Alstom
Carbody & Structures Sub System Leader
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Req ID: 527463
Location: Derby
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Salary: £65,000 - £68,000 DOE plus bonus and excellent benefits
Apply by: 29/09/2026
To Apply: Please go to “Career Opportunities” in Alps
A reminder: You need to inform your current line manager and HRBP about your application. Additionally, you must have been in your current position for at least two years for your application to be considered.
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your mechanical domain expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Carbody & Structures Domain Leader, Derby and work alongside the carbody designers, structural engineers, mechanical architecture, integration, systems, production and procurement teammates. You'll manage the Carbody & Structures worksteams on a major development project. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business to ensure Quality, Cost and Delivery of engineering scope with collaborative working and by supporting the team in the resolution of issues.
You’ll specifically take care of the design of the carbody design and the structural calculations on a state of the art train development project.
We’ll look to you for:
- Create and carry out an engineering work plan including interactions with Production, Procurement & Supplier Quality teams.
- Lead meetings for Carbody scope including production, procurement & supplier quality where required
- Defining the carbody design, structural calculations & crashworthiness calculations for the complete vehicle.
- Managing requirements from source/standards/customer to proof of conformance and validation tests
- Day to day management of engineering activities on the project.
- Ensuring proper collaborative work with other Teams/Functions.
- Ensuring that design reviews are prepared and documented as per the project/program schedule and to follow-up the main open actions.
- Supporting the team in the resolution of issues and challenging actions (multi-domains) in particular those involving other stakeholders (internal or external).
- Reviewing technical deliverables generated by the Carbody team and other relevant teams.
- Provide scope development status and clarifications to Sub System Manager using standard project KPIs
- Ensuring the Quality, Cost and Delivery of engineering scope.
- Collaborating with the Central Engineering team for continuous improvement of the product.
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All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- High level of experience in Mechanical Engineering applied to Railway products (or Automotive domain or Aerospace domain)
- Experience in Carbody design / structural calculations
- Proficiency in technical communication and documentation
- Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Attention to detail and ability to ensure compliance with internal rules of data structuration
- A continuous learning mindset to stay updated on industry advancements
- A good level of experience of direct engineering team management
- Experience of Planning on complex development projects
- Good Communications and interpersonal skills
- Structured and organised
- English operational in reading/writing and technical meetings
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.
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- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
- Contribute to innovative projects.
- Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment.
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
- Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday.
- A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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