Senior OLE Design Engineer

Salary

£45,000 to £60,000

Description

Due to their expansion into Rail, our Client is looking to develop an Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) design capability initially in Derby. They will be looking to appoint 2 Senior Engineers in 2017 to provide technical leadership on one or more major programs of work, developing them from early concept design and providing continuity of leadership throughout ALL the project lifecycle.

The individual will have excessive Rail industry experience and be familiar with working in a programme managed environment. Ideally, the candidate will be chartered in their discipline.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Reporting to the Rail Sector Director, your key function will be providing leadership at a project level, deploying and managing resource in line with programme requirements; identifying and managing supply chain partners and owning commercial control of your programmes and achieving financial targets set by the Director in charge.

The type of individual that we are looking to employ would need to be outgoing, proactive, show initiative and attention to detail.

Key Senior Engineer duties associated with this role include:

• Production and checking of OLE allocation design at feasibility, scheme and detailed design stages, working closely with principal and junior designers.
• Production and checking of deliverables including layout plans, cross sections, switching diagrams, bridge designs and bonding plans
• Production 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

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working in the rail industry, 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.

Job parameters

• Ability to communicate effectively with other colleagues in the team.
• A flexible approach to working hours and working locations.
• Ensure that regular appraisals are held with the line manager.
• Ability to deliver projects within timescale and act comfortably under pressure.

External

• 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

QUALIFICATIONS

Chartered in their specialist area e.g. IMechE / IET or similar

EDUCATION

Degree qualified with experience or minimum HND with years experience.