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Opportunities with Petards Rail

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People are key to the success of our business. We’re committed to ensuring that we nurture and retain employees, and that they feel valued. In fact, one of our key goals is to ensure that colleagues enjoy their work and feel a sense of accomplishment at the end of every day.

Petards Rail is at the forefront of key emerging technologies as the industry adjusts to the challenges of decarbonisation and digitalisation. What’s more, our innovations are designed to save lives, improve accessibility and meet other critical industry needs. There has never been a more exciting time to be in the rail industry, or to work for Petards Rail.

From manufacturing and engineering jobs to project management and software development, Petards Rail offers excellent career development opportunities. Take a look at our latest vacancies are displayed below.

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Current Vacancies - for Petards Rail and Petards Defence

Project Engineer (Defence) – posted 21 April 2026

Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level?

Petards are looking for a curious, methodical, and determined engineering professional to join our Defence business as a Project Engineer.

We are looking for someone who understands the UK Defence & Security sector or can apply their knowledge and experience gained within a relatable sector such as Oil & Gas, Renewables, Rail, Military, Policing, etc.

The role plays a key part in delivering technical services at customer sites and Petards’ Defence factory, in the design, production and in-service support of new-build modern and legacy products.

Some of the key things that you will be doing:  

  • Provide in-service support of legacy products, managing obsolescence, offering Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) and processing engineering change for products.
  • Solve a range of technical problems, in hands-on and desktop-based technical work packages.
  • Deliver repair services to customer defence equipment.
  • Engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including “down the supply chain” external contacts and “up the supply chain” customers.
  • Confidently and clearly communicate on technical matters and recommendations for the business.
 To view the job description, please click the link below.
Project Engineer (Defence) – Job Description
Applicants who meet our job criteria are invited to send a covering letter and CV to recruitment@petards.com
 

Recruitment Agencies

PJL does not accept speculative CVs from agencies – they will be considered a ‘gift’ to the business. We will only pay agency fees where a signed agreement is in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of our Senior Management Team. 

PJL reserves the right to contact any candidate to whom any speculative CV relates, initiate discussions and/or appoint that candidate to a position (whether directly or through another agency) without payment of an agency fee.

Professional Development

At Petards Rail, we continually invest in our people and support them throughout their career journey. 

As well as technical training, we want our employees to continue their professional development with Petards Rail. This can be through the workplace, day release or online study. For example, we currently have a number of staff studying for:

  • Chartered Engineering awards
  • ILM Management qualifications
  • AAT / CIMA
  • MBA

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