SUMMARY:

Plans and conducts independent work, requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria. Devises new approaches to solving problems.

Job Description

A. Supervision Received

• Performs most assignments independently with instructions as to the general results expected. Receives technical guidance from Engineering Specialists or Supervisors on unusual or complex problems and supervisory approval on proposed project plans.

B. Supervision Exercised

• Provides technical direction and assigns work to subordinate engineers, designers, drafters, technicians and others who assist in performing specific assignments.

C. Contacts

• Independently contacts vendor's representatives and project field personnel to gather or give information. Contacts client counterparts as directed.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of discipline engineering techniques, the design of engineered systems, and engineering and design calculations.
• Understands the application of Engineering Department Procedures, relevant design guides. Broad knowledge of the application of engineering to plant constructability as applied to construction methods and materials.
• Knowledge of current computer applications for engineering and design including appropriate knowledge of CAD (both 2-D and 3-D), CAE and relevant Standard Computer Applications to perform the work.
• Understanding of engineering planning and control methods including computerized methods.
• Understanding of the roles played by other departments on projects including basic construction practices and the economics involved.
• Understanding of industry or regulatory codes and standards and design criteria pertinent to the particular engineering discipline, including specifically standards and procedures relevant to the UK rail industry including Network Rail Company and Railway Group standards.
• Experience of producing and/or managing temporary works designs in a railway environment.
• Experience of working on upgrades or new construction of station facilities, preferably on a live railway.
• Understands the interdisciplinary interfaces between own discipline and other railway disciplines.
• Knowledge of construction methodologies and testing / commissioning activities relevant to own discipline in a railway environment.
• Knowledge of CDM regulations and CSM practices for identification and management of hazards in a railway environment.
• Excellent Communication Skills.

The above is normally acquired through:

• A recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline from an accredited college or university.
• A professional license in an appropriate engineering discipline from a recognized licensing board.
• Sufficient number of specialized courses in relevant general engineering or appropriate engineering disciplines to meet job requirements.
• Practical work experience in design engineering or relevant equivalent experience in allied types of engineering sufficient to demonstrate competence as a trained engineer.
• In the UK, either chartered engineer status in the relevant discipline or significant progress working towards such qualification will be required.