Rail Fleet Safety & Reliability Lead Engineer

hitachi; City of Edinburgh; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 days holiday

Pension up to 9%

Private medical insurance

Personal Accident insurance

Group Income protection

Group Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Résumé du poste

Hitachi Rail UK Limited in Edinburgh is seeking a technical leader to oversee fleet safety, reliability and performance. You will lead the local Support Engineering team, coordinate activities and drive investigations, reporting to the Engineering Manager.

The role requires balancing resource, conducting root-cause analyses, and implementing engineering changes. You will work with remote monitoring outputs and ensure compliance with industry standards for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• HND/HNC or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Significant experience in rolling stock or complex assets is desirable.
• Experience leading technical teams and strong communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead, manage and develop the Shift Support Engineers at the TMC.
• Coordinate with other TMCs to balance resource and workload.
• Represent Hitachi at periodic customer meetings.
• Lead technical investigations into fleet performance, reliability and safety issues.
• Analyse output of remote condition monitoring to identify risks.
• Ensure statements of work are in place and prioritised for safety, reliability and performance.
• Own reliability performance reporting and identify improvements through reliability growth modelling.

Connaissances

Technical leadership

Team leadership

Safety management

Root cause analysis

Regulatory compliance

Formation

HND/HNC or degree

Description du poste

Hitachi Rail UK Limited in Edinburgh is seeking a technical leader to oversee fleet safety, reliability and performance. You will lead the local Support Engineering team, coordinate activities and drive investigations, reporting to the Engineering Manager.

The role requires balancing resource, conducting root-cause analyses, and implementing engineering changes. You will work with remote monitoring outputs and ensure compliance with industry standards for continuous improvement.