Our client is seeking out the very best talent to join their signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

They are seeking a Senior Engineer – OLE, an ambitious engineer, who can demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to be part of their Team in the Birmingham or Reading office but with significant opportunity for flexible working.

You’ll be responsible for leading the design of overhead line electrification solutions for engineering projects in accordance with client requirements. Act as design checker, Lead Engineer and OLE CRE on high profile projects.

Your main duties would be to:

• Design projects in accordance with client requirements.
• Lead the design of overhead line electrification solutions and projects and provide task guidance and monitoring of performance for engineering projects in accordance with client requirements.
• Act as design checker, Lead Engineer and OLE CRE on specific projects as directed by the Discipline Lead.
• Provide project progress reports and updates to the Discipline Lead and Project Management Organisation.
• Achieve the scope agreed with the Project Manager, Project Engineer and others to effectively deliver projects to current engineering and safety standards.
• Achieve personal and project targets including utilisation, delivering projects to budget and programme.
• Manage other members of the OLE Team, provide mentorship to assist their development, and to enhance the skills within the OLE Team to meet business objectives.
• Promote and maintain good relationships with all internal and external parties to enhance the reputation of the OLE Team and the company.
• Apply procedures and systems to ensure the safety of staff and others affected by the operations of the company as well as any other reasonable duties as required.

Key Skills and requirements:

• Degree, HND/HNC in a relevant engineering subject.
• Proficiency in Network Rail OLE infrastructure design and/or construction.
• Detailed knowledge of OLE design, multi-disciplinary issues associated with OLE design and of construction principles and design standards.
• Detailed knowledge of the application of safety standards/legislation including CDM and CSM-RA.
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• Develops networks inside and outside the business, works in partnership across departments and divisional boundaries.
• Good presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Computer literate, specifically Microsoft Office packages.
• Good commercial awareness including programming and delivery to budgets and timescales.
• Delivery of business results through effective planning and implementation.
• Demonstrate working/communicating across teams within the company to ensure delivery of projects and works collaboratively within and across teams.
• Is passionate about results, holds self and others accountable for performance against targets.
• Transforms business performance by continuously seeking better ways of doing things.
• Takes responsibility for own development and career progression.
• A role model, with excellent leadership and takes the lead when others require direction and A self-motivated team player with the ability to motivate others as well as to support the business.