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ETCS Freight Quality Engineer
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ETCS OBU: Freight – Quality Engineer
Location: Derby
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Role Overview
Based in the Midlands, the ETCS OBU: Freight Quality Engineer will travel to multiple supplier and fitment locations to carry out quality inspections and audits. The role will support asset handover and hand-back, in-process quality inspections, final locomotive snagging and First Article Inspections. The postholder will produce clear reports covering asset inspections, First Article Inspections, and improvement opportunities identified throughout the installation and modification process.
Key Responsibilities
- Working closely with Siemens Installation, Engineering, and Materials teams, the Quality Engineer will be responsible for:
- Ensuring modifications completed by fitment partners are delivered to a high standard.
- Ensuring fitment partners populate and record the correct information to the required standards within installation and test documentation.
- Working with parts and equipment suppliers to oversee quality control during production and ensure products meet the required quality standards before installation, including supplier visits.
- Carrying out First Article Inspections at Siemens and supplier premises.
- Carrying out ad-hoc sample inspections of materials supplied to Siemens.
- Managing and overseeing the Unit Acceptance procedure from handover to hand-back, ensuring units are received in a suitable condition for modification work to commence and checking the quality level of the installation before unit hand-back.
- Compiling the final acceptance documentation pack.
- Confirming work has been completed to a satisfactory standard before customer and end-user inspections, and leading Siemens locomotive inspections.
- Owning the snag list, detailing fitment issues and proposed resolutions, and logging and monitoring works arising or out of scope.
- Closing out and archiving records in compliance with Siemens Quality Assurance requirements.
- Creating and modifying project or role-specific procedures for tasks undertaken.
- Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of quality issues, identifying corrective actions, and sharing lessons learned.
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Essential Skills
- Willingness to fill gaps in knowledge and experience through a proactive approach to learning and seeking information from within and outside the company.
- Customer-focused approach in all work carried out.
- Experience of working to industry quality and safety standards.
- Strong and effective communication skills at all levels of the business and when engaging with new and existing customers.
- Innovative and creative thinking when supporting problem-solving initiatives.
- Highly motivated, dependable, and self-reliant.
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Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum Level 3 apprenticeship in a recognised trade, such as mechanical or electrical — essential.
- HNC qualification in a relevant trade — desirable.
- Experience in a quality or inspection role — essential.
- Proven experience in rail vehicle retrofit or modification projects — essential.
- Experience and/or qualifications in auditing — desirable.
- Experience in project mobilisation and implementing new or existing procedures and processes — essential.
Additional Requirements
- This role will involve significant periods of time visiting installation sites as well as travel between Siemens facilities and supplier sites. A full UK driving licence and access to transport are therefore required.
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