Systems Engineer - Traction Power

Be part of something rewarding, by joining Greater Anglia you’ll be helping our customers get from A to B. With a staff of over 2,500, we operate a busy commuter service from London Liverpool Street to destinations across the east of England.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer (Traction Power) to join our team.

This role will support the Materials Manager and Materials Team in undertaking investigations into material availability, obsolescence issues and providing technical support as directed. You will take ownership of the SOROS Knowledge Base for their relevant systems, updating the knowledge base following incident and failure reviews and service experience. 

Central to this position will be to review technical standards, procedures, documents and drawings compliance against industry and local standards. Produce technical documents for local use. In addition conduct tests and trials on units/trains on behalf of the Systems Engineering Manager, Technical Support Manager and Engineering Technical Manager including participating in test journeys, as directed

You will Act as technical lead with the appointed rolling stock leasing company, and attend investigations on system or component warranty matters, ensuring root causes of failure are understood. Identify technical solutions and opportunities for improving T&RS performance. Identify mitigations while permanent solutions are being developed related to assigned fleet.

Show initiative by investigating new and emerging technologies for system improvement or maintenance betterment, analysing available safety and performance related data to establish underlying trend and action plan and attend industry working groups and support standards forums

You will an Egineering qualification and have excellent interpersonal skills with the confidence to influence all internal stakeholders and external bodies

To succeed in this role, we are looking for people who can bring our four behaviours to life in your everyday work:

·        Genuine … be welcoming, customer-centric and respectful

·        Professional… be solution-oriented, accountable and delivering to promises

·        Proactive … be progressive, innovative and decisive

·        Inclusive … be connected in your thinking, empathetic and promote diversity

Greater Anglia can offer you a great work/ life balance alongside a generous salary. If learning, developing and growing your career is as important as great benefits such as free travel, pension, family discounts, childcare vouchers and cycle to work scheme, then apply now, and see what we can do for you!