Engineer (Band 3) - Vehicles (Train Testing)

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Key Information

Job title: Band 3 Engineer – Vehicles (Train Testing)

Salary: Circa £55,000 with excellent benefits

Grade: Band 3

Contract type: TfL, Permanent 

Location: Acton / Various TfL Locations

This role will require unsocial hours and weekend working to gain access to the assets, especially during the testing and commissioning of new assets.

Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in the Vehicles Engineering team as a Band 3 Engineer and as well as ensuring legacy assets are maintained to safe and reliable standards and delivering new systems and solutions, you’ll be part of a team of enthusiastic engineers. 

There’s more to it than trains, trams and buses: this is about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so our people and our assets are ready for the rest of the 21st century and beyond.

Working in the Vehicles Engineering Technical Services team you will apply extensive expertise in the field of engineering which is deployed in the review and resolution of highly complex or network-wide technical problems - providing functional and technical leadership, advice and expertise to staff, internal and external stakeholders, interpreting technical strategy and company policy to satisfy business requirements. 

Day to day your role will be supporting engineering activities that include delivering maintenance, enhancements, engineering solutions, root cause analyses, information, and testing that keep vital, innovative and big-budget projects moving as well as supporting the operational railways. 

You’ll work within a team of highly professional engineers make sure our vehicle assets are safe, working and compliant, developing your own solutions with guidance from your experienced peers; and you’ll become a trusted source of engineering advice for everyone that comes to you, including our Heads of Engineering Delivery. 

You will need to understand how railway operations and train/asset testing operate within a system of systems and be able to understand complex issues and be able to communicate this to a wide range of stakeholders within the overall TfL structure.  You will be expected to continue to develop your expertise within the team and share your knowledge with other engineers to aid their development and support the team.

The more projects you’ve worked on, the better. But it’s important you bring a passion for the TfL Vision and strategy too. That’s because, wherever you join us, you’ll explore work of varying scope across a unique range of projects, as you build your career and expertise.

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Skills

• Ability to represent TfL’s interests with external parties e.g. Regulatory bodies, standards bodies and suppliers
• High level of integrity 
• Highly developed ability to act on own initiative 
• Highly motivated, with a real passion for personal development
• Ability to act as Engineering Lead
• An ability to use data analytics to drive performance
• Working effectively with IT based data systems 
• Good organisational skills, including decision making and creative thinking 
• Recognise the importance of customers and demonstrate a commitment to ensuring they are satisfied and well served 
• Ability to rapidly understand and analyse new information while challenging assumptions, identifying conflicting information and resolving inconsistencies 
• Takes responsibility for own work, ensuring that accuracy and timeliness standards are adhered to 

Knowledge

• Sustained record of continuing professional development and contribution to the knowledge base of the profession
• Extensive experience in Rolling Stock/Vehicle engineering across multiple vehicle types
• Good commercial awareness of developments in Rolling Stock/Public Transport Vehicles, processes and assurance best practices.
• Good knowledge of relevant TfL, British and International Standards.
• Detailed working knowledge of the TfL business, its obligations and priorities.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering safety management and its application within the railway/transport system environment
• Detailed knowledge of data acquisition and analysis techniques in relation to Rolling Stock/vehicle test and monitoring

Experience

• Extensive experience of Rolling Stock/Vehicle Testing and its practical application to high value programmes
• Extensive experience of the London Underground operations and maintenance and the application of Testing within the operational environment. 
• Extensive experience of personal responsibility for providing professional engineering support to major projects and maintenance organisation(s), where there are complex interfaces
• Hold or the ability to obtain London Underground Protection of Workers on the Track and Test Track Master Licences
• Ability to interpret and present findings in a clear, concise manner (including the creation and use of tables, charts and graphics to summarise results) and to convey outputs from complex data models in a way that can be clearly understood by non-technical audiences 
• Ability to learn and apply advanced data capture and analysis methodologies 

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. 

We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair. 

Application Process
Please apply using your CV and a maximum two-page Cover Letter.  
We recommend that you consider the motivations, skills, knowledge and experience required for this role and ensure your CV and cover letter outlines where you meet these criteria. .PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. 

The closing date for applications is 30/09/25 @ 23:59 
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants. 

Benefits  
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.  Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
 

• Final salary pension scheme 
• Free travel for you on the TfL network 
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) 
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
• Discounted Eurostar travel