Engineering Placement

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About Siemens

The Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector with approximately 90,000 employees focuses on sustainable technologies for metropolitan areas and their infrastructures. Its offering includes products, systems and solutions for intelligent traffic management, rail-bound transportation, smart grids, energy efficient buildings, and safety and security. The Sector comprises the divisions Building Technologies, Low and Medium Voltage, Mobility and Logistics, Rail Systems and Smart Grid.

Billions of pounds are being invested in major rail projects and Siemens is playing its part in making these a success. Siemens combines innovation with responsibility; to deliver technologically advanced solutions ensuring journeys are punctual, comfortable and safe.

What are my responsibilities?

Reporting to the Technical Manager, the role will be within the Technical and Fleet Performance team and after a period of training and induction you will cover the following areas:

• Application of engineering principles to solving problems, and offering improvements to the service offered by Siemens
• Working as part of the Technical team, taking responsibility for the safety, reliability and performance of any of the systems allocated to the role
• Produce technical reports from investigation in to problems and opportunities
• Review and propose updates for the VMI procedures, ensuring Siemens Mobility specs meet OEM requirements and all necessary tools, equipment and materials are available to accomplish the tasks
• Assist with the provision of technical support at incidents on and off Depot
• Develop rolling modifications and upgrades required to improve performance and reliability
• Liaise with the central Engineering team, and Procurement team as required to deliver business requirements.

What do I need to qualify for this job?

• You must be studying towards a BEng in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic or similar engineer discipline
• Good knowledge of IT systems and software
• Good communication skills
• Good planning/organisational skills

What else do I need to know?

This role will involve a large focus on Health and Safety and a key aspect of the work will be to ensure products or projects are delivered in accordance with Siemens safety and quality/testing procedures and meet all applicable legislation, safety/customer standards and project requirements.