performance. This is your opportunity to make a real impact on the passenger experience and the efficiency of modern rail systems.

In this role, you’ll oversee the design, development, and maintenance of rolling stock to ensure compliance with safety, performance, and regulatory standards. You’ll mitigate safety and reliability risks, conduct root cause analysis, and define long-term solutions. Collaboration is key you’ll work closely with designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and operators to manage projects from concept through to completion. You’ll also identify and implement safe, cost-effective containment measures and countermeasures for product safety issues, ensuring accurate reporting and timely resolution.

We’ll look to you for:

• Using your experience and knowledge of rail vehicles and engineering principles to manage Product Safety, Reliability, Compliance, Business objectives.
• Strong reliability management skills to support the Project Reliability Board in implementing containment and countermeasures for key reliability failure modes.
• Conducting incident root cause analysis and performance attribution in accordance with Railway Group Standards (e.g.,The Rule Book).
• Identifying and implementing safe, cost-effective containment and countermeasures for product safety issues, tracking them from accurate reporting through to timely resolution.
• Developing and delivering engineering changes to improve fleet and system reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and deliver customer variation solutions (including change management, planning, and opportunity management).
• Supporting the depot in resolving Engineering issues and making fitness-to-run decisions.
• Planning and ensuring delivery readiness (including Bills of Materials, work instructions, and configuration) for scheduled maintenance activities as defined by the Vehicle Maintenance Schedule.
• Leading improvement projects to reduce train maintenance and operational costs, while ensuring the specified fleet maintenance regime is certified, adhered to, and compliant with all relevant legislation. Associated limitations must be effectively managed through controls such as concessions.
• Implementing customer variation orders, improving train presentation and customer ambience, and identifying and managing risks and opportunities to enhance safety, reliability, and profitability.
• Supporting day-to-day depot operations teams in resolving fleet issues.
• Please note:The successful candidate will occasionally be required to work at height and in enclosed spaces.

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.