Lead TMS Engineer for Rail – Hybrid Role

Carrington West; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Carrington West is seeking a Lead Traffic Management System Engineer to define how a world-class high-speed railway will be controlled and operated. The role focuses on unifying traffic management, signalling and planning within a complex rail environment.

Based in London or Birmingham with hybrid working (3 days in the office), you will shape requirements, manage key stakeholders, and drive whole-system thinking as HS2’s Traffic Management System evolves.

Qualifications

• Significant experience with rail Traffic Management Systems, integrated control systems or closely related railway control and planning systems.
• Strong understanding of how a railway operates, including the relationship between signalling/control and real-time traffic or service management.
• Experience developing requirements, concepts or solutions for complex railway systems.
• Strong systems integration experience, including management of interfaces between different railway systems.
• Ability to operate as a technical SME while maintaining a whole-system and operational perspective.
• Demonstrable ability to challenge requirements, standards and proposed solutions rather than simply applying established processes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across technical, operational, supplier and delivery organisations.
• Experience working within complex multidisciplinary rail programmes.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into practical system requirements and functionality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of how the Traffic Management System will be controlled and operated for a highly automated railway.
• Coordinate between signalling, traffic management, operational planning and broader railway system interfaces.
• Influence operating concepts and requirements as HS2's system architecture evolves.

Skills

Rail Traffic Management Systems

Systems integration

Requirements development

Stakeholder management

Whole-system thinking

Job description

Carrington West is seeking a Lead Traffic Management System Engineer to define how a world-class high-speed railway will be controlled and operated. The role focuses on unifying traffic management, signalling and planning within a complex rail environment.

Based in London or Birmingham with hybrid working (3 days in the office), you will shape requirements, manage key stakeholders, and drive whole-system thinking as HS2’s Traffic Management System evolves.