Principal Design Engineer in Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Principal OLE Design Engineer
Location: Derby
Salary: Flexible depending on experience
Contract/Perm: Both considered
Company:
Multi-disciplinary Design Consultancy is seeking an experienced Principal OLE Design Engineer to work on a variety of brownfield and greenfield projects in the UK. Excellent opportunity to see a project from detailed design to construction support within a growing consultancy in the OLE rail market.
Role:
As Principal OLE Engineer you will be responsible for tasks such as:
- Leadership and checking of OLE allocation design at feasibility, scheme and detailed design stages, working closely with senior and junior designers.
- Checking of deliverables including layout plans, cross sections, switching diagrams, bridge designs and bonding plans
- Liaison with clients (Network Rail, Train Operating Companies, contractors and consultancies) to support the successful delivery of services.
- Development and management of relationships at all levels within a client's company to support the successful delivery of services and the securing of future work.
- Increase brand awareness
- Work in accordance with all relevant railway industry, client, railway group, and technical standards
- Checking of accurate, clear, high quality technical reports and specification in English
- Operate under nominal supervision for the majority of the work ensuring the production of deliverables to agreed deadlines and within budget.
- Delivery of target project outcomes for technical quality, cost, fee, program and repeat business
- Proactive management of own time; and attendance at design team meetings
- Undertaking site surveys / site visits where required
- Delivery of robust forecasts for design delivery and tender estimates
- Day to day liaison internally with project manager and wider multi-disciplinary delivery team
- Feed into Program Control via Primavera P6, and document control systems as required
- Change and risk management
Technical skills and experience:
- Experience of working in the rail industry for a minimum of 15 years, ideally with contractor, consultancy, or client experience
- Knowledge of all relevant railway industry, group and technical engineering standards
- Knowledge and/or experience of OLE construction methods and installation techniques
- Excellent contract and commercial awareness
- Proficient user of industry standard tools such as AutoCAD and/or Microstation; Microsoft Office packages; working knowledge of ELLF packages for OLE projects highly desirable.
- Excellent leadership, communication and team working skills with the ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively.
To work closely with the Rail Sector Director, project and commercial managers, and Business Development leaders:-
- Be a champion for the development and implementation of best practice across the team;
- Provide leadership to internal teams to support the successful delivery of project work including junior staff and technicians;
- Drive technical development, CPD and institute activities across the team
- There may be a requirement to carry out site visits on occasion and thus compliance with local procedures and safety arrangements is essential. You may be required to work under Network Rail Personal Track Safety Certification.
To Apply:
You must be living and authorised to work in the UK to apply for this position.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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