Senior Engineering Leader - Project Engineering

Transport for London (TfL) offers a unique opportunity for career development within an iconic public service with a rich heritage and commercial outlook.

Job Title: Senior Engineering Leader – Project Engineering

Contract Type: TfL Permanent / Full Time

Location: Stratford / Southwark (Various TfL Locations)

Salary: £67,000 to £74,000 per year, dependent on skills, knowledge, and experience, plus Company Benefits.

This role operates within Engineering's matrix resource model, deploying Senior Engineering Leaders across TfL’s investment programme. You will report to a Principal Project Engineer and will be responsible for assignment/task managing a team of Project Engineers (approximately 90% of your time), and also line managing a team of project engineers (approximately 10% of your time).

Overview of Project Engineering

Project Engineers utilize multi-discipline engineering expertise to:

• Analyze and resolve complex technical problems across the transport network.
• Provide authoritative technical advice and guidance to senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Interpret technical strategies and company policy to satisfy business requirements.
• Provide functional leadership to delivery teams.
• Apply commercial thinking to the development and implementation of optimized solutions.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of business operations and requirements in formulating recommendations.
• Provide constructive challenge to deliver the right outcomes for the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the safety, functionality, or compliance of high-risk newly implemented or altered assets, engineering processes, procedures, or systems.
• Lead the development and implementation of high-complexity engineering solutions with a multi-discipline perspective.
• Provide appropriate challenge and professional advice to senior stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, tested engineering solutions.
• Represent TfL Engineering as an engineering lead for coordinating multiple disciplines when engaging with suppliers, customers, and industry bodies, influencing best practice for continuous improvement.
• Act as a representative for the highest level of Project Technical Authority, developing and maintaining technical or functional strategies, considering cost, risk, and quality requirements.
• Specify technical competence requirements for the workforce across all disciplines to enable the assignment of the right people and capabilities, acting as a role model/coach for future engineering experts.
• Make authoritative technical recommendations with a high impact on organizational performance.
• Evaluate, select, and apply appropriate solutions to high-risk/value/complexity engineering problems.
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement using best practice, innovation, whole-life cost optimization, and effective root cause analysis.
• Responsible for line management and people leadership of a team of Project Engineers, including their performance and development.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Skills

• Internal applicants: Must hold accreditation to the Project Engineering Competency Scheme R0046 at Project Engineer level; desirable to hold it at Senior Project Engineer level. External applicants: Must demonstrably be able to achieve Senior Project Engineer level accreditation within the probationary period.
• Proven ability to communicate, motivate, and influence effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels.
• Proven ability to analyze complex data, assess options, draw conclusions, produce solutions, and make key decisions.
• Proven ability to manage customer expectations and deliver service accordingly, managing conflicting priorities to achieve deadlines.
• Proven ability to manage design, design compliance, and delivery assurance.
• Proven ability to manage and lead teams.

Knowledge

• Highly desirable to be an Incorporated or Chartered member of at least one relevant professional body.
• Broad knowledge of systems engineering processes and understanding of interfaces between disciplines within the operational network.
• Broad knowledge of applicable standards, guidance documentation, industry regulations (e.g., ROGS), and health & safety legislation.
• Broad knowledge of engineering contracts management (e.g., NEC).
• Awareness of TfL's Vision, Mayoral Transport Strategy, business priorities, and financial constraints.

Experience

• Internal applicants: Experience at Project Engineer level or acting Senior Project Engineer with significant (approx. 3+ years) experience. External applicants: Relevant equivalent experience including technical management of multi-disciplinary engineering teams and projects.
• Extensive experience providing engineering services to programmes or projects for large, complex, safety-focused, and regulated organizations.
• Extensive experience in effective control of forecasting resources, budgets, and project delivery within cost, time, and quality constraints.
• Extensive experience in managing technical and project risks and opportunities, and delivering value engineering solutions.
• Extensive experience in building relationships with stakeholders and influencing a range of individuals within and outside of the engineering directorate.
• Experience of managing and leading teams.

Hybrid working is in place, enabling a balance of 50% of time between the office and home over a 4-week period, subject to business requirements.

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right-to-work checks. TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Benefits include:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure, and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

The closing date for applications is Sunday 25 October @ 23:59.