Principal Engineer - Electrification and Power
Office of Rail and Road
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 4th October 2024
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Job description
The Engineering and Asset Management team is a key centre of expertise within the ORR for technical/engineering and is comprised of 20 people.
The main purpose of the role is to provide expert Electrical Power & Contact Systems engineering input to support all of ORR’s functions as a combined economic and safety regulator. In addition, the role provides asset management expertise and advice to other engineering disciplines on multi-discipline activities.
More specifically Electrical Power engineering encompasses; Power Distribution, Contact Systems, Signalling Power systems, Fixed Plant and other power related lineside assets.
Person specification
For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.
Additional Information
At ORR, our hybrid working means that we currently work from our workplace location a minimum of 40% of our working week, although requirements to attend other offsite locations for official business, also count towards this level of attendance. Working arrangements are subject to continuous review.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Produces high quality and well-written and numerate analysis, drawing on information from a range of specialist teams such as engineers or economists.
- Assembles and interprets a range of complex and technical information, from disparate sources of evidence, in a structured way, to inform decision making.
Benefits
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Ian Maxwell
- Email : ian.maxwell@orr.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : hr.recruitment@orr.gov.uk