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About the Role
This role is for a Senior Rail Infrastructure Engineering & Assurance Lead within the Rolling Stock department at Eurostar. The position serves as the senior technical authority for infrastructure services, responsible for engineering leadership, technical governance, and assurance of depot systems and assets to ensure performance, safety, and compliance with strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
- Act as the senior technical authority for depot infrastructure systems, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, company, and engineering standards.
- Provide strategic leadership for infrastructure reliability, risk management, asset lifecycle planning, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
- Lead the resolution of complex infrastructure issues, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action programmes.
- Govern technical assurance activities, including engineering reviews, standards compliance, technical documentation, and system integrity.
- Drive infrastructure modernisation, CAPEX investment, depot expansion, and future development projects through technical leadership and risk assessment.
- Ensure effective infrastructure maintenance management, including CMMS governance, defect management, and optimisation of preventative maintenance activities.
- Promote continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration to enhance safety, reliability, operational resilience, and business growth.
Requirements
- Degree-qualified (or equivalent experience) in an engineering or technical discipline.
- At least 5 years’ experience in railway infrastructure, depot operations, or a related engineering environment.
- Extensive technical expertise in depot infrastructure systems, asset management, maintenance strategies, reliability improvement, and engineering assurance.
- Strong working knowledge of OLE systems, isolation procedures, Network Rail High Speed (NRHS) standards, EMMIS control systems, and other critical infrastructure assets is highly desirable.
- Proven experience leading complex fault investigations, technical risk assessments, incident investigations, and regulatory compliance activities.
- Experience supporting infrastructure investment, CAPEX planning, asset renewals, depot modernisation, expansion projects, and system integration activities.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across Engineering, Operations, Projects, HSQE, contractors, and external partners.
- Safety-focused engineering professional with experience in risk assessment, safety leadership, accident investigation, and driving continuous improvement in safety, reliability, and operational performance.
Skills
- OLE systems
- Isolation procedures
- Network Rail High Speed (NRHS) standards
- EMMIS control systems
- Asset management
- Maintenance strategies
- Reliability improvement
- Engineering assurance
- Risk assessment
- Leadership
- Stakeholder management
Location
- Temple Mills depot in Leyton, London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Degree-qualified (or equivalent experience) in an engineering or technical discipline
Benefits
- Travel benefits (75% off underground network from Day 1)
- Competitive defined benefit pension scheme
- Free Eurostar tickets
- Discounted Eurostar tickets for friends and family
- Ongoing training and development
- Exclusive deals, discounts and perks
About the Company
- Eurostar is fuelling the future of rail travel, operating in five countries and sparking new opportunities for travellers.
- The company is building a greener, more inclusive future for everyone.
- Eurostar is looking for passionate team members who always go the extra mile.
Equal Opportunity
- Eurostar believes in giving everyone an equal chance and actively encourages applications from talented individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.
- The company values individuality and wants a diverse team that reflects the world.