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Reporting to the Professional Head of CCS, RSSB are looking for a Principal CCS Engineer with a mixture of Conventional Signalling and ETCS knowledge, will have UK signalling experience.
The post-holder will provide competent and timely professional and technical expertise necessary to support RSSB’s delivery of standards and projects that form part of the Control, Command Signalling Standards Committee (CCS SC) Strategy, covering conventional signalling, ETCS/ ERTMS technology, and related operational integration. You will analyse CCS system capabilities, interfaces and operations, support industry research, formulate CCS system requirements and guidance, and support industry implementation to help RSSB stakeholders achieve their business objectives and fulfil their legal obligations.
This requires the post-holder to develop the CCS requirements and guidance for the GB main line railway, covering topics such as, ETCS/ERTMS systems, Traffic Management, Conventional Railway Signalling, Train control and protection systems, Train location and positioning systems and Informatics, communications and technology (ICT).
RSSB - Overview
The Rail Safety and Standards Board is the independent safety, standards and research body for Great Britain’s rail network. We help to make an evolving railway safer, more efficient and more sustainable. We manage a research programme; collect, collate and analyse data; and develop standards for the railway across Great Britain. RSSB delivers standards; responsible for updating & issuing of the ‘British Railway Rule Book’, information and guidance for all aspects of railway operations, as well as health and wellbeing, sustainability, infrastructure and rolling stock asset integrity, customer satisfaction, performance, and safety.
Key responsibilities
• Deliver CCS requirements, rationale and guidance that are complete, accurate and compliant with the standards code and manual.
• Influence an improved level of understanding within RSSB and across the wider industry of the role of requirements in supporting the achievement of technical compatibility and safe integration.
• Represent RSSB through membership of relevant industry committees, including technical committees and mirror groups facilitated by RSSB and others. Chair meetings as required.
• Identify opportunities for and support improved methodologies for developing requirements and research.
• Work in conjunction with the Standards Policy department to ensure that the solutions developed, or documents drafted, comply with the relevant decision-making criteria for the environment in which they are made.
• Report progress and provide technical direction and advice to project managers, the CCS&C team and the Professional Head about progress made on individual projects.
• Ensure that the means of achieving improvements (for example safety, technical and/or economic) are sought through the identification of technical opportunities and by monitoring technical development and international best practice.
• Lead and work with relevant engineering and operational specialists to develop CCS system requirements, rationale and guidance in the context of the railway system covering:
* Technical compatibility at European, national and route levels, as defined by the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations
* Safe integration, to support the rail industry approach to applying the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment (CSM RA).
* Lead and support the application of appropriate requirements capture techniques.
* Facilitate industry consensus on emerging requirements, rationale and guidance. The technical and interpersonal skills of the post-holder will help to determine the achievement of this endeavour.
* Support proposals to introduce, modify or withdraw requirements, and applications for deviations from standards.
* Author new and revised standards in accordance with the Standards Code and Manual and RSSB style guides, including Railway Group Standards and non-mandatory standards produced by RSSB, together with TSIs and ENs (to the extent that RSSB has a mandate to support their development).
* Support the delivery of industry projects, including RSSB research, covering new and existing CCS technologies. This requires the post-holder to:
* Support the development of industry project proposals and specifications
* Support the delivery of project work through collaboration with suppliers and membership of industry committees
* Peer review project reports.
* The post holder may also provide specialist support within the CCS&C discipline for accreditation services provided by RSSB to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service.
Required Criteria
Essential:
Science, mathematics or engineering qualification and/or a professional qualification (e.g. I.Eng or C.Eng).
Experience in the rail transport sector.
A detailed knowledge and understanding of Conventional Signalling and an understanding of ERTMS/ETCS technical and operational applications – for instance would consider someone who understands conventional and has ATO & In Cab Signal experience & thus understands ETCS but no strict ETCS experience.
An understanding of the whole railway system and an ability to apply specialist operational and engineering knowledge to the system
Understanding of current and emerging technologies as applied to rail.
Understanding of relevant interoperability and safety legislation and standards.
Understanding of requirements, rationale and guidance in the context of the standards code and manual.
Effective analytical skills and the ability to apply them in the context of the railway system.
Ability to work collaboratively with industry to ensure effective fit for purpose standards.
Communicate effectively and share thoughts and ideas through methods appropriate to the audience.
Effective writing skills and ability to understand technical documents.
Effective presentation and chairing skills for stakeholder meetings including the ability to present at technical conferences and seminars.
Competence in MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Ability to apply systems engineering thinking to solve challenging whole railway system problems.
Actively contribute as part of a team and work towards achieving team goals and outcomes.
Take responsibility and demonstrate accountability in completing tasks and achieving objectives, actively seeking to resolve problems and identify opportunities.
Committed to customer service and placing customer satisfaction at the heart of our success to ensure we deliver against our shared goals.
Desirable
Experience or knowledge of mathematical or operational modelling (e.g. dynamic or mechanical systems) (Desirable).
Effective facilitation skills with experience and ease of working with senior rail professionals, technical committees and stakeholders at all levels to explain the results of your work, support their understanding and inform their decision (Desirable).
Membership of a relevant professional institution (Desirable).
Leadership and coaching skills (Desirable).
Ability to undertake horizon scanning to be proactive in capitalising on the implementation of new technology (Desirable).
Working Situation
The office location is either London, Moorgare they operate a flexible hybrid working model working 1-2 days in the office or client’s office – flexy time & compressed hours. Overall, this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from, however, if you wish to be based front the office more you can.
Salary
£75 – 83,000 + 10% Bonus, 75% train commute, Pen(6:12), 30 hols