Are you interested in developing, delivering & creating a legacy for the very first Signalling System in the World on a High-speed Railway to install Automatic Train Operation (ATO) over European Train Control System (ETCS) technology?
Looking for someone with strong signalling principles knowledge and experience working on major resignalling schemes. ATO or ETCS experience is not mandatory, but a comprehensive understanding of the whole CCS system – including Interlocking, Control System, and Track Side (Train detection) – is essential. Candidates may have worked as a Signalling Solution Architect and understand how the entire CCS system is designed.
The Senior Command Control & Signalling Engineer is required to work for the Client Organisation (HS2), responsible for the New High-Speed Rail project in the UK. This multi-billion-pound high-speed railway will directly link the city centres of London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester. The role sits within the Chief Engineering Group (Central Engineering), working in a specialist, highly regarded Command Control & Signalling team that serves as the Technical Authority for CCS.
The Senior CCS Engineer is responsible for delivering significant CCS engineering activities in accordance with the CCS strategy across the HS2 project and for developing the technical standards and specifications to which the systems will be designed and constructed. The job holder will engage with programme stakeholders and, under the leadership of the Lead CCS Engineer, provide strategic direction for business-critical workstreams.
Reporting to the Lead CCS Engineer, you will work in a specialist CCS technical authority team of 4, who have largely finished specifying & defining requirements of the CCS system. Currently, the Command Control and Signalling Contract is out to tender, with the technical evaluation stage completed. Once the tender has been awarded, the role will provide assurance that the design, construction, testing, and commissioning phases meet project requirements and work to resolve issues where appropriate.
Working Situation – Hybrid: The role is based from the Euston, London or Birmingham office, coupled with hybrid working – the expectation is to work 2 days a week from the office and the remainder at home. Overall, this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery, not where you deliver from. However, if you wish to be based from the office more, you can.
Senior CCS Engineer £600 - £650 a day INSIDE
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Engaging and managing stakeholders to ensure a holistic approach for the development of engineering solutions.
2. Providing technical assurance for the CCS engineering discipline.
3. Working closely with the wider engineering disciplines to develop CCS solutions that consider all relevant systems and sub-systems.
4. Developing requirements, specifications, and standards which deliver railway capability while mitigating environmental impacts, within the programme and budget.
5. Contributing to the management of technical risk for CCS engineering works.
6. Providing technical expertise and advice relating to CCS engineering to the wider project organisation and external stakeholders.
7. Conducting work in accordance with strategies for the management of interfaces between CCS and other infrastructure systems, Network Rail, and other third-party infrastructure.
8. Actively promoting and embedding Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all work, and supporting and complying with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.
Required Criteria
Overview: Looking for a Senior Command Control and Signalling Engineer with experience & knowledge to enable you to be a Technical Authority. Your experience could be from Contractor, Client, or Consultant. Candidates from purely Project Engineer backgrounds would not suffice; design experience (Signalling CRE equivalent) is necessary. You must understand the Signalling System and how it interfaces with the rest of the rail systems.
Interested in candidates who are Senior CCS / Signalling Design Managers, Engineering Managers, or are currently technical authorities within client organisations, or Signalling engineers from a Testing Facility background. Candidates will likely be Chartered or nearing chartership.
Skills:
1. Providing specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical, and engineering principles to those working directly with project development/delivery teams.
2. Capable of being a Standard Discipline Owner / Subject Matter Expert for the area or phase.
3. Providing technical, commercial management, and leadership skills to support those working directly with project development/delivery teams.
4. Ability to communicate discipline-specific technical ideas to stakeholders and colleagues, based on examples of application.
5. Ability to apply the full range of principles relating to standards, safety, and the environment.
6. Applying principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling, and data security.
Knowledge:
1. Knowledge of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment and its relevance to CCS projects.
2. Understanding of Control, Command, and Signalling Systems and their relationship to railway operations, with in-depth knowledge in numerous areas of CCS.
3. Basic understanding of the specific technical issues associated with high-speed rail, ETCS, and ATO.
4. Understanding of development, design, and construction of similar CCS Systems.
5. Application of technical standards, both national and international, which apply to Traffic Management & Rail Control Systems.
Type of Experience:
1. Development or delivery of Traffic Management & Rail Control Systems associated with modern railways or similar client organisations.
2. Establishment of requirements and evaluation of proposed solutions.
3. Project planning and organisation to meet significant project deadlines including cost delivery and schedule targets.
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