Principal Engineer - Electrification & Power

at  Office of Rail and Road

JOB SUMMARY

The team of Power, Control and Telecommunications comprises engineering experts for Electrical Power, Telecoms and Signalling. We are concerned about the long term operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of railways infrastructure. We support our Operations, Economic and Safety colleagues assuring a safe, economic and reliable railway.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role sits within the Directorate of Railway Planning and Performance, reporting to the Head of Train Control Systems.
The Engineering and Asset Management team is a key centre of expertise within the ORR for technical/engineering and is comprised of 20 people.
The main purpose of the role is to provide expert Electrical Power & Contact Systems engineering input to support all of ORR’s functions as a combined economic and safety regulator. In addition, the role provides asset management expertise and advice to other engineering disciplines on multi-discipline activities.
More specifically Electrical Power engineering encompasses; Power Distribution, Contact Systems, Signalling Power systems, Fixed Plant and other power related lineside assets.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Qualified in Engineering or relevant Science subject.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Produces high quality and well-written and numerate analysis, drawing on information from a range of specialist teams such as engineers or economists.
• Assembles and interprets a range of complex and technical information, from disparate sources of evidence, in a structured way, to inform decision making.
• Needs minimal supervision and support.

Benefits
Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.
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SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.
For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and Job Description.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Engineering