Assistant Signalling Engineer in Cardiff

Overview

Assistant Signalling Engineer – permanent opportunity to join our Consulting Rail team in Cardiff or Bristol and work on innovative and complex signalling design solutions for a range of clients.

What the role offers

The standard working week is 37.5 hours, with flexible working practices including hybrid, part time and adaptable patterns to fit life needs.

Key Projects

As an Assistant Signalling Design Engineer on some of the UK’s most significant and complex rail infrastructure projects including Wales & Borders. We support major programmes such as Northern Powerhouse Rail, Eastern Routes Partnership, Northwest & Central Framework, Core Valley Lines, Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade, and Cardiff Crossrail. Our in-house engineering team delivers design solutions across all project lifecycle stages and disciplines, driving improved connectivity, enhancing passenger journeys, and shaping the future of rail safety and efficiency. These projects provide opportunities for personal and professional development, whether on long-term high-value programmes or smaller, community-focused initiatives. With these frameworks in place, you will influence infrastructure projects that shape the region’s future.

What You Will Be Doing

Our Signalling Engineers play an important part within the Consulting Rail Signalling team which deliver innovative and complex signalling designs to our clients including Network Rail, Transport for Wales and others. As an Assistant Signalling Engineer you will provide effective support and assistance to your design team on a variety of rail design schemes whilst playing a key role on projects.

Responsibilities Include

• Contributing to the signalling design elements of complete projects including renewal and or enhancement of control systems, interlockings, track circuits, communication systems and level crossings.
• Being a key player in a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions.
• Preparation designs, calculations, drawings, risk assessments and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Liaising with design engineers from interfacing disciplines.
• Configuring and programming programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions.
• Supporting the Design Lead in liaising with clients (both internal and external to Amey) and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, and responding to queries.
• Drive effective health and safety practices within the team.

We Want To Hear From You If You Have

• Demonstrable competence in producing rail signalling designs to assistant engineer level independently.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an Engineering, Mathematics or Science based subject or demonstrable equivalent further learning.
• An Institution of Railway Signalling Engineers Assistant Design Licence (or higher) and an up-to-date logbook of work experience and training history.
• Completed or partly completed the Institution of Railway Signalling Engineers Professional Examination.
• An action plan leading to completion of either the professional review or end point assessment, resulting in the award of Incorporated or Chartered status.
• Familiarity with Network Rail, RSSB and relevant BSEN standards.
• Experience of programming programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to IEC 61131.
• Experience in undertaking project related tasks associated with health, safety and welfare, e.g. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.

What We Can Offer

Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

Some Of Our Benefits Include

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition.
• Competitive salary and compensation.
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey.
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Flexible benefits scheme, including the option to buy additional annual leave and insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership.
• Save with Amey programme gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers.
• Family friendly policies for new parents or caregivers.
• Membership of our Affinity Networks.
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities.

About Amey

Who we are: Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

What we do: We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defense systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

Application Guidance

Diversity and Inclusion: We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today. We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

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