Associate Director Signalling - Birmingham, United Kingdom - BWB Consulting

BWB Consulting

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Description

Who we are & what we stand for

BWB is a multi-award-winning engineering and environmental design consultancy with a proven reputation for technical excellence and exceptional client satisfaction.

Proud to be awarded ACE Best Large Consultancy of the year 2022 and rated Platinum Investors In People (IIP), a prestigious accolade that demonstrates our commitment to our people and establishes us as an employer of choice.

To find out why we are an award-winning company please check out our guide Working for BWB

We invest in our people and ensure they have everything they need to develop a fantastic career. We extensively research, benchmark and review all salaries and benefits against others within the industry.

Join BWB and your career will not conform to the traditional models of yesterday but will be a fulfilling and challenging journey into tomorrow's digital age; a journey that you will play an active role in defining

At BWB you matter, and you will make a difference.

A difference to the world you live in; the communities you engage with; even the development of your career and the profession.

Group Message
Building capability, presence and profile in the rail sector is critical to BWB's future as a truly multi-disciplinary consultancy.

We are committed to providing top-notch services to our clients and are looking for additional resources to enable us to achieve this goal and maintain our position as a leading player in the industry.

We have rail professionals residing in each one of our five regional offices.

Our projects serve Public Rail, Transportation and Private Sector developer clients - with services ranging from advisory, consultancy, feasibility, assurance, asset management and design.

We offer a complete suite of multi-disciplinary professional services to suit any rail-related project directly or through our supply chain.

In addition to our UK projects, we have delivered services to projects in Guinea (SA), Australia, Israel, Columbia, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.

Working within our Rail Signalling team will offer you the opportunity to work on a range of signalling technologies including mechanical, relay based, and computer based interlockings, in a variety of light and heavy rail projects.

What you'll be doing

Working within our Rail Group as a Signalling Associate Director, you will be responsible for the coordinating signalling engineering works, managing interfaces between various railway disciplines within the project and team.

You will be required to ensure design is delivered to the highest quality, managing contractual requirements and ensuring the necessary level of engineering assurance is achieved.

This role will require you to work as a Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE), to review, verify and/or lead the production of signalling design as part of a signalling design team, providing guidance and leadership to staff, including strong technical support in regards to the production, verification and mentoring of design deliverables.

Support the Rail Leadership Team with additional duties as required such as; resource management, continuing professional development of their team, progress/programme reporting, tendering new works, production of guidance notes etc.

You will be responsible for:

Coordinating engineering works and management of interfaces between different railway disciplines.
Ensuring designs are delivered to the highest quality, meeting all governance and assurance requirements, and are delivered on schedule and within budget.
Managing design resources to meet project plans and budgets.
As Design Manager and/or Design CRE, lead the delivery of signalling design projects, work packages and design commissions.
Providing input to estimates / tenders were needed.
Effective collaboration with stakeholders and project team.

Providing mentorship and support to drive continuous development in the team, including own CPD.

What you'll bring

Selfmotivated, working proactively and with a proven record of working effectively under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
Strong problemsolving skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical solutions to those without familiarity of railway signalling systems.
UK signalling design experience, including knowledge of UK railway mainline standards, design processes and procedures for a variety of signalling systems, at both development and detailed design stages of delivery.
Experience of signalling design management across the various design stages.
Experience of satisfying the CDM and CSM requirements
Holds (or are working towards) IRSE E Engineering Manager (Design) Licence
Holds CRE competency in line with NR/L2/RSE/02009/01, including experience in undertaking the role on a variety of projects.
Holds (or are working towards) Professional Qualification
IEng or CEng.
Effective team play