Hybrid Senior Engineering Leader – Project Engineering

at Illinois Department of Human Services

• Job title: Senior Engineering Leader – Project Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £67,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Engineering Leader managing multi-discipline engineering projects at TfL. Leading teams and resolving complex engineering challenges within London's transport network.

Responsibilities

• Working in Engineering's matrix resource model, Senior Engineering Leaders are deployed across TfL’s investment programme, where they report to a Principal Project Engineer and assignment/task manage (e.g. responsible for managing day to day work) a team of Project Engineers (c. 90% of their time).
• Separately, they also line manage a team of project engineers (c. 10% of their time).
• Provides internal and external senior stakeholders with appropriate challenge and professional advice to ensure the development or delivery of high quality, tested engineering solutions.
• Represents TfL Engineering as an engineering lead for coordinating multiple disciplines when engaging with suppliers, customers, industry bodies and external agencies, identifying and influencing best practice to enable continuous improvement across TfL.
• Acts as a representative for the highest level of Project Technical Authority (where assigned), developing and maintaining technical or functional strategies, considering cost, risk and quality requirements as specified by the business.
• Evaluates, selects, and applies appropriate solutions to high risk/value/complexity engineering problems that improve efficiency or effectiveness, while improving safety and reducing operating costs.
• Leads a culture of continuous improvement using best practice, innovation, whole life cost optimisation and effective root cause analysis.

Requirements

• Internal applicants must hold accreditation to the Project Engineering Competency Scheme R0046 at Project Engineer level and it is highly desirable they hold Senior Project Engineer level accreditation.
• External applicants must demonstrably be able to achieve an accreditation as Senior Project Engineer level accreditation within their probationary period.
• Proven ability to communicate, motivate & influence effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at levels up to Band 4 across the organisation and outside, including negotiating and successfully facilitating joint decision-making.
• Proven ability to analyse complex data (quantitative and qualitative), assess options, draw conclusions, produce solutions and make key decisions.
• Proven ability to manage customer expectations and deliver service to meet these expectations, managing conflicting priorities to achieve tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to manage design, design compliance and delivery assurance.
• Proven ability to manage and lead teams.
• Highly desirable to be an Incorporated or Chartered member of at least one relevant professional body that is a member of the Engineering Council, or international equivalent.
• Broad knowledge of systems engineering process with an aptitude for integrative thinking including understanding of the interfaces between disciplines within the operational network.
• Broad knowledge of applicable standards, guidance documentation, industry regulations such as ROGS and health & safety legislation.
• Broad knowledge of engineering contracts management, e.g. the New Engineering Contract (NEC).
• Awareness of the TfL Vision, Mayoral Transport Strategy, business priorities and financial constraints.
• For internal applicants, experience at Project Engineer level or acting Senior Project Engineer with demonstrably significant (approx. target 3+ years) experience at that level.
• For external applications, relevant equivalent experience would include technical management of multi-disciplinary engineering teams and projects.
• Extensive experience of providing engineering services to programmes or projects for a large, high risk, complex, safety focused and regulated organisation(s), where there are multiple complex interfaces and delivering to time budget and quality.
• Extensive experience in the effective control of forecasting resources, budgets and the delivery of projects to the required cost, time, and quality.
• Extensive experience of responding to and managing technical and project risks and opportunities as well understanding the need to deliver value engineering solutions.
• Extensive experience of building relationships with stakeholders and influencing a range of stakeholders within and outside of the engineering directorate and the organisation.
• Experience of managing and leading teams.

Benefits

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for 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