Signalling Design Manager

Our client is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Through their work, they make a positive difference in the world. My client are currently seeking a Signalling Design Manager to work within the Signalling Design team (part of the London Infrastructure practice), delivering a portfolio of exciting, varied rail projects both in the UK and overseas as part of an established and expanding Rail Business. Projects involve a diverse range of technologies, Mechanical/Electro-mechanical, RRI, Geographical interlocking, CBI and ETCS.

You will be responsible for leading and directing the signalling design team in all aspects of delivering railway-signalling schemes in accordance with all company standards, signalling principles and practice. You will manage and control all staff appointed to project(s) and work packages being produced under your control. The position offers scope for personal skill development, especially in relation to building a project pipeline for an established signalling team. The focus will be on developing existing skills and experience of leading signalling design, in a stimulating and challenging project environment.

We are looking for a passionate, commercially aware Signalling Design Manager, with a sound technical knowledge to play a leading role in the London Signalling team. You will be highly motivated and have a desire to tackle interesting problems with the opportunity of finding innovative solutions. Ensuring the successful delivery of technically excellent signalling projects and bids across the multidisciplinary UK Rail portfolio, you will be responsible for, and typical activities will include:

• Determining the signalling design requirements from the client brief and implementing the design scope, ensuring that the design team understands the project requirements.
• Determining the design methodology for projects and sign off outline and design specifications.
• Providing excellent engineering skills and technical knowledge of railway signalling, within an environment of high quality and timeliness.
• Providing technical guidance for the production of detailed signalling design.
• Being responsible for the Production or Checking of detailed signalling principles designs and calculations.
• Acting as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) for projects.
• Providing on a regular basis, reports on the signalling design team performance to Management and planning personnel.
• Monitoring and reviewing progress, ensuring project timescales and targets are met.
• Being responsible for mentoring and skill development of Signalling team members learning on the job providing guidance, training and feedback.
• Integrating with colleagues, and operating with enthusiasm and a sense of purpose for the successful delivery of projects and the businesses.

Reporting to the UK Signalling Team Leader and locally to the Infrastructure Systems Team Leader and supported by the signalling discipline Technical Head, you will work with project teams of Railway and Infrastructure Engineers at bid and project stage.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Extensive hands-on experience of Production, Checking and Approval of feasibility, outline and detailed signalling principles designs and calculations. Other railway design experience within the rail industry will also be essential.
• Good underpinning knowledge of signalling design principles, standards, components, and fabrication methods.
• Extensive underpinning knowledge of signalling design and interlocking principles, standards, components, and fabrication methods.
• Experience of signalling construction methods and installation.
• A good understanding of Network Rail or LU signalling assets and project lifecycle on multidiscipline railway projects.
• Technically competent to undertake technical approvals of signalling designs and its associated design submissions including IDC/IDR process.
• A good knowledge of other rail disciplines, and how their work interfaces with signalling engineering.
• Experienced in responding to Client requests and challenging deadlines and able to cope with interruptions as projects demand.
• Good team leader within signalling and train control teams or project teams and discipline leader within other Railway multidisciplinary projects.
• Operates tactfully and diplomatically and with the highest levels of professionalism.

Qualifications

• Appropriate HND or Higher qualification would be a benefit.
• IRSE licence Signalling Principles Designer category 1.1.550 and Signalling design verifier 1.1.160.
• Hold or be working towards IRSE Project Engineer or Engineering Manager Design license.1.145 Signalling Design Manager desirable.
• A member of the IRSE and an Incorporated Engineer.