Senior Design Engineer

Location: Glasgow

Term:6 months contract initially

Rate: Up to £550/day outside of IR35

“Our client is a well-established Nationwide Rail company who provide an exceptional service to their customers and are focused on continually improving this.”

The role:

The Senior Design Engineer will provide subject matter expertise and direction of signalling design activities to achieve the maximum output in producing outline and detailed signalling design from the resource available. The SDE will have experience of signaling design and be considered competent in design management, design assurance or complex technical design.

• The Senior Design Engineer will usually undertake a role as a Design Manager, Signalling Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (or equivalent) or as a technical specialist capable of producing, checking or specifying complex signaling design.
• Ensure that the technical standards are maintained in all aspects of signalling design work, in order that safe and successful project implementation and future reliability is achieved.
• Participate in and monitor the planning and progress of works in relation to timeline and budget and ensure that the development, design, construction and testing requirements are met and effect remedial action when required.

Experienced required:

• IRSE Engineering Manager’s licence or a combination of Principles Design and Design Verifier licences.
• Established professional status within the signalling industry, with experience of engineering implementation on signalling schemes in the UK or overseas.
• Safety culture aware – to be able to influence and develop an existing safety culture to latest generation thinking and practice, for both technical and operational safety.
• Supportive of a consistent company-wide approach to continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership qualities including personal drive, persuasive communication skills, enthusiasm and support for company goals.

We are looking to submit CV’s as soon as possible, CV’s to be sent to Nathan Kemp at Vital on:

N a t h a n . k e m p @ vi t a l . u k . c o m

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