We're TransPennine Express and we're going places. Whether that's helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We're looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help push for more progress within the rail industry. We look forward to meeting new faces and eager minds, ready to join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good.
What will you be doing?
As an Operations Interface Compatibility Engineer, you will work within the Operational Interface & Safety Change team, which sits in the Major Projects Directorate at TPE, to focus on the delivery of infrastructure change schemes as part of the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) - a programme of enhancement works to the railway network in the North of England. It is a consolidated programme of improvements and upgrades between Manchester Victoria & York via Stalybridge which will provide the capability to support future service aspirations on the route.
In this role you will be the APCO (Automatic Power Change Over) specialist for TRU, acting as a technical lead for rolling stock and on-board systems. You will ensure that for all related changes there is strategic co-ordination and integration across TRU delivery partners, covering both infrastructure and rolling stock. You will also provide subject matter expert advice related to compatibility statement (SOCAT) submissions for rolling stock to ensure compliance with infrastructure changes. This includes compiling technical files to support submissions, as well as supporting the wider TPE business and advising on relevant engineering change associated with train databases required by infrastructure change.
Additionally, you will represent TransPennine Express (TPE) at relevant internal and external infrastructure development forums to ensure the safe and timely delivery of engineering elements of infrastructure change schemes. You will work closely with the wider OISC team to ensure all infrastructure changes are compliant with both TPE and wider Rail Industry Standards.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a candidate who is a qualified system engineer and has a strong experience in a railway environment understanding applicable Group Standards and Rail Industry Standards. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in a technical leadership position within multi-stakeholder projects, with extensive understanding of the principles of railway operations and infrastructure change projects. We are looking for an individual who is an excellent communicator with the ability to manage stakeholders at a strategic level effectively. There will be a requirement for applicants to demonstrate practical experience in delivering railway engineering change or associated activities, showing a clear understanding of processes, standards and compliance involved. Knowledge of APCO system, TPE fleet, and TPE operations are desirable but not essential.
If that sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you, please click apply and complete an application form.
What we offer
* Excellent career prospects.
* A personal development plan.
* Structured training and development
* Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
* Generous annual leave entitlement.
* Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*.
* Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service* for you and your dependants*.
* Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home.
* Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
* Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
* Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*.
* Terms and conditions apply
Goings places has never felt better
At TransPennine Express, it's our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it's ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we'd love to have you onboard.