Senior Rail Design Engineer at Hatch

• The Senior Engineer will further be required to lead a team of Junior, Intermediate and Engineers as well as drafting specialists in the rail environment.

As a successful candidate, you will be required;

• Planning, organizing and working with technical groups in the delivery of project deliverable requirements, this includes interfaces with rail and terminal operations, signaling, wayside monitoring, overhear catenary systems, rail communications, structures, drainage, roads and rolling stock;
• Completing civil engineering analyses and review including: evaluating vertical and horizontal grade and track alignments; quantity and construction cost estimates; engineering design reports; technical specifications; material and equipment selection; cost estimates; construction contract documentation; compilation of design/construction drawings; etc.
• Interfacing and communicating with the Client on project specific tasks;
• Providing support to business development and strategic initiatives, including preparation of proposals, estimating deliverables and the associated effort to complete;
• Participating with senior leaders in the establishment of short- and long-term plans for the development and growth of the group in the region;
• Providing support to other Hatch offices around the globe in the development and delivery of project requirements;
• Through your project efforts and involvement in industry activities, developing and maintaining client relations;
• Actively participating in and supporting internal and external development and training activities;
• As appropriate, supporting the development of more junior staff within the region;
• Support to business initiatives and projects within the Africa, Europe and Middle East region;
• Ensuring compliance to Hatch quality policies and procedures;
• Ensure quality of all models and drawings including accuracy of models and layout of drawings;
• Ensuring we follow a design for safety approach;
• Managing and leading the rail design team on projects.

You will bring to the role;

• Engineering degree from an accredited University;
• 7 years+ of rail industry experience;
• Registered with ECSA as a Pr.Eng. in South Africa;
• Project Management and/or Project Engineering experience, including client-consultant interaction;
• Work knowledge and use of Civil 3D for design purposes;
• Knowledge of Africa, Europe and Middle East rail design standards and best practices;
• Able to work in a team environment, working on multiple projects simultaneously, mentoring or supervising Engineers-in-Training and junior designers;
• Able to write clear, concise technical reports and proposals;
• Able to check and review the work of other staff and consultants .

Preferred

• Involved in initiatives within the rail environment to enhance work methodologies and embrace company policy and change by implementing the 3D data-centric vision and ensuring the perceived advancements are seen to fruition.