OLE Rail Engineering Lead

Arcadis; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis Rail North is expanding its OLE team with an OLE Principal Engineer to lead design projects and provide technical direction across the project lifecycle. The role may be based in York or Warrington with increasing remote work, and offers opportunities to influence major rail schemes.

You will oversee OLE design delivery, manage a project team (including sub-contractors), ensure quality, and align with client expectations and national standards.

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 managementand 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 capablyand with confidence.
• Effective personal and social skills.
• Experience of delivery to a project’s quality management system.
• Have asound knowledgeand experience of the management of design risks.
• Technical ownership of Designer Hazard Logs, agreeing hierarchical system of risk management and communication of residual risks to the Client
• Sound knowledge of legislation, hazards and safe systems of work Understand how to manage health, safety and welfare within own area of responsibility
• Able to provide input to estimates for the engineering budget and schedule and to oversee technical resources to meet requirements on large, complex projects

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 managementat 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

OLE design leadership

Overhead Line engineering

Project management

Technical reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

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

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer

Job description

Arcadis Rail North is expanding its OLE team with an OLE Principal Engineer to lead design projects and provide technical direction across the project lifecycle. The role may be based in York or Warrington with increasing remote work, and offers opportunities to influence major rail schemes.

You will oversee OLE design delivery, manage a project team (including sub-contractors), ensure quality, and align with client expectations and national standards.