Senior Rail Integration Engineer

Full Job Description

Unique Role

Are you a Senior Engineer with System Integration Understanding & good understanding of railway operations with a track record of solving complex engineering issues on railway infrastructure?   If you are interested in leaving an engineering legacy rather than manage engineering assurance this role could be for you.

Senior Systemwide Engineer is required to work for the Client Organisation (High Speed Two Ltd) responsible for the New High-Speed Rail project in the UK..  The Systemwide Engineer role is a unique role within HS2 which looks to manage and resolve novel and complex critical risk engineering challenges on HS2.  HS2 has many novel systems which are being implemented for the first time, for instance, ETCS Signalling Systems over ATO – these engineering challenges often branch across multiple contracts with complex integration issues and from lesson learnt from Crossrail – HS2 are taking control of these in a special engineering department – Systemwide Engineer working within the System Integration department of the Chief Engineer’s group.

Working on Phase 1 of the project, which, is valued c£60 billion has 10 years left to run and the Systemwide Engineer team & indeed the wider system integration department will be required to work to the very end & likely into service, excellent opportunities for development and progression.

Job overview

Manage and deliver targeted and strategic multidisciplinary systemwide engineering projects to resolve key railway level integration challenges considering all technical, operation, cost, affordability and programme constraints. Delivery of this role will provide a critical contribution to ensuring the correct HS2 operational railway is delivered. through providing clarity and ensuring stakeholder consensus in system level solutions and contributions required from each sub-system.

The Senior Engineer will lead small teams of specialist engineers to come together in sprints to resolve these challenges, gain consensus from the stakeholders (End users, future operators, standard authority etc) and take these recommendations to the endorsement panels.  They will see the engineering challenge through the lifecycle from concept solution, requirements gathering & definition, work on designs, solve integration, attend lab site test through to successful delivery.

Example of the Novel Engineering Challenges to resolve

• Platform train Interface – when trains move into and out of station platforms there are a huge number of complex systems, physical engineering assets and human factors that all have to safely work together.  Systems include – ATO (Automatic Train Opening), CCTV, Scada, train cab controls, Train control systems. Physical assets – platform gauging, security platform screens – Human factors – how train driver reacts, how travellers react.

• Interaction of the train in operation as it moves from HS2 assets across Network Rail assets – how this displays in the train, possession management, asset management.

• Toilet Technology – HS2 plans to use novel bio-reactive toilet than a normal toilet system which allows Train Depots to be smaller and simper – however, this will created operational challenges which need to be resolved.

Progression & Development

High Speed Two is a rapidly growing organisation with the opportunities for progression and development truly fantastic.  HS2 already have a superb reputation for progressing from within highlighted by the fact 45% of all vacancies are filled internally.  High Speed Two have embraced a System Approach to delivering such a hugely complex & large programmes of works the opportunities across the organisation within System Engineering, Integration, Engineering Management, Configuration Requirements & Assurance are unrivalled across the industry. 

Work Situation – Hybrid

The office location is Birmingham Snowhill or London Euston (your choice) they operate a flexible hybrid working model with plans to be working 2 days a week from the office.  Overall, this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from, however, if you wish to be based front the office more you can.

Birmingham                  £65 – 71,160.00 + Pen (6:12) + health + 25 days (Potentially up to £74,718)

London            £75 – 80,760+ Pen (6:12) + health + 25 days (Potentially up to £84,798)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Determine approach for resolution of assigned key integration challenges, establish multidisciplinary team and consensus in the plan to resolve.
• Lead, manage and successfully deliver targeted systemwide engineering projects with multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead and deliver systemwide engineering activities including engineering and options analysis and impact assessment.
• Lead and prepare objective and persuasive technical recommendation papers to gain approval for associated key decisions from Governance Panels.
• Lead engagement of a diverse range of stakeholders to establish consensus in options, impact assessment and project outcomes.
• Ensure complete and comprehensive evidence base for all key decisions.
• Monitor and report on progress towards gaining approval and completion of project implementation.
• Active participation in the Prime Systems Integrator integration forum ensuring that the integration topics requiring systemwide engineering support are identified and allocated appropriately.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support

Candidate Criteria

Looking for a System Engineer or Engineer with a Systems understanding (V-life cycle, interface management, requirements, system assurance, configuration) whom has good working knowledge of at least 2 railways engineering sub systems such as Rolling Stock, Signalling, Telecoms, Scada, Control systems, E&P etc.  You will have a good understanding of railway operations & system integration.

Skills:

• Ability to problem solve in a railway integration context, understand the source problem and developing projects to resolve the challenges through engineering analysis, options and impact assessment.
• Multidisciplinary railway engineering and technical leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles across all phases of the engineering lifecycle.
• Critically evaluate stakeholder priorities to determine relative importance of integration issues to determine the correct order for resolution of integration challenges.
• Able to systematically build clear and robust evidence across all railway disciplines.
• Able to reconcile challenging and differing stakeholder views, build consensus and produce clearly articulated robust and objective technical recommendation papers on which to make decisions.
• Ability to produce communications which engage and influence colleagues at all levels.

Knowledge:

• Understanding Regulatory/Legislative Framework for High-Speed Railways in UK and Europe.
• The application of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment.
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Understanding of all disciplines involved in new high speed railway project delivery.
• Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering projects on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme.
• Experience in systems engineering in a railway project environment.
• Experience of options and impact assessment in a railway project environment.
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams in a matrix organisation to deliver project outcomes.
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Working towards Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or demonstration of the equivalent professional experience.