Job Description

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

• Lead Project Engineers and Engineering team which may be located at multiple sites across England and Scotland.
• Ensure that all engineering discipline Safety aspects are planned, executed and reviewed as part of an excellent safety culture within the business. Including discharge of safety responsibilities such as CDM Regulations, Health and Safety legislation and company procedures.
• Ensure that the engineering aspects of the regional office or portfolio of Fixed Telecoms
• projects are delivered within budget and time constraints and to the appropriate level of quality.
• Allocate engineering work packages to Project Engineers or Engineers who will be responsible for project delivery on behalf of respective Project Managers.
• Ensure all Project Engineering procedures and tools are deployed consistently across the project portfolio
• The Senior Project Engineer will carry out Project Engineering works as required.
• Ensure that Engineering Safety Risk is managed effectively throughout all engineering phases of the project.
• Manage the regional office or portfolio of tendering project engineering work-packages through allocation of project engineering resources to prepare estimates
• Support functional and operational change effectively and efficiently to support business success, growth, development and adaptation.
• Interface with business peers including design, construction and test to support cross discipline business needs, share knowledge and best practises
• Maintain a continuous communication with contractors and customers in the development and implementation of projects to ensure a uniformity of purpose and common targets.
• Prepare project engineering work bank activity plans and forecasts to maximize resource utilisation and efficient deployment
• Prepare and maintain resource scheduling to identify resource requirements to meet short term work bank surplus / shortfall
• Promoting engineering excellence, efficiency and continual improvement with consistent practices and the adoption of new tools and methods of working.
• Mentor the engineering community and promote personal development
• Develop own knowledge and experience through taking a pro-active approach to learning and seeking information from within and outside the company.
• Assist the Project Engineering Manager as necessary and fully participate in activities that assist the development of the Engineering Department
• Discharge safety responsibilities in relation to CDM Regulations, Health and Safety legislation, Company procedures including development of the project Safety Plan.
• Perform the role of Contractors Responsible Engineer as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Chartered Engineer Status or appropriate professional status and relevant engineering qualification such as HND. (essential) Considerable and established knowledge and interest in the rail telecoms industry, significant experience of telecoms engineering implementation on large main line rail schemes in the UK. (essential) Safety culture aware – proven ability to lead, influence and develop safety culture to latest strategies and methods. (essential) Excellent communication skills written oral. (essential) Broad base of Engineering skills, experiences, knowledge and competencies covering the full engineering lifecycle. (essential) Experience in Systems Engineering, Project Engineering and Design of safety critical or safety related systems, test and installation environments. (essential) Leadership – proven ability to lead and experience of managing multidisciplinary teams. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to foresee change, forecast and manage project engineering resource utilisation and costs. (essential) Proven flexibility in the role as it requires an element of travelling and unsociable hours working which may include night working, weekend working and bank holiday working. Full UK Driving Licence Personal Track Safety Competence