Job title: Senior Engineering Leader – Railway Structures Design (Band 3)
Salary: Upto £68,000 depending on knowledge, skills and experience
Grade: Payband 3
Contract type: TfL Reference: 3622
Team: Railway Structures (Design) Directorate: TfLEngineering
Contract details: Permanent Location*: Stratford / Remote working
Application closing date: Sunday 12th July at 23:59
We are also advertising for a Senior Engineer – Railway Structures Design (4370), if you are also interested in this role, please apply for this position separately.
Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.
Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in one of our Transport Infrastructure Engineering teams and, as well as maintaining legacy assets, you’ll deliver new systems and solutions. There’s more to it than tubes, roads, buildings and bridges. This is about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so we’re ready for the 21st century and beyond.
About the role
Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are at the forefront of delivering and maintaining critical infrastructure that keeps London moving. From legacy asset stewardship to the development of new systems and solutions, this role contributes to connecting communities and supporting the capital’s future.
As a Senior Engineering Leader - Railway Structures, you will lead and develop a team of engineers while managing the delivery of high-quality structural design and assessment work, alongside providing hands-on technical leadership where required. You will ensure assets are safe, reliable, serviceable, and compliant, while providing expert technical leadership across a range of railway structural assets.
You will act as a trusted source of structural engineering advice within your team and across TfL Engineering, including engagement with senior stakeholders such as Heads of Engineering Delivery.
The successful candidate is expected to bring technical expertise in structural engineering, especially in association with Railway Structures design/assessments and have the following essential knowledge, skills and experience:
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Knowledge:
- Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer, or equivalent
- Extensive expertise, across whole life cycles, in the design, repairs/refurbishments and / or assessment of railway and transports related structures, such as bridges, covered ways, buildings, platforms, and access provisions.
- Knowledge of design and assessment assurance processes to ensure quality and compliance.
- In-depth understanding of legislation, technical standards, and health, safety and environmental requirements.
- Sound knowledge of risk management and value engineering principles.
- Understanding of asset management and risk-based design approaches.
- Understanding of railway structures interfaces, and historic infrastructure constraints.
Skills:
- Ability to lead a team in delivering structural design and/or assessment activities, ensuring high quality and timely outputs.
- Strong capability to develop, detail and communicate technical solutions aligned with business needs and whole-life asset performance.
- Demonstrated leadership in design management, including planning, coordination, review and approval of technical deliverables.
- Hands-on technical capability, with confidence to undertake detailed design, calculations and problem-solving where required.
- Strong technical detailing skills, including the ability to produce, review and approve high-quality, buildable and compliant structural details.
- Effective leadership, including coaching, mentoring, and supporting professional development
- Competence in selecting appropriate methodologies, undertaking hand calculations and using analysis/design software.
- Effective people and performance management skills, including setting objectives, providing feedback, managing underperformance and driving continuous improvement.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to produce sketches, give clear technical instructions, and oversee CAD productions, ensuring accuracy and quality of detailed design outputs.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
Experience:
- Extensive experience in the design, assessment, and construction of structures. TfL/Railway or major infrastructure environment related experience is highly desirable.
- Experience in the production, and review/approval of detailed design deliverables, including drawings, specifications and construction details.
- Experience of supporting the delivery of technical assurance activities as well as operating within established technical assurance processes.
- Demonstrated experience in hands-on technical delivery, including undertaking structural analysis, calculations and detailed design when required
- Experience of performance management, including setting clear expectations, conducting appraisals, addressing performance issues and developing high performance teams to deliver technical outputs to quality, programme and budget.
- Experience of providing technical advice for site activities, including leading inspections, surveys, and resolving construction and detailing-related issues.
- Experience in undertaking feasibility studies, optioneering and developing structural solutions independently.
- Strong record of applying engineering judgement to resolve complex and ambiguous technical challenges.
- Experience in supporting large programmes, enhancement projects or operational activities.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and build relationships across multidisciplinary teams, senior stakeholders and external organisations
- Experience in structural repairs and refurbishment works is desirable.
- Experience with lift and escalator support structures is desirable
The more teams you’ve led, the better. But it’s important you bring a passion for the TfL Vision and strategy too. That’s because, wherever you join us, you’ll explore work of unparalleled scale, scope and variety across a unique range of projects, as you build your career and expertise. So come and bring on tomorrow, as an Engineer at TfL.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
Application Process
Please apply using your CV. Cover letter is encouraged but is to be included with the CV as 1 file.
Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV. Shortlisting is carried out on the basis of how well you meet the criteria for the role.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 12th July 2026 @ 23:59
Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
- Final salary pension scheme
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
- 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
- Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel
Vetting Process
At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.