Senior CCS Engineer

We are recruiting for a Senior CCS Engineer on an interim basis for 3 months based in London. You will be responsible for delivering significant CCS engineering activities in accordance with the CCS strategy and for developing the technical standards and specifications to which the systems will be designed and constructed. The job holder will be required to engage with programme stakeholders and, under the leadership of the Lead CCS Engineer, provide strategic direction for business critical workstreams.

As a Senior CCS Engineer, you will need to have/be:

Provides specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to those working directly with project development / delivery teams.
Capable of being a Standard Discipline Owner / Subject Matter Expert.
Provides technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support those working directly with project development / delivery teams.
Ability to communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to stakeholders and colleagues, based on examples of application.
Ability to apply the full range of principles relating to standards, safety, and the environment.
Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling, and data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from other Subject Matter Experts or others.
Knowledge of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment and its relevance to CCS projects.
Understanding of Control, Command and Signalling Systems and their relationship to railway operations, with in depth knowledge in numerous areas of CCS
Understanding of development, design and construction of similar CCS Systems
Application of technical standards, both national and international, which apply to Traffic Management & Rail Control Systems and railway system design and operation
Awareness of the technical issues associated with current and future Traffic Management & Rail Control Systems technology
Chartered Engineer (or working towards) / Membership of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience.

Details:

Salary: 545-625 per day (Umbrella PAYE/Inside IR35)
Working Hours: Full time Monday - Friday
Location: London
Duration: 3 months

Role of CCS Engineer:

Engaging and managing stakeholders to ensure a holistic approach for development of engineering solutions.
Support in providing technical assurance for the CCS engineering discipline.
Working closely with the wider engineering disciplines to develop CCS solutions that consider all relevant systems and sub-systems.
Developing requirements, specifications and standards which deliver railway capability, while mitigating environmental impacts, within the programme and budget.
Contributing to the management of technical risk for CCS engineering works.
Providing technical expertise and advice relating to CCS engineering to the wider project organisation and external stakeholders.
Conducting work in accordance with strategies for management of interfaces between CCS and other infrastructure systems.