Rail Electrical Engineer – Onsite, Safety & Innovation

Wabtec; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec UK in Burton on Trent seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to provide technical expertise for our product group. You’ll support on-site operations, deliver electrical solutions that improve safety, reliability and performance, and collaborate with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Day-to-day work includes creating and updating technical drawings, handling engineering change requests, performing risk assessments, and investigating failures to determine root causes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Experience in an electrical engineering discipline.
• Experience in the specification, design, testing, maintenance, and failure investigation of electrical systems and components.
• Experience of providing technical support to a production (shop floor) environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical engineering expertise for the product group.
• On-site engineering support for day-to-day technical issues arising from production, projects, quality and procurement.
• Manage creation and updating of technical and schematic drawings, and associated documentation.
• Raising and managing Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
• Act as the UK interface to WITEC and contracted third parties and suppliers.
• Resolve engineering issues arising from production queries.
• Assist in the implementation of any specification or product change.
• Production of technical reports, change documentation, test plans, supplier specifications and overhaul specifications.
• Provide risk evaluation, assessment and mitigation evidence for product safety hazards.
• Support investigations into failures of systems and components, determine root cause and present findings.
• Ensure assigned tasks are completed in line with timescales as agreed with Engineering management.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Electrical systems

Technical support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Wabtec UK in Burton on Trent seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to provide technical expertise for our product group. You’ll support on-site operations, deliver electrical solutions that improve safety, reliability and performance, and collaborate with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Day-to-day work includes creating and updating technical drawings, handling engineering change requests, performing risk assessments, and investigating failures to determine root causes.