Lead OLE Rail Engineer - Remote-Ready & Impactful

Poutrix; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is a world-leading design, engineering and consultancy firm delivering sustainable rail solutions. We are expanding our Rail North business with an OLE Principal Engineer to lead design delivery, technical management and client engagement on major projects.

This role offers office bases in York or Warrington with increasing remote work. The successful candidate will hold Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and bring proven OLE electrical design leadership across large rail schemes,

Qualifications

• Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering discipline.
• Achieved Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status, or equivalent.
• Relevant experience including supervision of elements of large Overhead Line electrical technical design projects.
• Experience of providing technical management and advice to project team members.
• Experience of applying sound impartial engineering judgement in the development of projects.
• Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to the application of technology in engineering practice.
• Discuss ideas and plan capably and with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead designer & CRE responsibilities for OLE design projects.
• Develop OLE designs and solutions throughout all stages of project lifecycle for Network Rail sites.
• Production of OLE designs ensuring high quality delivery and management, including Allocations, Cross Sections, Layout Plans, Isolation Diagrams etc.
• Manage the production of, and quality assure analysis and design and the associated documentation and reports to ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations as well as Arcadis requirements, and that they comply with national standards and codes of practice.
• Work collaboratively with other design disciplines within an agreed engineering management environment to ensure the integration of the OLE designs.
• Oversee an agreed scope of work and the operational workload of a project team including sub-contractors, ensuring work are allocated appropriately and resources are fully utilised.
• Manage the performance of team members and sub-contractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues.
• Present and gains agreement of design options and opportunities to maximise the profitability of design components and drive the implementation of these.
• Provide technical management at a project level.
• Approve and signs off on work.
• Work collaboratively with other design disciplines to ensure the integration of OLE designs and solutions.
• Undertake verification checking of elements of work with higher complexity.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Electrical design

Stakeholder engagement

Education

BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status

Job description

Arcadis is a world-leading design, engineering and consultancy firm delivering sustainable rail solutions. We are expanding our Rail North business with an OLE Principal Engineer to lead design delivery, technical management and client engagement on major projects.

This role offers office bases in York or Warrington with increasing remote work. The successful candidate will hold Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and bring proven OLE electrical design leadership across large rail schemes,