Engineer - Business Engineering in London

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Job Details:

• Salary: Circa £62,000 (dependent on skills, knowledge and experience)
• Contract Type: TfL, Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid
• Location: Southwark (with various onsite visits required)

Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Overview of Role:

Business Engineers are responsible for identifying, evaluating, and developing engineering-context initiatives with the potential to deliver benefits across TfL; we also support the implementation of change and realisation of the benefits. We lead and deliver multidisciplinary projects, across product lifecycles, from ideation and business case, through to the operate and maintain phases. This includes understanding stakeholder needs, the business case, mitigating risks, establishing feasibility, developing prototype solutions, and setting technical requirements for delivering well defined business outcomes.

We are a team who sit across disciplines, leveraging our own knowledge and the technical expertise from colleagues & partnerships while maintaining a bird’s eye view of how the solution integrates with the business. Recent assignments within Business Engineering include ongoing work with engineering and maintenance teams to identify and implement cost saving initiatives, designing frameworks for Asset Strategy to inform long term financial plans, and providing technical support to the Net Zero matrix team to launch major environmental and commercial projects.

The Type of Applicants We Seek:

Our team are curious, willing to question assumptions, with an inherent drive for positive change. We need to deal with large numbers of stakeholders and utilise these relationships. Our people are logical and able to pull information and expertise together to produce innovative solutions, with the problem‑solving mindset needed to see this through. Our team has a combination of attributes: technical ability including ‘systems’ integration, coordinating and overseeing output of multi‑disciplinary teams, facilitating continuous improvement, taking ownership of projects and deliverables, delivering and embedding change.

Qualifications Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively, with expert and non‑expert stakeholders. (ESSENTIAL)
• Ability to analyse complex data (quantitative and qualitative), identify key issues, draw conclusions and produce solutions and decisions (ESSENTIAL)
• Commercial awareness, understanding of business cases, whole life costing fundamentals and procurement strategies to deliver optimal outcomes. (ESSENTIAL)
• Ability to think strategically – making connections across the organisation, communicating with, and developing these connections and stakeholders to scope, structure and deliver projects to agreed cost, time and resources. (ESSENTIAL)
• Ability to identify and evaluate options where there is uncertainty, aligned to Business objectives, TfL’s corporate goals/vision and the Mayors Transport Strategy (or equivalent contexts). (DESIRABLE)

Knowledge:

• Incorporated Engineer recognised international equivalent or possesses equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Good understanding of the challenges of introducing new assets or changes in practice into the transport system and the necessary trade off between cost, time and quality.
• Good level knowledge of a relevant engineering discipline or functional specialism.
• Basic understanding of the interfaces between own discipline / functional specialism and the wider transport system; and how they can be brought together appropriately in projects and programmes to solve client problems.
• Basic understanding of the principles of risk management and value engineering.
• Basic knowledge of applicable health & safety legislation, industry best practice, standards and guidance.
• Basic knowledge of the TfL Vision, Mayoral Transport Strategy, Business priorities and financial constraints.

Experience:

• Experience in several of the following areas: conception, specification, design, construction, testing, commissioning, bringing into use, operation and or disposal of assets, systems or changes to engineering practice.
• Experience of managing small multi‑disciplinary engineering teams or applying engineering principles to resolve low complexity technical challenges.
• Experience of applying professional engineering judgement to support low risk / complexity projects or operational activities.
• Experience of building relationships with and influencing a wide range of stakeholder at all levels within and outside of the organisation.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion:

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process:

Please apply using your most recent CV and mandatory 1 page Cover Letter (Word format only) explaining how you meet the criteria listed under the section ‘Role Requirements’, with reference to the skills, knowledge and experience you have gained at expert level. You are encouraged to apply for the position that is most relevant to your existing skills, knowledge and experience as shortlisting is carried out on the basis of how well you meet the criteria for the role.

The closing date for applications is Monday 13 April @ 23:59.

Vetting Process:

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work‑life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Tax‑efficient cycle‑to‑work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.