Engineering Supervisor / Safety Technology Implementation Lead

Tended; Croydon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Tended is seeking an Implementation Lead to bridge our rail safety tech with on-site teams across the Sussex region. You’ll lead deployments, coach users, and build quick trust with clients while ensuring safe, effective use of geofencing hardware.

This field-based role requires knowledge of rail environments, strong communication, and flexibility for night or weekend shifts, with travel and on-site presence three days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience as ES/ESA/COSS/Site Agent or similar on-site leadership role in rail or related industry.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to influence site teams and users.
• Comfort with technology and ability to learn product deeply for on-site coaching.
• Detail-oriented with ability to follow established processes and procedures.
• Proactive, able to identify and fix problems and improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead key client deployments on the ground, in collaboration with project managers.
• Build strong relationships quickly and provide on-site coaching and support to users.
• Develop deep product knowledge to help users navigate day-to-day challenges and drive adoption.
• Travel across the Sussex region to sites; regular depot/on-site presence required.
• Support field-based safety goals and feedback into product improvement.

Skills

Rail on-site leadership

Communication & interpersonal

Coaching on-site users

Problem solving & initiative

Willingness to learn

Education

PTS qualification or eligibility

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Are you an experienced railway professional with knowledge and experience of roles like COSS, ES and PICOP?

You already understand the track and the people who work on it. We're looking for people like you to help put new safety technology into the hands of the workforce - and to be part of a big change in how track workers are kept safe.

At Tended, we create first-of-a-kind safety systems that transform rail worker safety. Our geofencing solution has been named one of TIME's Best Inventions and has made the Digital Leaders 100 list for Geospatial Initiative of the Year. It's already out there on the track, helping to keep people away from the running line and improving on site efficiency.

Network Rail is committed to geofencing for the long term, and the rollout across the Sussex region is already underway. We're looking for an Implementation Lead to help us grow our capability on the ground.

Tasks

As an Implementation Lead, you're the bridge between Tended and our clients, guiding their teams through helping their teams get comfortable using our kit out on-site.

You'll lead key client deployments on the ground, working closely with Tended's project managers to deliver an excellent service. Success in this role depends on building strong, trusting relationships quickly - so first-class communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Our technology is used by track workers with a wide range of technical confidence. You'll develop a deep understanding of our products so you can coach users through their day-to-day challenges and until they’re confident using it on their own. Being on-site also puts you in a unique position to see how our products are really used - spotting ideas for how we can make it better and feeding improvements back to the team.

You'll need strong knowledge of the rail environment and the roles within it, and you'll either hold a Personal Track Safety (PTS) qualification or meet the requirements to obtain one. Above all, we're looking for someone proactive and approachable - person fit matters to us.**

Travel and working pattern

This is a field-based role centred on regular client site visits across the Sussex region. You'll spend at least 3 days a week in the depot and on site, with the remaining time working remotely or in person with your line manager.

Because our users work shifts, this role covers both nightshifts and dayshifts, and includes weekend and bank holiday working - flexibility to meet the needs of the business and our clients is essential.

In return, we have excellent policies covering travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses, as well as fatigue management and time off in lieu.

A full driving licence is required.

Requirements

Even if you don’t feel you have all of the requirements listed below, we’d encourage you to apply, as we’re looking for someone who is willing to learn and grow with us.

Essential

• You have experience as an ES, ESA, COSS, Site Agent, or in a comparable on-site leadership role within the railway or a related industry.
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to influence site teams and users, and turn them into capable users of our product. Experience of working with different roles, from track workers to site managers is desirable.
• You are comfortable with technology and enthusiastic to develop an in-depth understanding of our products to provide on-site coaching and support to users.
• You take a detailed approach and consistently follow established processes and procedures with accuracy.
• You instinctively take initiative to find and fix problems, thinking out of the box to find ways to make things better.

Desirable

• You might have practical, hands-on experience of on-the-ground delivery of new technologies, delivering to a range of different kinds of users with different levels of tech-savviness.
• You might have experience with project management tools.
• You might have some experience in project management disciplines such as planning, managing risks, dependencies, issues, timelines, budgets, scope, deliverables and quality.
• You might have some commercial awareness, such as understanding how to demonstrate the value of our work to clients during delivery.