What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and coordinate the delivery of engineering design work packages.
• Provide technical direction to Design Engineers working across electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Translate engineering requirements into clear, structured and deliverable design activities.
• Allocate work according to engineering competency, project priorities and available resource.
• Monitor progress, engineering hours and key deliverables, identifying issues before they impact the project.
• Lead design reviews and support projects through key design gateways.
• Review and check engineering drawings, models and technical documentation.
• Ensure designs satisfy customer, safety, operational, structural, fire, human factors and other applicable requirements.
• Challenge engineering solutions to ensure installation, maintenance, integration, cost and whole-life considerations have been addressed.
• Coordinate design inputs and ensure different engineering disciplines successfully integrate.
• Manage design changes, drawing registers, technical actions, risks and project documentation.
• Work closely with Project Engineers and Project Managers to communicate progress and resolve technical issues.
• Liaise directly with customers, suppliers and other engineering stakeholders.
• Support project estimating, bids and design work-package budgeting.
• Mentor and support Design Engineers, helping develop their technical capability.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, standards and ways of working.

Depending on the project, you could take ownership of a major long-term engineering programme or coordinate several shorter consultancy projects simultaneously, requiring strong organisation and the ability to manage competing engineering priorities.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with a strong design engineering foundation who has progressed beyond simply producing their own designs and can now take ownership of wider engineering delivery.

You may already be operating as a Lead or Principal Engineer, or you could be a strong Senior Design Engineer or Project Engineer who has been technically leading work packages without necessarily holding a formal management title.

You'll ideally bring:

• A strong background within electrical, mechanical or multidisciplinary design engineering.
• Experience within a regulated, safety-critical engineering environment.
• Experience leading or taking ownership of engineering design work packages.
• The ability to coordinate and technically guide other engineers/designers.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, models and technical documentation.
• Experience reviewing/checking engineering drawings and challenging design solutions.
• Knowledge of structured design reviews, technical assurance or design gateway processes.
• Experience managing technical risks, actions, changes and project deliverables.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, including working with customers, suppliers or multidisciplinary project teams.
• A structured, process-driven approach to engineering quality and delivery.
• The confidence to challenge existing thinking, identify improvements and drive actions through to completion.
• An HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent experience within a relevant engineering discipline.

Particularly interested in candidates with an electrical engineering background are particularly encouraged to apply.

Experience within rail or rolling stock remains highly desirable, but candidates should not be discouraged from applying if their background instead comes from Aerospace, Automotive, Transportation, Vehicle Engineering or another comparable safety-critical engineering environment.

Experience with Solid Edge would be useful but isn't essential. Experience with comparable CAD platforms is transferable; what's more important is the ability to understand and review models, drawing structures and high-quality 2D engineering outputs.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to move beyond purely hands-on design and take genuine ownership of how engineering is delivered. You'll work across a varied portfolio of projects rather than being limited to one product or programme, combining technical engineering, design leadership, project delivery and customer interaction.

You'll join an established engineering consultancy and experienced design function where you'll have the opportunity to influence engineering decisions, mentor other engineers and contribute to improvements in processes and technical standards. The package includes a negotiable salary, company bonus and comprehensive benefits, alongside support for continued professional development.