Senior Maintenance & Technical Support Engineer

ALSTOM Gruppe; Barton-under-Needwood; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global transportation company is seeking a Senior Maintenance & Technical Support Engineer at the Barton-under-Needwood depot. This role involves improving fleet reliability, ensuring compliance with maintenance regulations, and supporting operations. Candidates should have a degree or higher in an engineering discipline and strong organizational skills. The position offers a salary of approximately £60,000 plus benefits, including 25 days annual leave and flexible benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

Pension scheme

Maternity and adoption pay

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to Degree or Higher Certificate in engineering/technical discipline or equivalent.
• Strong organisational, resource management and decision-making skills.
• Strong engineering/technical knowledge of traction and rolling stock systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver engineering change to improve fleet/system reliability performance.
• Ensure that the specified fleet maintenance regime is certificated and complies with all relevant legislation.
• Support day to day depot operations teams in resolving arising fleet issues.

Skills

Organisational skills

Resource management

Problem-solving

Engineering knowledge

Education

Degree or Higher Certificate in engineering/technical discipline

Job description

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Senior Maintenance & Technical Support Engineer

Date: 27 Aug 2025

Location: Barton-Under-Needwood, UKM, GB

Company: Alstom

Location: Central Rivers Depot

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 9th September

Salary + Benefits: CIRCA £60,000 plus 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, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

We are hiring a Senior Maintenance and Technical Support Engineer, based primarily at our Central Rivers Depot, Barton location. The role will involve travel to other depot locations in close proximity when required.

You will be working as part of a team of Engineers across the DMU/DEMU fleet platform delivering activities and projects to provide a safe, reliable and cost-efficient fleet of trains, which meets the Train Operator’s presentation requirements and complies with their Safety Case obligations. This role is a senior position and you will be supporting a team of engineers complete their roles.

We’ll look to you for:

• Develop and deliver engineering change to improve fleet/system reliability performance, reduce cost of maintenance & deliver customer variation solutions.
• Identify and implement safe, cost effective, containments and countermeasures to identified product safety issues.
• Planning and delivery readiness (inc. BoM’s, work instructions & configuration) for planned maintenance activities, as defined by the Vehicle Maintenance Instruction.
• Ensure that the specified fleet maintenance regime is certificated, adhered to and complies with all relevant legislation, and associated limitations are effectively managed.
• Use engineering knowledge, problem solving skills, standard project management techniques and awareness of standards and the constraints of the delivery organisation to support, justify and manage changes.
• Support day to day depot operations teams in resolving arising fleet issues – this includes the requirement to undertake out of hours duties as part of an on-call roster.

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:

We’ll look to you for:

• Ideally educated to Degree or Higher Certificate in engineering/technical discipline or equivalent.
• Strong organisational, resource management and decision-making skills.
• Strong engineering/technical knowledge of traction and rolling stock systems and maintenance policies/practices.
• Experience in fleet maintenance or asset management environment.
• Experience in delivering rail vehicle engineering change, including risk assessments and approvals.
• Knowledge of rail industry legislation and safety case obligations.

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
• 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.