Electrical Engineer

Company: Wabtec Corporation
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Location: Burton upon Trent
Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our team at Wabtec UK based in Burton on Trent where we support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.

Job Description

As an Electrical Engineer, you will provide technical expertise for our product group. You’ll deliver engineering solutions that improve safety, reliability, and performance, working closely with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Typical day

  • Provide electrical engineering, experience and skills to Wabtec UK.
  • On-site engineering support for day-to-day technical issues arising from production, projects, quality and procurement (production and technical queries, inspections, conditional assessment and joint investigations support).
  • Manage creation and updating of technical and schematic drawings, and associated documentation.
  • Raise and manage ECRs (Engineering Change Requests).
  • Act as the UK interface to WITEC and contracted third parties and suppliers.
  • Resolve engineering issues arising from production queries.
  • Assist in the implementation of any specification or product change.
  • Production of technical reports, change documentation, test plans, supplier specifications and overhaul specifications.
  • Provide risk evaluation, assessment and mitigation evidence for product safety hazards.
  • Support investigations into failures of systems and components, determine root cause and present findings.
  • Ensure assigned tasks are completed in line with timescales as agreed with Engineering management.

Qualifications

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
  • Experience in an electrical engineering discipline.
  • Experience in the specification, design, testing, maintenance, and failure investigation of electrical systems and components.
  • Experience of providing technical support to a production (shop floor) environment.

If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first and strive to expand what is possible.

Legal Authorisation

Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

Need accommodation? Just let us know – we’ve got you.

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Posted: June 11th, 2026