Principal Designer-Signalling - Employment, career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Principal Designer-Signalling
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    London
Salary:    Competitive
Start Date:    ASAP
Reference:    282252-HYD001AL


Principal Designer- Signalling (HYD001AL)
Principles Designer- Signalling
About Hyder Consulting

Hyder Consulting is a multi-national advisory and design consultancy specialising in transport, utilities, environment and property.

Representing approximately 16% of our global business, the railway sector is one of our core markets, a position it has held throughout our 150 year history. We provide our client with an international depth of knowledge and range of expertise in the development and improvement of the railway infrastructure.

Our team are engaged on a number of rail projects throughout the UK. Our clients include Network Rail, Translink, Local Authorities and Contractors. Our expertise in the rail sector has enabled us to be part of iconic rail development projects in the UK and abroad including:

London Bridge Station
Manchester Victoria Station

The Opportunity
Our growing Sector how has exciting opportunities within their Signalling team for Signalling Principles Designers across the UK to work in collaboration with our Global Design Centre. Reporting to the UK Signalling Design Manager the successful candidate will be responsible for the development of detailed signalling system designs and will take on the following responsibilities:
* Assist the Signalling Design Management with planning, project programs and associated time and resource estimates and skills requirements. Preparation of feasibility studies and other written documents
* Ensure that satisfactory resolutions of technical queries and project anomalies are achieved
* Lead junior technical staff with signaling design input to smaller signaling and railway projects as well as working as a part of a team comprising designers, engineers and technicians. Mentoring of Junior design staff and those in the off-shore Global Design Centre.
* Implementation of the design scope, certifying that the designers working under you clearly understand the project requirements
* Production of signalling layouts (mechanical, relay and solid state).
* Production of design concepts, drawings, specifications and other technical documents.
* Independent checking of non-principles design (under mentorship)
* Contribution to long-term technical development of the office by application of new techniques, procedures and practices.
* Assistance with the risk assessments and analysis using the appropriate tools and methods

The Candidate
The successful candidate will hold the following skills and experience:

* As a minimum, the successful applicant will be BTEC/HNC qualified (or equivalent) in electrical and electronic engineering, ideally you will have a 2.1 or above degree in Engineering
* You will be Chartered in your chosen institute or currently working towards and close to becoming chartered
* Ideally you will be a Member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
* You will be able to demonstrate proficient experience of signalling RRI and SSI systems detailed design including REB and locations
* You will hold or have held the following IRSE licenses: 1.1.160 (Signalling Design Verifier), 1.1.150A and 1.1.150D (Signalling Principles Design category)
* You will have an up to-date IRSE log book
* You will be aware in detail of all the deliverables for all GRIP stages
* You may have additional experience including signalling power supply design
* You will have a thorough working knowledge of Network Rail standards and adherence to them
* You will have thorough working knowledge of design software including CAD
* You will be an enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach
* You will be self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
* You will hold excellent communications skills and will be able to demonstrate working well with others
* You will have worked in a similar environment and have relevant experience in signal engineering design for the UK heavy rail sector
* You will have extensive knowledge of the technical aspects of the design office environment and delivery of design from out-based design teams



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