Principal Engineer - Electrification and Power

Office of Rail and Road

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Reference number

369205

Salary

£58,179 - £67,349

London: £62,382 - £67,349 or Regional: £58,179 - £63,243

Job grade

Grade 6

Grade B

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

ORR - Railway Performance & Planning

Type of role

Engineering

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Location

Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, York

About the job

Job summary

The team of Power, Control and Telecommunications comprises engineering experts for Electrical Power, Telecoms and Signalling. We are concerned about the long term operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of railways infrastructure. We support our Operations, Economic and Safety colleagues assuring a safe, economic and reliable railway.

Job description

This role sits within the Directorate of Railway Planning and Performance, reporting to the Head of Train Control Systems.

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.  

Qualifications

Degree qualified in Engineering or appropriate equivalent experience leading towards chartered status of a professional institution

Memberships

Ideally chartered or near chartered membership of an engineering or equivalent institution.

Behaviours

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.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers Our people Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and Job Description.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (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

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact ORR via email: hr.recruitment@orr.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-complaints/