Lead Project Engineer Signalling, High Speed Rail

Critical Project Resourcing Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 12%

Hybrid work (3 days in office)

Job summary

Critical Project Resourcing Ltd. is seeking a Lead Project Engineer Signalling for a high-speed rail CCS programme. You will own the client-side signalling engineering, guiding design, construction, testing and handback, with a focus on technical assurance and multi‑discipline interfaces.

You will drive leadership across CCS stages, ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 and NEC3 contracts while coordinating with civils, power and telecoms teams. Chartered Engineer status is expected.

Qualifications

• Senior signalling engineer with hands-on CCS design, installation, testing and commissioning across stages of a high‑speed rail project.
• Experience leading technical assurance and interface management between client and contractor teams.
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent through a recognised professional body is expected.

Responsibilities

• Own signalling project engineering on the CCS programme from the client side.
• Provide technical leadership across design, construction, testing and handback.
• Lead engineering assurance against client standards and specifications.
• Manage interfaces with wider railway contracts and the supply chain, including CDM 2015 duties and NEC3 contract administration.

Skills

Signalling engineering

High-speed rail

Project leadership

Interface management

CDM 2015 Principal Designer duties

NEC3 contract administration

Chartered Engineer status

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent

Job description

Lead Project Engineer Signalling, High Speed Rail

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Salary: £99800 per annum, Benefits: Pension 12%, Hybrid ( 3 days office)

Our client is looking for a Lead Project Engineer to own the signalling project engineering on their programme from the client side. You will carry the project technical engineering leadership of the CCS scheme from early concept work through detailed design, construction, testing and commissioning, and final handback. You sequence the engineering, maintain technical ownership across the programme, and act as the intelligent client for signalling matters. When technical questions come in from the contractor, you know which ones you can address and which ones you route to the subject matter experts within your organisation.

You will lead the engineering assurance of CCS design and construction against the client's technical requirements, standards and specifications, supported by Senior CCS engineers in dedicated technical assurance roles. You will manage interfaces between the CCS contracts and the wider railway systems contracts, including stations, civils, power and telecommunications. You will communicate technical requirements to the supply chain clearly, respond to contractor queries, and make sure that design, construction and commissioning outputs meet what was asked for. You will also discharge Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015 and NEC3 Supervisor duties within your scope.

This is a permanent position, client side.

What you need to bring
You will be a signalling engineer at the most senior project engineering level. Your background must include high-speed or main line railway signalling, covering CCS design, installation, testing and commissioning. You understand what a high-speed CCS scheme involves at each stage of its development, and you have worked across more than one of those stages in a hands‑on engineering role.

You will know how to manage the interface between client requirements and contractor engineering, and how to provide technical direction without micromanaging the supply chain's own designers. Experience of multi-discipline coordination, working alongside civils, systems integration, power and telecoms engineers, is important. So is familiarity with CDM 2015 Principal Designer duties and NEC3 contract administration.
Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent standing through a relevant professional institution, is expected.

Useful to have
Experience on major UK rail infrastructure programmes, including schemes procured through large joint-venture supply chains. Familiarity with Common Safety Method for Risk Assessment. A background that spans concept and scheme stages as well as construction and commissioning, rather than one end of the lifecycle.

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