Rail Signalling - Degree Apprentice (Level 6)
SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED
Manchester (M1 3LD)
Closes on Thursday 31 December 2026
Posted on 12 November 2026
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Summary
Siemens Rail Infrastructure deliver turnkey signalling, power and communication projects to enhance railway capacity. Based in Manchester, the apprentice will support with the delivery of Rail Infrastructure signalling projects across the region. There will be opportunities for travel and project delivery across the North West.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
You will also receive a bonus and salary increases as you move throughout your apprenticeship
- Training course
- Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, shifts, may work evenings and weekends.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 13 August 2027
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Embark on your journey with us, combining hands-on experience with structured development. Through technical training, apprenticeship development days and mentoring, you’ll built your skills working on meaningful projects.
You‘ll make a difference by:
- Build practical engineering skills by learning how to design, implement, test, install and maintain signalling and control systems.
- Put your studies into practice on live projects, supporting the development and delivery of signalling and control solutions across the UK rail network while learning key industry standards and processes.
- Grow professionally alongside your apprenticeship by building evidence towards professional registration, such as EngTech, and getting involved in STEM and volunteering activities.
Where you'll work
Siemens Mobility Limited
53 Portland Street
Manchester
M1 3LD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
Training course
Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Keep themselves and others safe by implementing and managing safe working practices and challenging unsafe practices. Promote and comply with railway/statutory regulations and organisational or project safety requirements, including competence and safe access to railway sites. Undertake and manage risk assessments / hazard reviews.
- Support the technical input to the development of railway standards, specifications and means of compliance; contribute to design/development of engineering solutions.
- Manage value engineering and whole life costing; evaluating information from diverse sources to develop, test and cost options: drafting rail specifications or detailed designs.
- Deliver rail and rail systems engineering solutions effectively including planning, resource allocation and management and delivery to rail industry specifications. Manage change and risk, monitor work, and make decisions and complex critical judgements.
- Contribute to and attend Senior Management and Executive meetings and report on both complex technical and financial issues both verbally and in writing.
- Manage financial systems, forecasts and budgets and operational / business performance using a variety of analytical techniques. Able to contribute to commercial and contractual reviews within a railway/regulated industry.
- Use evidence based approaches to problem solving and decision making. Manage and contribute to railway research and development of products and processes with cross-disciplinary collaboration. Conduct statistically sound appraisal of data, applying root cause analysis, and using evidence drawn from best practice to improve effectiveness.
- Lead /manage multi-disciplinary teams to effectively delegate tasks, identifying appropriate mentorship and coaching required, in line with talent management and succession planning. Able to apply change management processes.
- Work effectively and collaboratively, individually and as part of a team, being aware of personal actions and the impact they may have on others. Develop and maintain effective relationships with rail colleagues, clients, suppliers and the public at their level of influence [e.g. rail industry, local authority, and suppliers].
- Apply civil engineering skills e.g. geotechnics to support the effective performance and operation of the business.
- Provide expert advice and leadership specific to the Rail Civils discipline, but cognisant of how the railway works as an integrated, complex system.
- Apply and manage a wide range of Rail Civils skill-sets e.g. geotechnics, structures, bridges, tunnels, embankments, cuttings, vegetation and drainage in order to support and manage research, development, design, procurement, logistics, planning, delivery, quality assurance, inspection, testing, installation, commissioning, maintenance, life cycle management, decommissioning and environmental compliance.
- Apply and manage a wide range of track engineering skill-sets e.g. surveying for track design (for heavy rail and light rail projects) to support the effective performance and operation of the business.
- Provide expert advice specific to the track discipline, but cognisant of how the railway works as an integrated, complex system.
- Apply rail signalling and control systems skills e.g. independence of design checking and verification, assessing risk, manage interdisciplinary reviews.
- Produce rail signalling and control solutions for the railway industry based on known and defined concepts and principles and new and novel rail management system approaches.
- Take responsibility for managing the development of integrated designs that shall maintain or improve on the existing safety, reliability, capability (capacity), performance, efficiency and maintainability of the railway.
- Undertake systems integration engineering skills in line with mandatory company and client procedures, and relevant national / international legislation e.g. interoperability.
- Develop, produce, alter, review and approve detailed specifications relevant to new or altered traction and rolling stock assets.
- Obtain and retain relevant rail industry specific technical accreditation/ licences applicable to role.
- Support rail telecommunication, network and digital engineering design, application, configuration, operation, maintenance or decommissioning and disposal.
- Undertake company standards review and development as a designated subject matter expert within the discipline.
- Undertake standards review, operational practice, approvals and assessment of relevant rail asset types in line with technical knowledge.
- Approve and certify rail related electrical and mechanical and building services assets, as appropriate within the defined safety legislation e.g. building regulations.
Training schedule
The programme structure will be:
Block Release
Whilst working towards a formal qualification you will also work as part of a team on real life projects within the workplace.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
UCAS Points in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
Siemens is a global innovator focusing on digitalization, electrification and automation for the process and manufacturing industries, and is a leader in power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure, and distributed energy systems.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Opportunities to grow your skills and abilities further with Siemens Mobility.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000064065.
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Closes on Thursday 31 December 2026
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