Ole Principal Engineer

Position: OLE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
Job :

Location:

York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom Department:
Design Business Unit: AUK UKWork Type:
Hybrid Date Posted:
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:
Our Rail North Business Unit has a brand new opportunity to support growth within our OLE team for an OLE Principal Engineer to join Arcadis. This will be a diverse role working as part of our OLE function as a technical lead where you will be responsible for managing technical aspects of larger projects or components of major Rail projects, meeting financial, quality and timeframe objectives and meeting or exceeding client expectations.

This role can be based from either our offices in York or Warrington and with effective remote work increasing we can appoint in other locations for a candidate who will make an impact on our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and successful Rail business that is growing rapidly. You will be rewarded with a rich diet of interesting and dynamic rail projects and an opportunity to develop your career with a successful global engineering consultancy.

Role Accountabilities:
Lead designer & CRE responsibilities for OLE design projects Develop OLE designs and solutions throughout all stages of project lifecycle for Network Rail sites Production of OLE designs ensuring high quality delivery and management, including Allocations, Cross Sections, Layout Plans, Isolation Diagrams etc. Manage the production of, and quality assure analysis and design and the associated documentation and reports to ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations as well as Arcadis requirements, and that they comply with national standards and codes of practice Work collaboratively with other design disciplines within an agreed engineering management environment to ensure the integration of the OLE designs.

Oversee an agreed scope of work and the operational workload of a project team including sub-contractors, ensuring work are allocated appropriately and resources are fully utilised Manage the performance of team members and sub-contractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues Present and gains agreement of design options and opportunities to maximise the profitability of design components and drive the implementation of these Provide technical management at a project level Approve and signs off on work Work collaboratively with other design disciplines to ensure the integration of OLE designs and solutions Undertake verification checking of elements of work with higher complexity Qualifications &

Experience:

Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering discipline Achieved Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status, or equivalent Relevant experience including supervision of elements of large Overhead Line electrical technical design projects

Experience of providing technical management and advice to project team members

Experience of applying sound impartial engineering judgement in the development of projects Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to the application of technology in engineering practice Discuss ideas and plan capably and with confidence Effective personal and social skills

Experience of delivery to a project’s quality management system Have a sound knowledge and experience of the management of design risks. Technical ownership of Designer Hazard Logs, agreeing hierarchical system of risk management and communication of residual risks to the Client Sound knowledge of legislation, hazards and safe systems of work Understand how to manage health, safety and welfare within own area of responsibility Able to provide input to estimates for the engineering budget and schedule and to oversee technical resources to meet…