Senior Engineering Leader - Business Engineer

Transport for London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final salary pension scheme

Free travel on TfL network

Public rail travel reimbursement

Job summary

Transport for London is seeking a Senior Engineering Leader – Business Engineering (Band 3) to lead a team of Business Engineers within Engineering Services. You will identify, evaluate and develop engineering-context initiatives that realise benefits for TfL, overseeing projects from ideation through to realization.

You will partner with delivery managers and senior leaders to set strategic direction, manage staff deployment and support individual development goals, while delivering

Qualifications

• Strategic thinking to enable best outcomes for the business.
• Ability to identify and evaluate options under uncertainty to meet objectives.
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop a team within a matrix organisation.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of business cases, whole life costing and procurement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Business Engineers within Engineering Services to deliver multidisciplinary projects.
• Develop and refine business cases, align with client needs and strategic goals.
• Set direction for the specialism and collaborate with senior leaders on strategic initiatives.
• Deliver assignments such as cost saving initiatives and asset strategy frameworks to inform long-term plans.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Option evaluation

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Job description

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Senior Engineering Leader - Business Engineer

Company: TfL, GLA or OPDC

Job title: Senior Engineering Leader - Business Engineering (Band 3)

Grade: Band 3

Contract type:TfL, Permanent

Reference: SF6203

Location: Palestra/5 Endeavour Square (Hybrid Working)

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Ap plication closing date: 30th of November 2026 @ 23:59

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Overview of the role

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Leader — Business Engineering to lead a team of Business Engineers within Engineering Services.

Business Engineers blend technical knowledge with commercial and financial understanding and are responsible for identifying, evaluating, and developing engineering-context initiatives that enable benefits within TfL. We lead and deliver multidisciplinary projects, across product lifecycles, from ideation and business case development, through to the operate, maintain and disposal phases. This includes understanding client and stakeholder needs, developing prototype solutions, mitigating implementation risks and setting technical requirements for delivering well defined business outcomes and benefits realisation.

As a Senior Engineering Leader, you will provide care, wellbeing and management to your team, build relationships with delivery managers, effectively plan and deploy staff to meet ongoing business demand and support team members to achieve their development goals. You will also collaborate with existing senior leaders to set the strategic direction for the specialism.

In addition, you will have a specific delivery assignment; examples of current assignments within Business Engineering include ongoing work with engineering and maintenance teams to identify and implement cost saving initiatives, designing frameworks for Asset Strategy to inform long term financial plans, and providing technical support to the Environmental and Sustainability team, helping to deliver Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity commitments contained within TfL’s Corporate Environment Plan.

What we are looking for

Our team is curious, willing to question assumptions, with an inherent drive for continuous improvement and positive change – we require an individual with the same characteristics.

Skills

• Ability to think strategically – making connections across the organisation, communicating with and developing these connections to enable best outcome for the business.(Essential)
• Ability to identify and evaluate options where there is uncertainty, aligned to Business objectives, TfL’s corporate goals/vision and the Mayors Transport Strategy.(Essential)
• Ability to lead, motivate and inspire team members working within a matrix organisation ensuring that the team delivers high-quality outputs whilst developing the team and individual member capabilities.
• Commercial awareness, understanding of business cases, whole life costing fundamentals and procurement strategies to deliver optimal outcomes.

Knowledge

• Strong understanding of the challenges of introducing new assets or changes in practice into the transport system and the necessary trade-off between cost, time and quality.(Essential)
• Breadth of understanding of the body of knowledge of the different engineering disciplines deployed in transport and how they can be brought together appropriately in projects and programmes to solve client problems.(Essential)
• Strong understanding of the delivery of projects at an early stage including a thorough knowledge of one or more of the following specialisms: Business case development, whole life costing, securing sources of funding.
• Good understanding of project management skills needed to manage tasks, document, and embed change. Good understanding of the principles of risk management and value engineering.

Experience

• Experience managing small multi-disciplinary teams or applying engineering practices to resolve medium to high complexity technical challenges.
• Experience of building relationships with and influencing a wide range of stakeholders at all levels within and outside the organisation. (Essential)
• Experience of early-stage project delivery, problem definition, concept development, option identification, engineering analysis techniques and business case development.(Essential)
• Experience of initiating and delivering business change and measuring and realising benefit. (Essential)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Vetting Process

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter ( https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process ) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers