Senior OLE Design Engineer - Lead Rail Electrification

AECOM; Highgate; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM's Transportation team is expanding and seeks a Senior Overhead Line Engineer with Network Rail experience to lead OLE design across schemes and mentor junior engineers. You will report to the Team Leader and coordinate with other disciplines to deliver safe, economical, and compliant designs.

Responsibilities include delivering layouts, isolation diagrams, bonding designs, and supporting calculations while ensuring quality, BIM/CDE alignment, and adherence to design standards.

Qualifications

• Proven lead designer experience in significant OLE design schemes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OLE ranges (OLEMI, UKMS, Series-1, Series-2, Mk3B, GEFF, Mk1, SICAT, SNCF, UK1).
• Experience with isolation diagrams and update processes.
• Understanding of earthing and bonding for electrification.
• Proficient in BIM/CDE practices and 3D design environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer and Lead designer for OLE design schemes.
• Lead the production of technical OLE designs including Layout Plans, Cross Sections, Allocations, Isolation Diagrams and related reports.
• Ensure designs comply with current design standards and are constructible while meeting budget and programme.
• Collaborate with other disciplines and sub-contractors.
• Prepare fee proposals and coordinate resources and timelines with the Director for client submissions.
• Undertake Project Engineer duties for Network Rail as required by the Designated Project Engineer.

Skills

Lead designer experience

Overhead Line design

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

3D BIM/CDE experience

Education

BSc, BEng or MEng in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer (or working towards)

Tools

Bentley MicroStation CAD

Job description

AECOM's Transportation team is expanding and seeks a Senior Overhead Line Engineer with Network Rail experience to lead OLE design across schemes and mentor junior engineers. You will report to the Team Leader and coordinate with other disciplines to deliver safe, economical, and compliant designs.

Responsibilities include delivering layouts, isolation diagrams, bonding designs, and supporting calculations while ensuring quality, BIM/CDE alignment, and adherence to design standards.