Senior or Principal Rolling Stock Engineer (Structures)

Location/s: Derby, Birmingham, London, Manchester
Relocation supported: Not supported, but internal applications are welcome
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the business unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and​ advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

About the role

Mott MacDonald’s Rolling Stock team is a highly successful centre of excellence for railway rolling stock knowledge, supporting a diverse range of customers including government departments, train owners, train operators and manufacturers of railway rolling stock.  The Rolling Stock team is an integral part of Mott MacDonald’s Railways division which employs over 300 rail consultants.

The job will ideally be full time, but requests for flexible part-time working would be considered.

For this role you will report to a Team Leader and be based in our Derby, Birmingham, London or Manchester office.

You will be responsible for delivering a broad range of consultancy tasks in the field of railway vehicle structures.  This will involve undertaking structural assessments, using finite element analysis, utilising software including ANSYS and MathCAD.  You will also be involved in site visits to inspect rail vehicles, and to provide guidance regarding the structural acceptability of vehicle repairs.

The results of any structural assessments will be detailed in formal technical reports or letters.

Part of your responsibilities will be to communicate with key clients and continue to promote Mott MacDonald and the services we offer.  In addition, you will be required to produce proposal documents for new work packages, including estimating the costs required to undertake the activities being proposed.

There may also be an opportunity to travel to other locations (company or client, office or site) within the UK and overseas.

Candidate specification
For this vacancy it is essential that you have:

•    Structural engineering experience and finite element analysis experience.
•    Previous experience using ANSYS finite element software (both Workbench and APDL).
•    Experience of undertaking rail vehicle inspections and designing/assessing structural repairs.
•    Proficient knowledge of the rail industry and experience of assessing designs to railway standards (e.g. GM/RT 2100, EN 12663, EN 13749.
•    A degree in engineering.
•    Chartership in engineering.

For this vacancy it is desirable that you have:

•    Expertise in structural hand calculations.
•    Experience of producing or reviewing technical design submissions.
•    Ability to analyse data using nCode Glyphworks.
•    Experience in producing commercial proposals for technical investigations and studies.
•    Knowledge of other railway structural national standards applicable in Australia and North America.
•    Knowledge of welding repairs and process.
•    Knowledge of fracture mechanics calculations.
•    An aptitude and willingness for mentoring less experienced engineers.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%   
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription   
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive  
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5  
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers  
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans 
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources 
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

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