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Traction Power Engineer (Principal/Associate/Associate Director)

WSP senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking Traction Power professionals at senior levels to support the continued growth of our rail electrification professional services in line with our expanding pipeline across the UK and international markets.

You will support the successful delivery of Traction Power design and engineering outputs across a range of rail projects, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors and wider railway specialists.

Key responsibilities:

  • Produce, check or review Traction Power design deliverables across concept design through to detailed design.
  • Support technical assurance, interdisciplinary checks, design reviews and risk reviews.
  • Engage in consultancy opportunities with UK and international clients.
  • Apply safe-by-design principles and relevant client, industry and project-specific requirements.
  • Manage client and stakeholder relationships to achieve desired project outcomes.
  • Provide guidance, support and mentorship to Early Career Professionals (ECP).
  • Act as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) or equivalent.
  • Support tenders, work-winning and client-facing technical discussions where appropriate.

Requirements:

  • Previous experience acting as Network Rail Project Engineer (PE) or supporting Network Rail PE duties on rail projects.
  • Traction Power System Modelling experience.
  • Mainline, Light rail and Metro Electrification Power Systems experience.
  • Chartership with a professional institution or working towards it.

Skills

Required

  • Traction Power Systems
  • Traction Power Modelling
  • Network Rail Project Engineer
  • Chartership

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