Technical Administrator

Status : Permanent

Location : Hybrid (Derby, UK)

Due to continued growth, Fishbone is looking to strengthen its established team to support the delivery of existing and new projects. The role we are seeking to fill is for a Technical Administrator to support our engineering team, aiding the delivery of project management, design and assurance projects and solving engineering problems for our clients.

As a Technical Administrator at Fishbone, you will be responsible for managing a wide range of Engineering Change submissions related to transport assets (particularly on UK rolling stock) on behalf of our customers, navigating a variety of different types of change requests and identifying (where possible) a standard set of criteria to ensure that the requests meet relevant industry approvals requirements.

You will also provide wider technical administration support to the engineering team as required.

You will be given the flexibility to manage the delivery of your own work to the client and that of others within the Fishbone team to timescale, cost and quality requirements.

Fishbone are keen to seek an individual that is looking for career development towards becoming an established Project Manager or Engineering Consultant and we have a structured development plan in place to support our teams.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Work with Fishbone senior management to understand ultimate objectives and desired outcomes for each assigned project.
• Work as an individual and as part of a team to deliver specific work packages to quality, time and budget.
• Ensure that scope of work, timescales, and budgets are clear, monitored and managed, and that risks to delivering to quality, on time and within budget against acceptance criteria are anticipated and reported appropriately.
• Provide wider technical administration support to the Fishbone engineering team as appropriate.

Qualifications required:

• Engineering Degree qualified is preferred but demonstration of relevant equivalent experience will also be considered.

Technical expertise and skills required:

• Ideally you will have some knowledge of different types of UK rolling stock including EMUs, DMUs, locomotives and coaches and their systems, but other experience working in engineering support areas is welcomed
• Demonstration of project management/engineering/technical administration experience on rolling stock projects is preferred, but other engineering disciplines will also be considered.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to organise large amounts of data and reports, and able interpret scrutiny requirements in the context of vehicle engineering change.
• Fluent technical report writing.
• A working knowledge of the UK rail industry is preferable.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to go-fish@fishbonesolutions.co.uk