Signalling Design Manager

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.

• Lead and direct signalling design team in all aspects of delivering railway-signalling schemes in accordance with all company standards, signalling principles and practice.
• Manage and control all staff appointed to project(s) and work packages being produced under your control.
• Develop existing skills and experience of leading signalling design, in a stimulating and challenging project environment.

• Determine signalling design requirements from the client brief and implement the design scope, ensuring that the design team understands the project requirements.
• Determine the design methodology for projects and sign off outline and design specifications.
• Provide excellent engineering skills and technical knowledge of railway signalling, within an environment of high quality and timeliness.
• Provide technical guidance for the production of detailed signalling design.
• Be responsible for the production or checking of detailed signalling principles designs and calculations.
• Act as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) for projects.
• Provide regular reports on the signalling design team performance to Management and planning personnel.
• Monitor and review progress, ensuring project timescales and targets are met.
• Mentor and develop skill of signalling team members, providing guidance, training and feedback.
• Integrate with colleagues, 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.
• Work with project teams of Railway and Infrastructure Engineers at bid and project stage.

• Extensive hands‑on experience of production, checking and approval of feasibility, outline and detailed signalling principles designs and calculations.
• Good underpinning knowledge of signalling design principles, standards, components and fabrication methods.
• Experience of signalling construction methods and installation.
• Understanding of Network Rail or LU signalling assets and project lifecycle on multi‑discipline railway projects.
• Technically competent to undertake technical approvals of signalling designs and associated design submissions including IDC/IDR process.
• Knowledge of other rail disciplines and how their work interfaces with signalling engineering.
• Experienced in responding to client requests and challenging deadlines, coping with interruptions as projects demand.
• Good team leader within signalling and train control teams or project teams and discipline leader within other multidisciplinary railway projects.
• Operating tactfully, diplomatically and with the highest levels of professionalism.

• 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.
• Member of the IRSE and an Incorporated Engineer.