Senior/Principal OLE Engineer (Rail)

Midlands

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BakerHicks
Ref
73042
Vacancy title
Senior/Principal OLE Engineer (Rail)
Function(s)
Design, Engineering
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
Midlands
Location(s)
Midlands
Description

About the Role

Within this role your key function will be providing leadership at a project level, deploying and managing resource in line with programme requirements; managing the successful delivery of technically excellent projects in a multi-disciplinary environment.

As a Principal Engineer this will also include identifying and managing supply chain partners and owning commercial control of your programmes and achieving financial targets set by the Director in charge.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

  • Production/checking and leadership of OLE allocation design at feasibility, scheme and detailed design stages, working closely with principal and junior designers.
  • Manage rollout and compliance to Network Rail’s PACE Standard across future relevant projects.
  • Production/checking of deliverables including layout plans, cross sections, switching diagrams, bridge designs and bonding plans
  • Work in accordance with all relevant railway industry, client, railway group, and technical standards
  • Production/checking of accurate, clear, high quality technical reports and specifications in English
  • Operate under nominal supervision for the majority of the work ensuring the production of deliverables to agreed deadlines and within budget.
  • Delivery of target project outcomes for technical quality, cost, fee, programme and repeat business
  • Proactive management of own time; and attendance at design team meetings
  • Undertaking site surveys / site visits where required
  • Delivery of robust forecasts for design delivery and tender estimates
  • Day to day liaison internally with project manager and wider multi-disciplinary delivery team
  • Feed into Programme Control via Primavera P6, and document control systems as required
  • Change and risk management;

Skills & Experience

  • Chartered in their specialist area e.g. IMechE / IET or similar
  • Degree qualified with 10 years experience or minimum HND with over 15 years experience for Senior Level or Degree qualified with 15 years experience or minimum HND with over 20 years experience. for Principal Level
  • Knowledge of all relevant railway industry, group and technical engineering standards
  • Knowledge and/or experience of OLE construction methods and installation techniques
  • Proficient user of industry standard tools such as AutoCAD and/or Microstation; Microsoft Office packages
  • Working knowledge of ELLF packages for OLE projects highly desirable
  • Excellent leadership, communication and team working skills with the ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively.

About BakerHicks

Ireland’s largest hospital. Europe’s most complex station development. World-class biomedical research laboratories. At BakerHicks, we provide an incredible range of design and engineering consultancy services to clients who demand exceptional results.

Specialising in complex infrastructure, process and built environments across the full project life cycle, our disciplines range from initial architecture to civil and structural, building services, specialist high voltage and process engineering services, programme management and CDM consultancy, using the latest innovations in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the most efficient and cost-effective design.

Benefits

Working at BakerHicks means a chance to make your mark on some of the most exciting design and engineering projects in their sectors. Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry.

Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry. What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:

  • Company car or cash allowance
  • Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
  • Life assurance scheme
  • 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
  • Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
  • Family friendly policies
  • Employee assistance
  • Professional development 

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