Senior Design Engineer – SCADA

Senior Design Engineer – SCADA

Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Office Based)

Negotiable on Expereince + 10% Bonus

36.25 hours per week | Flexible Core Hours

5 roles available (potentially up to 7)

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.

We are recruiting for multiple Senior Design Engineers to join a leading Rail Infrastructure engineering team within a Communication & Information Systems (CIS) environment. This is an opportunity to work on nationally significant infrastructure projects including HS2, major tunnel ventilation schemes, and high-profile transport bids such as tram networks. This role is ideal for a technically strong, systems-minded engineer with proven SCADA and control systems expertise who is comfortable leading technical delivery across the full engineering lifecycle.

The Role

You will own and deliver complex, multi-discipline SCADA and control system solutions across major rail infrastructure projects. From early-stage bid support through detailed design, integration, testing and deployment, you will:

• Deliver specification development, system architecture design and deployment of SCADA & control systems
• Lead integration strategies across complex, multi-system environments
• Drive requirements capture, decomposition, traceability, verification and validation (V-lifecycle)
• Develop scalable, robust and compliant system designs
• Provide technical leadership and assurance across engineering activities
• Apply best practice engineering governance, standards and configuration control
• Support building systems testing and integration phases

Projects include:

• Centralised & Line-wide SCADA systems
• Power SCADA
• Station & Utilities supervisory systems
• Tunnel Ventilation Control systems
• Route-wide engineering management systems
• Tunnel ventilation experience is highly desirable.

About You:

Essential:

• Degree qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Control, Systems Engineering or similar
• Strong control systems background with SCADA as a must-have
• Experience delivering complex control and monitoring systems
• Practical experience with:
• Siemens S7 PLCs
• TIA Portal
• RTU-based systems (e.g. A8000)
• Integration of PLC/RTU systems with field devices and networks
• Experience with modern SCADA platforms (ideally WinCC OA)
• Strong xwzovoh systems engineering capability (requirements, architecture, interfaces, V&V)
• Comfortable setting technical direction and guiding engineers
• Team-oriented mindset with strong stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable:

• Tunnel ventilation control system design experience
• Experience delivering safety-critical or mission-critical systems
• Chartered Engineer status (or working towards it)

Benefits:

• Pension scheme with enhanced contributions
• Private healthcare options
• Mental health support
• Subsidised gym membership
• Life assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Learning & development support
• Generous family leave policies
• Additional leave for length of service, volunteering and sabbaticals