Railway Electrical Engineer (Catenary)

Sweco; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Sports Card Access

Language Learning Support

Company Social Benefits Fund

Empik GO

Bonus Birthday Day Off

Flexible Work Model

Job summary

Sweco Design Center Poland seeks a railway design engineer to contribute to overhead contact systems, alignment design, and technical drawings. You will prepare layout plans, cross‑sections, and cable routing, coordinating with track, civil, and structural teams to integrate the catenary system within the railway infrastructure.

A Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Electrical, or Railway Engineering is required, with 3–10 years of rail experience. Fluent English is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Electrical, or Railway Engineering.
• 3–10 years of relevant railway experience.
• Proficient in 2D/3D design and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of overhead contact systems: alignment design and cable routing.
• Prepare layout plans, cross-sections, and technical drawings for electrification works.
• Coordinate with track, civil and structural teams to integrate catenary systems.
• Create content for maps outlining required build areas for new railway.

Skills

Railway design

2D/3D design

Cross-disciplinary coordination

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Railway Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bentley MicroStation

PROMIS

OpenRail

Job description

Sweco is a Swedish-owned company with headquarters in Stockholm. We are 23,000 experts across Europe and every year we provide solutions in 80 countries around the world. Together with our clients, we create projects that address urbanization and digitalization and contribute to a more sustainable society.

The Sweco Design Center Poland operates as an internal design center within the Sweco Group. It specializes in providing expert services in planning, engineering, architecture, and design across diverse sectors, including infrastructure, transportation, urban planning, construction, energy, manufacturing, and IT systems. The Design Center currently collaborates with three countries: Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.

What type of project do you work with:

Projects of a variety of sizes, both larger and smaller based in Norway and Sweden. Both the new railway and the repair and expansion of existing railway yard reconstructions, catenary replacements. Working with rail/catenary design, you produce results in the form of system descriptions, technical descriptions, plan descriptions, models, and drawings – depending on the type of project. We work on projects at all stages where there may be different requirements for documentation, drawings, and calculations.

Responsibilities:

• Design and development of overhead contact systems: alignment design, template design, including ducting of tracks, yards, L Sections, cross-sections;
• Preparation of technical drawings and documentation, such as layout plans, cross-sections, and cable routing for electrification works;
• Conducting technical assessments and calculations, including wire tensioning, electrical clearances, and system performance under operational conditions;
• Coordination with multidisciplinary teams (track, civil, structural) to ensure proper integration of the catenary system within the overall railway infrastructure;
• Create the content of the maps that show and clarify what areas are needed to be able to build the new railway, not only the railway itself.

Our requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Railway Engineering, or related field;
• Professional experience in Railway/Lightrail/Tramway assignments. We are open to all experience levels, ranging from 3 years to over 10 years of relevant expertise;
• Strong 2D and 3D design skills using AutoCAD/Bentley Microstation/Promise/Open Rail software;
• Involved in railway design assignments, including preparation and analysis of Pegging Plans, Layout Plans, CSDs, SEDs, as well as Dropper and Clearance calculations, and other related elements of traction power systems;
• Ability to adapt to other surrounding things like roads, existing buildings/facilities, ducting, how the existing ground/geology looks, piping, etc;
• Very good communication skills in English (written and spoken).

What we offer:

• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance – Comprehensive health coverage provided by Medicover, with the option to extend benefits to family members.
• Sports Card Access – Choose between Multisport or Medicover Sport to stay active and healthy.
• Language Learning Support – A financial bonus to support improving your English skills or starting to learn Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian.
• Company Social Benefits Fund – Seasonal bonuses provided during vacation periods and at Christmas.
• Empik GO – Annual platform subscription with company co-financing;
• Bonus Birthday Day Off - Celebrate your special day granted in addition to your regular vacation allowance;
• Flexible Work Model – Hybrid work available for employees based in Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, Olsztyn or remote work possible for employees located in Poland and authorized to work in the Polish market.