Design Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering development of allocated proposals from initial remit through to project completion.
• Develop and evaluate engineering options, considering safety, reliability, operational capacity, maintainability, construction and environmental requirements.
• Ensure engineering proposals comply with relevant standards and requirements.
• Act as a Contractor's Responsible Engineer (CRE), subject to relevant competence and authority.
• Undertake and support risk identification and assessment, including appropriate engineering risk methodologies.
• Manage engineering scope and change control, assessing impacts on cost, time and performance.
• Support the selection and development of preferred engineering options.
• Prepare engineering data and documentation required to progress schemes into detailed design.
• Support the CDM Principal Designer through relevant project stages.
• Manage engineering interfaces across multiple disciplines and programmes.
• Monitor and assess consultants and contractors throughout the development stages.
• Ensure engineering activities meet required standards for safety, quality, cost and programme.
• Provide technical support and respond to design queries and clarifications.

Essential Requirements

• Engineering degree or equivalent industry-recognised qualification/training.
• IRSE Principles Designer licence or equivalent asset-specific qualification.
• Strong rail engineering experience, ideally with experience in a principal engineering discipline.
• Demonstrable experience in engineering option development and evaluation.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of rail infrastructure and its lifecycle stages.
• Experience with CDM, risk assessment and external audit requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• PTS essential.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution.
• Experience across design, installation and maintenance.
• Formal risk identification and assessment qualifications.
• Six Sigma Green Belt.