Electrical Design Engineer Inside IR35

Contract Term: 6 months (possibility of extension)

Contracting Authority: NWR

Location: Salford

PTS required

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Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway. From Crossrail – Europe’s largest civil engineering project – to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we're involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!

As an Electrical Design Engineer, your main responsibilities would be:

• Manage the production of the development remits for proposals so that the engineering requirements, scope, possibilities and operational performance targets are accurately described and maintain a robust challenge to sponsoring engineers and managers, to monitor and value manage the business and technical remit.
• Manage all engineering and development activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable, and that meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality.
• Manage the development of suitable engineering options for proposals so that full consideration is given to safety, reliability, operational capacity modelling, maintainability, ease of construction and environmental / whole life issues. Review compliance with standards and maintain designers competency.
• Maintain strict change control on scope development; evaluate cost, time and performance impacts in conjunction with development management.
• Participate in the selection of a single option for further development and manage the development of the selected single option, preparing and monitoring production of reports and papers.
• Prepare the full engineering data package required for commencement of the detailed design, and participate in answering on-going clarifications/queries as needed. Where applicable, manage independent checking of safety critical design documentation.

You’ll have:

• Strong background in electrical engineering
• Design engineering experience
• Previous experience within rail industry
• Personal Track Safety

If this Electrical Design Engineer role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply and get in touch with one of our PSR team now.

Network Rail are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. They welcome applications from everyone

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Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.