Senior Project Engineer

Job title:

Senior Project Engineer

Company

Network Rail

Job description

About Network Rail🌟 Join Our Team at Network Rail! 🌟Are you ready to make a difference in people’s lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We’re an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Click here to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!We’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we’re committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here .Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!About our people and the recruitment process – We’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us , whilst you have a healthy work life balance.We’re also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.About GBRXThe industry partnership for digital railway (IPDR) under the GBRx banner, is a national and cross industry enterprise, with the mission of creating the next generation railway. This pioneering industry partnership will deliver a major transformation through the deployment of digital train control technology known as the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). This represents a migration to a safer, higher performing, more resilient, more efficient, better skilled, more productive, and greener railway, delivering passenger benefits in the areas of safety, punctuality and resilience, and taxpayer benefits in the areas of reduction in capital and whole life cost.At the forefront of this mission is the delivery of the East Coast Digital Programme, which is the first intercity railway to migrate to digital signalling and is the third phase of the digital railway masterplan.IPDR is leading the Train Control System Framework (TCSF) contract for the UK network, working with various suppliers and various stakeholders (System Authority, Technical Authority, TOC’s & FOC’s) to develop industry leading digital technology fit for a 21st century railway.You’ll work on groundbreaking projects that make a real-world impact. This hybrid role offers a balance of regular in-office collaboration with remote work, encouraging flexibility while enabling you to work closely with our diverse team.At GBRX, we are driving innovation in the railway industry, delivering complex projects that shape the future of transportation.Brief DescriptionWe are recruiting for a Senior Project Engineer for Industry Partnership for Digital Railway. To support the development, design and construction activities across a portfolio of projects and initiatives..To help achieve the industry’s strategic objectives, we require an innovative thinker and problem solver with European Train Control System (ETCS) experience or understanding to support further ETCS development and deployment within GB. The role will support a number of projects and workstreams within the context of the wider network ETCS portfolio.About the role (External)Key Accountabilities:

• Implement Network Rail systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation. Liaise with regulators and others as appropriate.
• Engineer Projects to the standards and specification of Network Rail, allocated design and construction contracts include reference to and are compliant with appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards, formal specifications and procedures.
• Manage all engineering activities 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.
• Maintain the use of relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to allocated projects and manage the environmental aspects of allocated projects in accordance with Network Rail’s environmental policy.
• Monitor design and specialist consultants and contractors.
• Provide project management advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision. Manage the design and/or construction elements of relevant projects meet the requirements of current legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
• Internal and contractor’s design/construction/specialist personnel are competent.
• Undertake reviews of design and/or construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors monitoring safety, environment and quality of design, construction, testing and commissioning and management systems is adequate.
• Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) for specific projects.
• Identify and share best practice across the various project teams.

Essential:

• Successful relevant experience in signalling engineering, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
• Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level.
• Knowledge of quality assurance.
• An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
• CDM, risk assessment, engineering management competency

Desirable:

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
• Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
• An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
• Project safety management experience
• CSM RA.

How to apply (External)Salary: £55,596 – £62,546
Closing date: 14/02/2025 – Late applications will not be accepted.Click apply now to apply.Hybrid working opportunity! This role can be based in York or London, Kings Cross.What does our recruitment process look like?

• Once you have applied, our Recruitment Specialist will look at your CV.
• If your experience matches what we’re looking for, you’ll be invited to an interview with the hiring manager.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.You can visit Evenbreaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you’re unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.Network Rail Benefits – To find out about what benefits we offer, click hereAll offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Expected salary

£55596 – 62546 per year

Location

York

Job date

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:09:44 GMT

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