Principal Engineer

Join our OLE First Principles (Basic Design) team as a Principal Engineer. In this role, you will lead a diverse group of talented colleagues, manage packages to completion within budget and program, and produce and check basic design drawings, technical reports, and calculation sheets. You will also provide specialist input to support the OLE Practice Manager in bids. A pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol screening will be required.

Lead and manage packages to completion within budget and programme, ensuring high-quality rail projects.

Responsibilities

• Produce and check basic design drawings, technical reports, and calculation sheets from first principles, foundation designs, and structural analysis.
• Provide specialist input from a basic design perspective to support the OLE Practice Manager in bid.
• In-depth knowledge of BS EN 1993-1-1 (Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures)

Requirements

• The ability to apply first principles in the solution of problems where standardised techniques do not exist with the use of Mathcad, STAAD, Microstation CAD software
• Previous experience of acting as a CRE/CEM or Technical Lead on Projects
• Good understanding of the Rail Industry in the UK and the Contractor Client relationship
• Demonstrable understanding of mechanical design principles in overhead line
• The ability to apply engineering judgement in the assessment of effect lengths for non-standard construction
• Knowledge of relevant International, National, Railway Group and Network Rail Standards on wind loading, foundation design,structural analysis
• The ability to liaise effectively with other specialists such as FEA analysts and aerodynamicists
• Demonstrable understanding of UK OLE systems and previous extensive experience in Designing, Checking Designs
• Experience in the use of a structural analysis package such as Staad, ideally including a code-check post-processor