As a key Member of the Project Team, the role of the Principal Signalling Engineer is to provide high level technical support, leadership and supervision in relation to design, checking and validating signalling systems in accordance with statutory, regulatory, company and client standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Promote and ensure the appropriate standards of health, safety and environmental management are adhered to;
• Develop systems and procedures to ensure signalling projects comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, company policies and conditions set out in project scopes of works;
• Manage Signalling Engineering teams on specific projects
• Develop individual and team competence to ensure engineering staff are appropriately trained and competent to carry out their roles both efficiently and safely;
• Supervise preparation of documentation for standards and specifications in relation to signalling systems;
• Provide high level technical support for all signalling projects as required;
• Act as independent checker verifying signalling designs and application data prepared by others;
• Report on signalling projects as required;

Qualifications and Skills

Essential

• Degree qualified in Engineering or Equivalent;
• Demonstrated experience working as a Signalling Engineer
• Rail Provider certificate/statement of competencies;
• Microsoft Office in particular Word, Excel and MS Projects;
• Maintained up to date work experience log book

Preferred

• IRSE Accreditation;
• Knowledge of Computer Based Interlocking (CBI) systems;
• Be able to conduct factory acceptance testing and/or principles testing of CBI systems;
• Knowledge of grade crossing predictors and other level crossing technologies;