Process Engineer

Alstom; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport engineering firm is seeking a Process Engineer to design manufacturing processes for new products in Derby. This permanent role involves ensuring compliance with standards, creating detailed documentation, and collaborating with engineering teams. Candidates should have technical experience in process engineering and knowledge of manufacturing work instructions. The position offers circa £45,000 plus bonus, along with competitive benefits including flexible options and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay

Award-winning learning opportunities

Dynamic and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in the railway industry is preferred.
• Ability to write manufacturing work instructions.
• Experience in line balancing and Lean Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design and define the manufacturing process for new products.
• Ensure compliance with industrial policies and standards.
• Create and maintain detailed industrial documentation.

Skills

Manufacturing Engineering experience

Technical experience of Process Engineering

Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP)

Working knowledge of Quality, EHS standards

Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools

Familiarity with IS common tools

Process FMEA knowledge

Quick Response Quality Control (QRQC)

Tools

CAD tools (e.g., CATIA)

PLM tools

Job description

Location: Derby

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 18/12/2025

Salary: circa £45,000 DOE plus bonus

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.

Your future role

The Process Engineer is responsible for designing and defining the manufacturing process for new products, selecting suitable equipment while ensuring compliance with industrial policies, established standards, and project constraints. They create and maintain detailed industrial documentation to support production activities and provide accurate estimates of the manufacturing workload for components within their scope.

We’ll look to you for:

During specification and preliminary design phases:

• Gather Industrial requirements Engineering has to comply with, during product specification and design. Explain them to Engineering.
• Participate actively in the product design in co-engineering mode, using appropriate methodologies.
• Design the macro-process, based on Standard Manufacturing Process (SMP).
• Prepare introduction of new technologies, if need be, with associated process validation plan.
• Identify needs of specific manufacturing equipment.
• Estimate Method Time and perform a preliminary line balancing.
• Identify critical process steps where to perform detailed Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and full First Article Report (FAR)/First Article Inspection (FAI).

During detailed design phase and before Serial Go:

• Complete industrial documentation: industrial data sheets, IMFU (Industrial Maturity Follow-Up)
• Perform Process-FMEA.
• Participate in validation of prototypes if any.
• Develop specifications of industrial means for serial production.
• Define workstation layouts, taking into account ergonomic and EHS rules and optimizing movements.
• Perform a complete and detailed line balancing.
• Validate product design and industrialisation through FAR and FAI.

After serial Go:

• Industrialiser retrofit after engineering changes: documentation, workstation definition / update.
• Support Production to achieve manufacturing QCD targets.

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:

• Manufacturing Engineering experience preferably in the railway industry.
• Technical experience of Process Engineering, writing manufacturing work instructions, line balancing, Lean Manufacturing.
• Experience in working with an ERP (such as SAP) for Bill of Materials, Routings, Configuration follow-up.
• Working knowledge in Quality, EHS standards and Ergonomics.
• Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools (CATIA, DELMIA…)
• Familiar with IS common tools.
• Process FMEA, Quick Response Quality Control (QRQC).

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 dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused 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 social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• 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.