Senior Engineer - Buildings & Civils Project Engineering & Assurance; Band 3

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Salary: From £63k

Grade: Pay Band 3

Contract type: TfL Reference: 4352

Final date to receive applications:
Sunday 16th August at 23:59

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in one of our Functional Engineering teams and, as well as maintaining legacy assets, you’ll deliver new systems and solutions. There’s more to it than tubes, roads, buildings and bridges. This is about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so we’re ready for the 21st century and beyond.

As a Senior Engineer within the Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering team, you will provide Civil engineering input to support programmes of work in line with the Mayor’s Transport Strategy aiding your successful deployment to assignments which often include asset, project and management related engineering work. You will examine engineering problems and develop viable solutions to suit business objectives.

As a Senior Engineer you will be part of the team responsible for developing Civil engineering schemes to agreed time, quality and cost parameters, through partnership working with TfL directorates and relevant external stakeholders. As engineers can be deployed into roles with management and leadership responsibility it is important that candidates have leadership aptitude at a senior level.

This position requires you to be able to work in a matrix framework. You need to demonstrate and build on your credibility, competence and technical excellence in the development, approval and implementation of robust solutions through collaborative working, trust and proactive management of your customers’ expectations.

You will work closely with key stakeholders such as operators and other disciplines to coordinate and solve engineering problems to renew and enhance railway assets.

Initially you will be assigned to support London Overground
, undertaking key Project Engineering and Engineering Assurance roles as defined under Network Rail standards across a range of civils and buildings schemes of varying complexity. This will include fulfilling responsibilities aligned to:

• Designated Project Engineer (DPE) - on Civils bias works

Working within a TfL environment interfacing with Network Rail infrastructure and on infrastructure governed by  under ROGs, you will ensure that engineering activities are delivered in compliance with:

• /L2/RSE/02009 – Engineering Management for Projects
• /L2/CIV/003 – Engineering Assurance of Building and Civil Engineering Works
• /L2/CIV/1000 – Civil Engineering Infrastructure Engineering Management Competence alongside TfL governance requirements.

Initial assignment activities include:

• Acting as Project Engineer (Buildings & Civils), leading and coordinating civils design and delivery
• Undertaking Designated Project Engineer (DPE) duties, providing independent engineering assurance on civils infrastructure-based works
• Ensuring compliance with TfL and Network Rail standards, specifications and governance and National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs (Infrastructure))
• Managing technical interfaces to deliver integrated, buildable solutions
• Supporting the development of engineering requirements and options with stakeholders, helping to identify and shape proportionate, value-led solutions.
• Supporting development of solutions across renewals, enhancements and asset works
• Applying risk-based engineering judgement to ensure safe, constructible and operational outcomes
• Supporting approvals including design reviews, concessions and technical submissions

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Ensuring the safety, functionality or compliance of medium – high risk…