Signalling Design Manager

Overview

As Signalling Design Manager you will lead the London signalling design team to deliver technically robust railway signalling schemes for UK and international projects. You will guide design scope, methodology, and technical outputs while ensuring compliance with standards and timely delivery. The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, mentoring the signalling team, and coordinating with multidisciplinary project teams. This is an opportunity to shape signalling design capability within an expanding rail business and tackle challenging, meaningful projects.

Responsibilities

• Determine signalling design requirements from client briefs and define project scope
• Set design methodology and approve outline and design specifications
• Provide strong engineering expertise across signalling principles and calculation outputs
• Produce and/or check detailed signalling designs and calculations
• Act as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) on projects
• Report on team performance and progress to management
• Mentor and develop team members through guidance and training
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery

Key requirements

• Extensive hands-on production, checking, and approval experience for signalling designs and calculations
• Strong knowledge of signalling design principles, standards, components, and fabrication methods
• Experience with interlocking principles and associated design submissions (IDC/IDR)
• Understanding of Network Rail or LU signalling assets and project lifecycle
• Ability to lead and coordinate signalling and train control teams and handle challenging deadlines
• IRSE licencing and membership would be relevant
• Experience in signalling construction methods and installation
• Diplomatic, professional; capable of stakeholder engagement

• leadership
• communication
• mentoring
• Signalling design principles
• Interlocking principles and standards
• Feasibility, outline and detailed design calculations

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