Senior Project Engineer

Overview

Siemens Mobility are recruiting for a Senior Project Engineer for our Rail Infrastructure CIS Telecoms Team based out of our offices in Ashby de la Zouch, Chippenham, or London.

Reporting to the Lead Project Engineering Manager, the Senior Project Engineer will be responsible for the regional office and/or portfolio of Project Engineering delivery.

The Senior Project Engineer will lead other Project Engineering personnel within our Telecoms Engineering Department to successfully deliver all engineering aspects of Operational Telecommunications projects.

The first assignment will be the role of System Integration and Interface Manager on the HS2 Operational Telecommunications and Security Systems package.

The project involves a complex stakeholder landscape and the role includes developing a broad understanding of the project scope and the solution and acting as an interface between Siemens engineering teams and the customer, other supply partners, and external parties.

The candidate should have experience in a comparable environment and the ability to work across technical and organizational contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Project Engineers and engineering teams across multiple UK sites, allocating work packages and ensuring consistent use of engineering procedures, tools, and standards.
• Ensure delivery of telecommunications engineering projects within budget, time, and quality requirements, including supporting tendering activities and managing resource planning, forecasting, and scheduling.
• Take ownership of engineering safety across all phases, ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations, Health & Safety legislation, company procedures, and effective management of engineering safety risks.
• Lead system integration on major rail infrastructure projects, managing interfaces between telecoms, security systems, and other disciplines, including development of ICDs, interface registers, and coordination processes.
• Identify, manage, and resolve interface risks, dependencies, and clashes while ensuring robust stakeholder alignment through workshops and ongoing coordination.
• Collaborate with internal teams, contractors, and customers to ensure effective communication, knowledge sharing, and alignment on project objectives and delivery.
• Promote engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and adoption of new tools and ways of working, while mentoring team members and supporting their professional development.
• Support business change, departmental development, and wider engineering activities, including acting as Contractors Responsible Engineer and assisting the Project Engineering Manager when required.
• Leverage Chartered Engineer (or equivalent) status and relevant qualifications (e. g., HND) with broad engineering knowledge spanning the full lifecycle to ensure robust, end-to-end delivery.
• Apply extensive UK rail telecoms industry experience, including implementation on large mainline schemes and systems engineering across the V-lifecycle on complex projects.
• Champion a strong safety culture, leading and developing safety practices in line with modern strategies.
• Demonstrate leadership of multidisciplinary teams with excellent written and verbal communication to align stakeholders and drive successful outcomes.
• Utilise expertise in project engineering, design, testing and installation of safety-critical systems, with strong organisational skills to forecast, plan, and manage engineering resources and costs effectively.
• Show flexibility and commitment to operational demands, including travel, unsociable hours, and holding a full UK driving licence to support delivery across varied project environments.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (or equivalent) status or demonstrable equivalent; relevant qualification (e. g., HND) with broad base of engineering knowledge across the full lifecycle.
• Extensive experience in the UK rail telecoms industry, including implementation on large mainline schemes and systems engineering across the V-lifecycle on complex projects.
• Strong safety culture and track record of leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating complex interfaces.

Benefits

• Flexible working, mental health support, subsidised gym memberships, subsidised Bupa healthcare, enhanced sick pay.
• Match and More pension, life assurance, discounts, Cycle to Work scheme, annual bonus.
• Parental rights from day one, shared parental leave, extra holidays, volunteering days, and sabbaticals.
• 26 days annual leave (plus public holidays), with option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year.
• Online learning access and opportunities for external training and development.
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