Our client currently has requirements for a Signalling Design Manager to work within their Signalling Design team delivering a portfolio of exciting, varied rail projects both in the UK and overseas from their London Offices on a permanent basis.

Working on a diverse range of technologies, Mechanical/Electro-mechanical, RRI, Geographical interlocking, CBI and ETCS, the main purpose is to lead and direct the signalling design team in all aspects of delivering railway-signalling schemes in accordance with all company standards, signalling principles and practice.

Ensuring the successful delivery of technically excellent signalling projects, other responsibilities will include:

• Determining the signalling design requirements from our client brief and implementing the design scope, ensuring that the design team understands the project requirements.
• Determining the design methodology for projects and sign off outline and design specifications
• Providing excellent engineering skills and technical knowledge of railway signalling, within an environment of high quality and timeliness.
• Providing technical guidance for the production of detailed signalling design.
• Being responsible for the Production or Checking of detailed signalling principles designs and calculations.
• Acting as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) for projects.
• Providing on a regular basis, reports on the signalling design team performance to Management and planning personnel.
• Monitoring and reviewing progress, ensuring project timescales and targets are met.
• Being responsible for mentoring and skill development of Signalling team members learning on the job providing guidance, training and feedback.
• Integrating with colleagues, and operating with enthusiasm and a sense of purpose for the successful delivery of projects

Skills and Experience required

• Extensive hands-on experience of Production, Checking and Approval of feasibility, outline and detailed signalling principles designs and calculations. Other railway design experience within the rail industry will also be essential.
• Good underpinning knowledge of signalling design principles, standards, components, and fabrication methods.
• Extensive underpinning knowledge of signalling design and interlocking principles, standards, components, and fabrication methods.
• Experience of signalling construction methods and installation.
• A good understanding of Network Rail signalling assets and project lifecycle on multidiscipline railway projects
• Technically competent to undertake technical approvals of signalling designs and its associated design submissions including IDC/IDR process.
• A good knowledge of other rail disciplines, and how their work interfaces with signalling engineering

Qualifications

• Appropriate HND or Higher qualification would be a benefit.
• IRSE licence Signalling Principles Designer category 1.1.550 and Signalling design verifier 1.1.160.
• Hold or be working towards IRSE Project Engineer or Engineering Manager Design license.1.145 Signalling Design Manager desirable.
• A member of the IRSE and an Incorporated Engineer