Electrical Design Engineers - HV

Railway projects

Locations: York, Manchester or Glasgow

The role will involve completing designs in GRIP 1-5 for multiple projects including: -

1. HV substation renewals
2. 11KV cable renewals
3. Station implementation schemes
4. PSP (Principle Supply Point) renewals
5. Plant renewals including UPS & generators
   • Manage so that the development remit for a proposal properly describes the engineering requirements, scope, possibilities and operational performance targets and maintain a robust challenge to sponsoring engineers and managers, in order to monitor and value manage the business and technical remit and thereby optimise the business case.
   • Monitor so that all engineering and development activities 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 a proposal so that full consideration is given to safety, reliability, operational capacity modelling, maintainability, ease of construction, and environmental/whole life issues. Engineering excellence is to be supported by:
   • Secure all relevant base data.
   • Review compliance with appropriate standards.
   • Using risk ID and evaluation methods (e.g. HAZOP, QRA, LRM, and the GK/RT/14200 suite), as suitable, to evaluate and compare options.
   • Using feedback from all relevant past projects across the UK rail network, lessons learned etc.
   • Keep designers up to date via training, briefings, CPD etc.
   • 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. Prepare or monitor preparation of reports, papers etc as necessary.
   • Manage to the development of the selected single option.
   • 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.
   • Prepare the full engineering data package required for commencement of the detailed design, and participate in answering on-going clarifications/queries as needed.
   • Support the Construction Design Management (CDM) Planning Supervisor during GRIP stages 2 to 4 in all associated duties and carry out or monitor cross-discipline engineering checks of all relevant aspects of the proposal.
   • Manage independent checking of safety critical signalling design documentation, where applicable.
   • Resource adequately the feasibility stages of project development, in both the quality and quantity of Network Rail and supplier staff, and in the use of the most appropriate support equipment.
   • Manage the engineering interfaces of allocated proposals with concurrent work in other disciplines, or within other programmes.
   • Act as or liaise with the appropriate Project Engineer during stages 2-4 monitoring so that method statements for site works and surveys are produced and accepted to the required standards.
   • Monitor, assess, evaluate and audit Consultants and Contractors during project stages 2-4.

Skills:

• Qualified to degree level or NVQ equivalent
• Experience in completing electrical designs to Network Rail/BS standards
• UK rail experience
• Knowledge of Network Rail GRIP process