Description
Join the Engineering team at Heathrow Airport, a complex operation with a vast scope of mechanical, electrical, water, civil, rail, and environmental disciplines. As an Industrial Engineer - Rail Mechanical, you will drive continuous improvement across rail Mechanical systems, focusing on optimising cost, risk, and performance.
Job Overview
This role involves developing and maintaining asset plans and standards for rail mechanical systems, building a quantified understanding of asset performance, and delivering continuous improvement plans. You will work across various rail engineering systems, collaborating with operational, maintenance, development, supply chain, finance, and safety teams.
Principal Accountabilities
- Develop and maintain asset plans and standards for rail mechanical systems
- Build a quantified understanding of asset performance, covering lifecycle cost, service levels, and risk
- Deliver continuous improvement plans to enhance asset performance and shareholder value
- Ensure effective communication and application of asset strategies, plans, and standards
- Assess asset-related risks and work with operational teams to mitigate them
- Contribute to technical requirements for new equipment and systems
- Provide specialist engineering support to operational teams
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance performance, safety compliance, and stakeholder value
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- HNC in a relevant discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience and expertise
- EngTech status in a relevant discipline or the ability to achieve EngTech status within 12 months
- Good knowledge and strong experience of maintenance practices, methodologies, and strategies
- Understanding of whole-life cost principles and proven experience applying them
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data and judgement effectively
- Experience contributing to business cases and translating technical information into commercially focused insight
- Demonstrable safety leadership