Conformance Engineer - Central Government

Role: Conformance Engineer REF 97865
Contract Length: 6 months with a view to extending
Location: Hybrid/Milton Keynes - Remote working is acceptable – with a potential of site visits
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £500 per day
Security Clearance: BPSS

Spinwell is recruiting for a Conformance Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONFORMANCE ENGINEER

• The Conformance Engineer will carry out the conformance assessment of new or modified RAIL infrastructure, RAIL vehicles, load units and associated equipment with mandatory standards and deliver associated safety management activities.
• They will assess the conformance of designs for new or modified infrastructure, RAIL vehicles, load units and associated equipment against mandatory requirements and prepare assessment reports and certification.
• They will carry out audits of clients as part of providing assurance or certification of their activities, and view changes to standards as directed and produce guidance documents on conformance assessment and associated activities.
• They will assess amended or new maintenance plans to confirm whether they will, if adhered to, keep the subsystem compliant with mandatory requirements for their whole life along with checking the construction of RAIL vehicles, load units, infrastructure subsystems and associated equipment for conformance with the accepted design, including witnessing testing. They will prepare submissions to external approval bodies on behalf of customers.
• Other responsibilities include providing advice to customers and stakeholders on conformance assessment, certification and associated regulations (such as Interoperability, Common Safety Methods and Entities in Charge of Maintenance) and carrying out technical investigations, as required, checking that they do not compromise certification independence

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE CONFORMANCE ENGINEER

• Rail Vehicle Engineering (including Electrical & Mechanical Systems Interfaces with Infrastructure)
• Experience working with loading units (Intermodal load units - ILUs)
• Vehicles assessment and certification
• Rail vehicles maintenance and audits

If you are a Conformance Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.