Job Introduction

Brief Description

To direct and lead on trackside infrastructure / onboard integration activities for the TRU ETCS Programme. Working as part of the TRU ETCS delivery team develop and implement an integration process that baselines and controls all ERTMS sub-system interfaces in order to establish a fully integrated ETCS System of Systems leading to a successful Authorisation and Placing Into Use of the holistic ETCS System i.e. the trackside infrastructure and onboard systems.

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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Drugs & Alcohol test: All prospective candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5-year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness in your application.

Salary: £71,163 to £80,060 per annum.

Car allowance: £6,000 per annum.

This role can be based in the following locations: Leeds or York

Closing date: 26 April 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.

Main Responsibility

Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:

1.        Develop and manage integration processes to deliver, monitor and review the technical integration to support the project schedule, budget, safety, environmental and quality requirements;

2.        Monitor System wide compliance with Network Rail Company standards, legislation (including CSM & RiR), and escalation of integrated non-compliances to resolution;

3.        Implement an engineering competence management process, applied to both internal and contractor’s engineering personnel, so that only suitably qualified and experienced staff are utilised;

4.        Leading on ERTMS system CSM and safety case approval for each EiS stage;

5.        Manage all activities to deliver an integrated system architecture able to achieve whole life reliability, maintainability, operability and cost effectiveness targets;

6.        Report on the progress and compliance status of all integration metrics;

7.        Develop and manage an assurance regime system that monitors compliance with safe and Efficient Authorisation;

8.        Undertake Designated Project Engineer duties, as allocated for ETCS projects.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for applicants who have delivered signalling projects utilising modern computer based interlockings and have introduced new technologies on the network providing safety cases for product acceptance and applying Common Safety Method and Interoperability processes. In delivering such projects they will have implemented System Integration process to integrate the various sub-systems forming the holistic signalling system and configuration control of the systems (processes, hardware, software etc.) to establish the correct operation and integration of those systems.

The applicants will be able to work in a collaborative environment involving the Client and Contractors delivering trackside and on-board systems and be agile and able to adapt to changing requirements and processes.

We need you to have:

·        Chartered Engineer

·        University degree in engineering

·        Membership of an appropriate Professional Institution

·        Relevant experience of major multifunctional projects in the rail industry including project procedures / standards, signalling CBI distributed system architectures and equipment

It would be advantageous if you have:

·          Experience of risk assessment and risk management techniques

·          Experience of engineering assurance activities

·          Experience of System Integration, Safety Case Approval, Common Safety Method and Interoperability processes

·          Experience of implementing ETCS from a trackside infrastructure and / or onboard perspective

Package Description

Role: Project Delivery Engineering Manager

Salary: £71,163 to £80,060 per annum

Location: Leeds / York

Contract Type: Full time - Permanent

Office Requirement: Minimum 3 days per week

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28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.

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About the Company

Network Rail has played a key role in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus pandemic – and we will play an equally important part in rebuilding from it.

We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out.

We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation!

Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us.

We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.

In being a part of Network Rail, you’re not only part of an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.

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Transpennine Route Upgrade

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.

​​​Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 29 level crossings.

Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.​

For more information, please visit www.TRUpgrade.co.uk

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd