Engineer; Band 3 Environment & Sustainability Engineering

Engineer (Band
3) Environment & Sustainability Engineering

Job title: Engineer (Band
3) Environment & Sustainability Engineering

Contract type: TfL Reference: 3898

Team: Environment & Sustainability Engineering Directorate: Engineering

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.

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Environment & Sustainability Engineering team in Transport for London’s (TfL) Capital Office.

The Capital Office’s vision is to have a valued team of empowered people, supplying sustainable and efficient outcomes for all our customers. TfL’s Green Strategy and Corporate Environment Plan set out our ambition to tackle the climate and ecological emergencies, and our priorities from now to 2030. TfL Engineering & Asset Strategy have a pivotal role to play from strategising and solution development through to supporting delivery.

To meet this challenge, we are building our Environment & Sustainability Engineering capability in line with the huge amount of interesting and important work we have ahead.

We are looking for an Engineer to join our Environment & Sustainability Engineering team. Our team provides a professional engineering capability working across projects and the asset groups to drive environmental performance improvements. The focus is on system-level technical solutions to deliver the desired integrated system outcomes - energy, carbon, air quality, biodiversity, green infrastructure, climate change adaptation, sustainable resources.

Your key accountabilities will include:

Developing processes, tools, methodologies, technical or functional strategies, standards and governance, and identifying and influencing best practice, to deliver environmental outcomes and enable continuous improvement across TfL

Working closely with industry, internal and external stakeholders to exploit existing knowledge or technology and introduce relevant innovations or best practice across TfL

Advising and supporting projects and asset groups to deliver and develop environment processes and technical strategies

Representing TfL as a subject matter expert when engaging with suppliers, customers, industry bodies and external agencies

The following Skills, Knowledge & Experience are required for the role:

Skills

Ability to influence people at all levels across the organisation and facilitate joint decision making – ESSENTIAL

Ability to manage customer expectations and deliver service to meet expectations – ESSENTIAL

Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex processes, systems or data and produce conclusions or solutions, and to visualise and articulate these – ESSENTIAL

Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar problems, technical possibilities and operational implications, based on a sound understanding of engineering fundamentals – ESSENTIAL

Ability to independently manage and develop portfolios of work, conflicting priorities and interfaces – ESSENTIAL

Knowledge

Chartered Engineer or recognised international equivalent with good knowledge of relevant TfL, British and International Standards – Desirable

Knowledge of the TfL Vision, Mayoral Transport Strategy, Corporate Environment Plan, business priorities and financial constraints – ESSENTIAL

Knowledge and understanding of technically complex projects involving complex stakeholder groups – ESSENTIAL

Knowledge of transport systems, infrastructure engineering and operations backed up by strong aptitude for holistic integrative thinking – ESSENTIAL

Knowledge of whole life asset management, legislation, technical standards and industry best practice related to environment and sustainability – ESSENTIAL

Knowledge of contracts management and commercial impacts of engineering decisions – Desirable

Experience

Experience…