Metrolink Mechanical and Electrical Project Engineer

Are you an Electrical and Mechanical Project Engineer or an Electrification & Plant Project Engineer seeking an opportunity to make a real difference, on the UK’s largest light rail network?

Would you relish the chance to contribute across all aspects of your discipline from major projects through to asset management and maintenance?

Engineering is at the heart of Metrolink’s plans. At Transport for Greater Manchester you will have the opportunity to work in a complex and challenging environment where you will grow and build upon your existing knowledge and experience to really make a difference to the travelling public.

Your Role

We currently have a permanent opportunity for a Project Engineer with a background in Electrical & Mechanical or Electrification & Plant to work on the Renewals and Enhancements programme of works. In this role you will be involved in projects that range from upgrades such as the renewal of the OLE on the full length of the Bury line through to the replacement of specific assets at a discrete location.

As a Project Engineer at Transport for Greater Manchester you will join our Metrolink Engineering team to deliver capital projects across the network. You will be involved with writing specifications, reviewing tenders, overseeing designs, and providing some site assurance. You will also support and lead the management of technical interfaces, particularly with our Operator and contractors.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent levels of experience in delivery of engineering projects, in the light or heavy rail industries together with, demonstrable experience managing technical interfaces with differing engineering disciplines. You will also ideally have a good background and experience in traction power distribution and overhead line infrastructure.

What we can offer you

Our benefits include:

· A salary of £47,539 – £52,866 per annum per annum depending on skills and experience

· 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)

· Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary

· Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions

· Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role

· We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

· Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.

What’s next?

To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

Internal candidates – check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK – if in doubt please visit the following link Employers’ right to work checklist – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES – we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.