Field Support Engineer
CompanyAlstom
Location
Barton Under Needwood, United Kingdom
Employment TypeInternship
Posted At5/15/2026
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Occupation TypeElectrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified.
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
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£45,800
(£23.49 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Req ID: 499869
Location: Central Rivers
Appointment Basis: Permanent Nights
Apply by: 29th May
Salary + Benefits: CIRCA £52,000
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your future role
Provide first-line overnight reactive technical support for vehicle faults, ensuring a prompt and effective response. Support production sites (Alstom & suppliers) to maintain fleet availability in line with the timetable. Offer technical guidance to uphold fleet safety and reliability.
We’ll look to you for:
Outstation Support
Location: Central Rivers
Appointment Basis: Permanent Nights
Apply by: 29th May
Salary + Benefits: CIRCA £52,000
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your future role
Provide first-line overnight reactive technical support for vehicle faults, ensuring a prompt and effective response. Support production sites (Alstom & suppliers) to maintain fleet availability in line with the timetable. Offer technical guidance to uphold fleet safety and reliability.
We’ll look to you for:
Outstation Support
- To attend local outstations and assist the Maintenance Suppliers with on-site technical advice and expertise
- Provide technical support over the phone to aide the rectification of faults at Outstations
- Travel at short notice to Outstation sites within 3 hours drive.
- Provide an effective 24/7 support service to trains whilst in service.
- Carry out Lone & Wayside working
- Assist with follow up to conclusion, Safety of the Line incidents (including derailments), rescue & recovery and providing technical reports, as required by the Fleet management team.
- Ensure that when in service failures occur, vehicles are dealt with promptly and information is passed speedily and effectively to Alstom personnel at the Service Delivery Centre to facilitate a repair.
- Inputting/ closing of defects/ fleet checks/ campaigns on Alstom’s SAP GSI web-based fleet management system.
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Full UK driving license (Van provided)
- Apprentice trained in an Engineering discipline
- HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Personal Track Safety (PTS) and Designated Persons (DP) qualifications - Training can be provided but prior knowledge of railway operations is a requirement.
- Experience within the Rolling Stock industry desirable.
- Good level of Interpersonal and influencing skills;
- Proven experience of working in a high pressured environment.
- Must have the ability to read wiring diagrams and schematics
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.
You’ll also:
- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.