Senior Electrical Engineer - Rail

Position: Senior Electrical Engineer (Rail)

Location: London

Employment Type: Permanent

Working Arrangement: Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to be part of a rapidly expanding M&E team within Infrastructure? Can you build relations with others to deliver an overall quality service? Are you a Chartered Electrical Engineer with a background in LV power systems? Then, join us for the next adventure in your career.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

To grow our Infrastructure MEP design capability, we are looking for a UK Rail experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join us. Working for UK and international clients, you’ll have the ability to run multiple concurrent medium sized projects. You’ll have responsibility for the development, design & coordination of electrical services for Rail and related infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Producing and reviewing MV/LV power systems and distribution associated with the UK Rail Industry, including single line diagrams, load schedules, cable calculations, and protection studies.
• Overseeing design assurance processes, hazard analysis (HAZID/HAZOP), and safety cases.
• Knowledge of signalling power supplies, SCADA and control systems integration.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, particularly with the BIM team, to prepare design models and drawings.
• Participating in project meetings, site surveys and inspections.
• Having oversight of project lifecycle: feasibility, GRIP/PACE stages, detailed design, installation and commissioning.

Your Skills & Qualifications

• A degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Achieved Chartered Engineer status or a similar professional qualification.
• Experience working on large scale infrastructure electrical design projects, particularly UK rail.
• Demonstrable knowledge in using related software including Amtech, Dialux and ETAP.
• Proficiency in working with BIM software such as Revit, Open Buildings Designer or similar.
• Knowledge of energy reduction methods, carbon calculations, and sustainable design (particularly low energy).
• A good understanding of British and industry recognised technical standards and regulations including BS7671 and Network Rail standards.
• Knowledge of CDM2015 regulations, with an understanding of key health and safety issues and legislation.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays.
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities.
• Private health care for you and a contribution from you for your immediate dependents.
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions.
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions.
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange.
• Life assurance.
• Maternity Leave: 1–20 weeks full pay, 21–26 weeks half pay, 27–39 statutory (SMP) 40–52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply).
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply).
• Optional benefits include: Electric vehicle lease. Annual Rail card (available for under 30s).

Contact

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Partner, Laura Dobson at LADN@COWI.COM. Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.