Signalling Principles Designer (Contract, Remote)

We are currently dealing with a Rail Engineering consultancy who are looking to expand the team by recruiting a Contract Signalling Principles Designer, with their main office being based in Stratford-upon-Avon but offering full remote working. As Signalling Principles Designer, you will be joining a team of well-established signalling designers. The position will be working on high-quality depot control systems and mainline signalling services.

As Signalling Principles Designer your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and support project delivery in day-to-day duties throughout the project lifecycle, from inception to completion, including:
• Preparation, production, and verification of railway signalling designer, specifications, reports, and working drawings using first principles for relevant parts of a new or altered signalling systems, ensuring compliance with all contractual and statutory requirements
• To ensure all design produced complies with client requirements, alliance/company procedures, meets all operation, technical and safety principles, and is successfully delivered to budget and programme
• Liaising and meeting with others including client, construction, and testing staff and other railway contractors
• Supporting estimates/tenders as required
• Line management of staff
• Mentoring, support, guidance, and development of junior staff
• Technical liaison with other alliance team disciplines, departments, and externally with the wider organization and client
• Undertaking design office cover during commissioning periods, including bank holidays and weekends

Job requirements:

• Able to carry out Safety Critical Work
• Holds current IRSE Signalling Verifier Licence and Signalling Principles Designer licences (1.1.160 and 1.1.550)
• Significant UK signalling principles design/checking experience including knowledge of UK railway standards, design processes and procedures preferable at both outline design (NR GRIP 3 to 4) and detailed design (NR GRIP5+) levels
• Experience of using appropriate industry standard CAD packages
• Experience of signalling design and/or stage works involving a broad range of lineside equipment and technologies
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with team members located in different offices including excellent standard of English for written communications
• HNC/HND/Degree Qualification(s) in Electrical Engineering or similar
• Fit and able to work trackside / hold PTS

 

The work location for this contracting position will be centered on the companys Headquarters Offices, Stratford-upon-Avon, but you will be able to work within the companys Agility Framework and Hybrid Work Policy, meaning your day-to-day work base will be working from home, only attending the office for essential client meetings, mentor meetings and peer reviews. If this position is of interest, dont hesitate to contact Erin at Critical Project Resourcing.