4.1 KiB
4.1 KiB
Competences — rolling stock engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7c2fbf7d-b934-4f62-8167-0ed90fb2a16f).
Essential
- adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
- analyse production processes for improvement (skill/competence)
- approve engineering design (skill/competence)
- assess financial viability (skill/competence)
- control compliance of railway vehicles regulations (skill/competence)
- control production (skill/competence)
- design wayside signalling interlockings (skill/competence)
- engineering principles (knowledge)
- engineering processes (knowledge)
- execute feasibility study (skill/competence)
- industrial engineering (knowledge)
- manufacturing processes (knowledge)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- production processes (knowledge)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- technical drawings (knowledge)
- use technical drawing software (skill/competence)
Optional
- apply advanced manufacturing (skill/competence)
- build a product's physical model (skill/competence)
- CAE software (knowledge)
- conduct performance tests (skill/competence)
- create a product's virtual model (skill/competence)
- design electromechanical systems (skill/competence)
- design principles (knowledge)
- design prototypes (skill/competence)
- develop test procedures (skill/competence)
- draft design specifications (skill/competence)
- electrical engineering (knowledge)
- electromechanics (knowledge)
- electronics (knowledge)
- ensure maintenance of railway machinery (skill/competence)
- ensure maintenance of trains (skill/competence)
- maintain electromechanical equipment (skill/competence)
- manage product testing (skill/competence)
- mechanical engineering (knowledge)
- mechanics of trains (knowledge)
- perform test run (skill/competence)
- precision mechanics (knowledge)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- safety engineering (knowledge)
- use CAD software (skill/competence)
- use CAM software (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- air brake testing — 43 %
- emergency response — 43 %
- locomotive operation — 43 %
- railroad operating rules compliance — 43 %
- train movement coordination — 43 %
- rail vehicle engineering — 29 %
- contract management — 29 %
- design review — 29 %
- design oversight — 14 %
- railway maintenance — 14 %
- rolling stock overhaul — 14 %
- rolling stock procurement — 14 %
- fault resolution — 14 %
- problem-solving — 14 %
- project management — 14 %
- quality assurance auditing — 14 %
- technical oversight — 14 %
- specification development — 14 %
- troubleshooting — 14 %
- vendor oversight — 14 %
- testing procedures approval — 14 %
Methods
- witness point inspection — 14 %
- site acceptance testing — 14 %
- first article inspection — 14 %
- factory acceptance testing — 14 %
Responsibilities
- passenger transport — 43 %
- safe train operation — 43 %
- safety adherence — 29 %
- incident response — 29 %
- equipment handling — 29 %
- dispatch communication — 29 %
- capital project management — 14 %
- change order review — 14 %
- compliance assurance — 14 %
- factory inspections — 14 %
- maintaining situational awareness — 14 %
- manufacturing oversight — 14 %
- adhering to regulations — 14 %
- operational performance assurance — 14 %
- pay request review — 14 %
- schedule adherence — 14 %
- record maintenance — 14 %
- reporting incidents — 14 %
- rolling stock maintenance — 14 %
- technical oversight — 14 %
- supplier performance monitoring — 14 %
- technical excellence assurance — 14 %
- technical issue resolution — 14 %