Senior Rolling Stock Engineer – Mott Macdonald Careers UK


Website Mott Macdonald

Position Summary:

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 have the opportunity to contribute.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Writing specifications, undertaking design reviews and system investigations, incident investigation and fault finding
  • Undertaking site visits to inspect rail vehicles and carry out investigations and incorporating results in detailed formal technical reports or letters
  • There will also be a need to travel to other locations (company or client, office or site) within the UK and overseas.
  • Communicate with key clients and promote Mott MacDonald and its services.
  • Responsible for delivering a broad range of consultancy tasks in the field of railway vehicle mechanical engineering.
  • Providing guidance generally on vehicle mechanical systems to clients and other Mott MacDonald people.

Required Education & Experience:

  • Good knowledge of the rail industry and experience of assessing designs to appropriate railway standards including other national standards such as Australian and North American if possible.
  • Excellent report writing skills
  • Experience of producing or reviewing design submissions
  • Desirable to have experience of vehicle testing and failure investigation
  • Excellent communication skills
  • An aptitude and willingness for mentoring less experienced engineers
  • Essential to have rail vehicle mechanical experience across a wide range of systems including the ability to read drawings and schematics and use test equipment.
  • Either have or be actively working towards a degree in a mechanical or electrical engineering discipline.