Principle Engineer OLE in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom |
Salary not specified |
Contract
Reporting to the Overhead Line Electrification (OLE) Head of Discipline, you will drive the delivery of Railway OLE projects to meet our clients greatest challenges whilst ensuring technical excellence and delivery
- Carry out the duties of OLE Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE) or Project Engineer (PE) as required.
- Ensure internal and contractor's design/construction/specialists' personnel have the correct competencies.
- Manage all OLE engineering activities on allocated projects so that they result in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality.
- Manage the design and/or construction elements of allocated projects ensuring they meet the requirements of current legislation, including construction design management (CDM) and CSM-RA regulations.
- Provide advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision.
- Assist the Head of Discipline (HoD) in developing a culture of technical excellence by driving a right first-time approach.
- Monitor design and specialist consultants and contractors.
- Assist the HoD in the development & innovative solutions.
- Identify and help to share best practice across all project teams.
Essential
- Degree/HNC or relevant experience;
- Good communicator
- An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
- CDM, CSM-RA, risk assessment, engineering management competency.
- Experience in people management
- A working knowledge of Network Rail and other client Standards
- Specific experience of project development for rail OLE schemes, NR approval processes and deliverables criteria for OLE schemes.
- Knowledge of MkI, MkIIIA,B,C&D UK1, GEFF, Series 1 and 2 OLE systems
- Knowledge of RSC Design
- Approved as a Network Rail Contractors Responsible Engineers (CRE) or previously worked as a Network Rail Project Engineer
- Knowledge of quality assurance
Preferred
- Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status.
- Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
- An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
- Project safety management experience
- Experience in structural assessments
- Knowledge of Bentley Microstation software package