Engineer (B3) Power HV

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circa £60,000.00 (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) Grade: Pay Band 3 Contract type: TfL Reference: 5886 Application closing date: Sunday 8th of November at 23:59 All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. *Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period.
Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements. Overview of role We are looking for an experienced Project Engineer (Overhead Line Equipment) to support the delivery of a growing portfolio of renewal, refurbishment, and enhancement projects across the Elizabeth Line's 25kV AC electrification and traction power network. In this role, you will provide technical leadership and engineering assurance throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with Project Managers, designers, contractors, operations, and maintenance teams to deliver safe, compliant, and robust engineering solutions. You will play a key role in OLE asset renewals, traction power improvements, and reliability enhancement programmes, ensuring projects meet operational requirements and industry standards while contributing to the long‑term performance and resilience of the Elizabeth Line infrastructure. Key Accountabilities Provide specialist OLE engineering expertise and technical assurance across the project lifecycle, ensuring solutions are safe, compliant, and aligned with RfLI engineering standards and operational requirements. Support the delivery of OLE renewal, refurbishment, enhancement, and traction power projects by acting as the engineering lead within the Delivery Team and supporting Project Managers in technical decision‑making. Manage engineering interfaces between design, construction, operations, maintenance, and assurance stakeholders to ensure the successful integration of project outputs into the operational railway. Ensure that project risks, hazards, requirements, and technical assumptions are identified, managed, and controlled throughout the project lifecycle in accordance with industry standards and best practice. Provide oversight and review of contractor and consultant engineering deliverables, ensuring engineering solutions are technically robust, practical to implement, and support the long‑term performance and maintainability of Elizabeth Line OLE assets. Contribute to the development of the long‑term OLE asset strategy by providing technical insight into asset performance, condition, risk, reliability, maintainability, and future investment needs, helping to inform renewal, enhancement, and whole‑life asset management decisions. Ensure projects are developed and delivered in accordance with the TfL Pathway process and RfLI engineering governance requirements, maintaining appropriate levels of engineering assurance, technical compliance, and evidence throughout the project lifecycle. Skills, Knowledge & Experience Skills Ability to manage technical interfaces between OLE, traction power, signalling, civil engineering, communications and operational stakeholders. (Essential) Ability to provide technical leadership and engineering assurance for OLE projects throughout the project lifecycle. (Essential) Ability to interpret operational, maintenance and asset management requirements and translate them into practical engineering solutions. (Essential) Technical leadership and engineering governance. (Essential) Project engineering and stakeholder management. (Desirable) Strong engineering problem‑solving and decision‑making skills within a safety‑critical environment. (Desirable) Risk and hazard management. (Desirable) Engineering assurance and compliance management. (Desirable) Requirements management and technical integration. (Desirable) Ability to review, challenge and assure consultant, contractor and supplier engineering deliverables. (Desirable) Ability to identify and manage engineering risks, technical issues, assumptions and dependencies. (Desirable) Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills. (Desirable) Knowledge Detailed knowledge of 25kV AC railway electrification systems, including OLE equipment, autotransformer systems, switching arrangements and traction power interfaces. (Essential) Knowledge of railway OLE design, maintenance, construction and assurance principles. (Essential) Understanding of OLE asset management, reliability, maintainability and whole‑life asset considerations. (Essential) Knowledge of railway operational constraints, possessions, isolations and safe systems of work. (Essential) Engineering safety management and hazard identification processes. (Desirable) Knowledge of relevant railway standards, electrical safety requirements and eng