Principal Rail Traction Power / Substation Engineer in Leeds

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Here’s what you’ll do: We are looking to enhance and grow our Electrification & Power team with a Principal Rail Traction Power / Substation Engineer. You will have delivered complex rail projects to client satisfaction at the appropriate standard, ensuring accuracy of drawings and calculations, and that designs are cost-effective, constructable and compliant with relevant codes and standards. You will join a growing team delivering traction power and substation projects across the UK, with opportunities to support international projects. Our work spans the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies and outline design through to detailed design and construction support.

• Act as CRE / Lead Engineer, taking full accountability for technical delivery, design approval and independent review.
• Lead the delivery of complex traction power and substation design packages across all project stages.
• Contribute to the continued development and technical direction of the Electrification & Power team.
• Work closely with Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated and efficient delivery.
• Oversee and review work carried out by engineers and designers.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship within the team.
• Liaise directly with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop and approve concept and detailed design documentation including calculations, reports and specifications.
• Undertake final technical review of design packages and ensure compliance with relevant standards and project requirements.
• Maintain oversight of design assurance and governance across projects.
• Undertake site visits and surveys where required to inform design development and resolve technical issues.
• Provide construction stage design support and technical guidance as required.
• Support the preparation of technical input into bids and proposals.

You will have a strong understanding of Health & Safety and CDM requirements.

Qualifications:

• Significant experience in traction power and high voltage substation design.
• Demonstrable experience acting as CRE / Lead Engineer.
• Experience delivering complex projects across feasibility, outline and detailed design stages.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary coordination and overseeing design teams.
• Chartered status, working towards chartership, or demonstrable experience operating at Principal level.
• Low voltage experience desirable but not essential.

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

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