Rail Systems Engineering Degree Level Apprenticeship

MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED

Manchester, M1 3BE

Closes on Tuesday 31 December

Posted on 11 October 2024

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Summary

A Rail and Rail Systems Senior Engineer is an operational leadership role; someone who can take responsibility for people and the work in hand within a conventional or high-speed railway context.

Annual wage
£21,200 a year

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Following a successful probationary period, you will receive bi-annual salary reviews for the entire duration of your apprenticeship As an employee owned business all staff are eligible for a yearly bonus. We also operate a merit bonus scheme

Training course
Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 8 September

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Key duties will include:

  • The development of work proposals that properly describe the rail engineering requirements, scope and operational performance targets
  • Robust challenges to/from colleagues, making use of their specific rail expertise, in order to monitor and manage the business and technical remit and thereby optimise results.
  • Manage all rail engineering and development activities so that they are affordable and safe.
  • The quality, accuracy and timely delivery of work in a railway/safety critical context; proactively identifying solutions to problems and areas for improvement
  • Applying their expertise in a regulated sector to assess and manage risk to avoid railway asset, equipment, process and systems failures.
  • They may work in a technical office, remotely or railway operational/engineering worksites

Where you’ll work

9 Portland Street

Manchester

M1 3BE

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Your training plan

  • Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree), Level 6 Degree
  • You will attend university one day a week
  • You will have the full support of your wider team, as well as a line manager, mentor and buddy, and a dedicated learning & development team

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • Maths (grade 4 / C or equivalent)
  • Maths (grade A*-C)
  • Science (grade A*-C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

We’re a management, engineering and development consultancy which works on projects across the world. By challenging norms, we like to solve humanity’s most difficult problems. We’re committed to making a positive contribution to the wellbeing of our staff as well as the environment, and communities in which we operate.

https://www.mottmac.com/careers/uk-apprenticeships (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

This Apprenticeship Standard is at Level 6.

This Apprenticeship Standard aligns with the current edition of the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) at Incorporated Engineering (IEng) level. The experience gained and responsibility held by the apprentice on completion of the apprenticeship will either wholly or partially satisfy the requirements for IEng.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED

Andrew Challis

earlycareers.recruitment@mottmac.com

02087742173

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281507.

Apply now

Closes on Tuesday 31 December

When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

Company’s application instructions

You will complete our strength based assessment online and an application form. If successful you will have a face2face, or virtual, interview with your future team.