Project Engineer
2 days ago
Crewe
Project Engineer – Heavy Maintenance Are you an experienced Project Engineer who thrives on solving complex engineering challenges?Do you take pride in delivering high-quality work that keeps vital rail services moving across the UK?Are you ready to contribute to projects that have a real, visible impact on safety, performance, and reliability? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your engineering career.The Opportunity • 12-month secondment opportunity, • 37.5 hours per week (Monday–Friday), • Starting salary: £44,657.57 (increasing upon full competency) The environment is fast-paced and delivery-driven, where engineering excellence, clear communication, and structured processes are critical to ensuring that vehicles return to service safely, reliably, and on time. You’ll interface daily with production teams, planners, materials, and project stakeholders—playing a central role in ensuring projects run smoothly from concept through to completion. The RoleReporting to the Heavy Maintenance Manager, you’ll take ownership of engineering planning and project support activities across assigned workstreams. Your focus will be on ensuring that all project documentation, instructions, and engineering inputs are in place to enable efficient and compliant delivery of maintenance activities. You’ll not only support delivery but actively look for opportunities to improve processes, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance overall project performance. Key ResponsibilitiesProject Planning & Engineering Support • Develop and maintain detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and production plans, • Create and manage heavy maintenance block cards, job packs, and technical work instructions, • Ensure all engineering documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and accessible to production teamsOperational Delivery, • Support day-to-day production activities, ensuring alignment with project plans and timescales, • Ensure all start-of-shift and end-of-shift processes are followed consistently, • Lead and facilitate daily production meetings, tracking progress and resolving blockersTechnical & Problem Solving, • Act as a key point of contact for technical queries, raising and closing them with internal teams and customers, • Work closely with materials and supply chain functions to resolve availability, obsolescence, or substitution issues, • Provide hands-on engineering support in resolving complex maintenance challengesProcess Improvement & Compliance, • Ensure adherence to heavy maintenance procedures and governance requirements, • Identify opportunities to drive continuous improvement across engineering and production processes, • Support updates to engineering process documentation and standardsCommunication & Leadership, • Deliver toolbox talks and single-point lessons linked to project risks, learnings, and changes, • Build strong working relationships across production, planning, and management teams, • Support the Heavy Maintenance Manager in delivering projects safely, on time, and within scopeWhat You’ll Bring, • Minimum City & Guilds / BTEC / NVQ Level 3 in Engineering, • Proven experience in a project engineering or heavy maintenance environment, • Strong understanding of traction and rolling stock systems, • A proactive, problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail, • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational setting, • Projects delivered safely, on time, and to required quality standards, • Strong collaboration between engineering, production, and materials teams, • Clear, structured documentation enabling efficient workshop delivery, • Continuous improvements identified and implemented across processes, • A positive, solutions-focused presence within the depot teamBenefits, • 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays, • Pension scheme, • Life assurance and healthcare cover, • Travel benefits, • Cycle to Work scheme, • Doing the right thing, • Taking pride in quality work, • Making a real difference through engineering