Lead Earthing & Bonding Engineer AND Lead Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer
TWO TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP ROLES: Earthing & Bonding + EMC Engineering
The Opportunity
We're recruiting two senior technical leaders for one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes. These complementary roles offer genuine technical authority on a major programme where electrical safety, systems integration, and engineering excellence are paramount.
You'll be shaping how a transformational project approaches two critical and deeply interconnected disciplines. These aren't routine compliance roles. Your decisions will influence whole life costs, protect public safety, and define systems integration strategy across hundreds of kilometres of complex infrastructure.
ROLE 1: Lead Earthing & Bonding Engineer
What You'll Be Doing
You'll lead the Earthing & Bonding discipline as the recognised technical authority, developing and embedding electrical safety strategies across all project phases.
Technical Leadership
Develop earthing and bonding strategies that meet BS 7909, IEC 61936, and railway safety regulations
Define specifications and standards that guide design teams and contractors
Assure compliance and resolve complex technical challenges where earthing, bonding, EMC, and power systems interact
Lead peer reviews and technical governance processes
Strategic Impact
Shape whole-life cost through value engineering and innovative bonding approaches
Manage professional services budget and oversee consultant performance
Interface with utilities, network operators, and regulators on electrical safety coordination
Drive adoption of best practice in grounding and bonding design
Collaboration
Partner closely with the EMC discipline lead to ensure complementary strategies (earthing and EMC are fundamentally interconnected)
Work across integrated engineering teams on power systems, M&E, and infrastructure
Present complex technical concepts to senior stakeholders and contractors
Coach and develop engineering capability in your discipline
ROLE 2: Lead Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer
What You'll Be Doing
You'll be the recognised technical authority for EMC, driving how the entire programme approaches electromagnetic compatibility and systems safety.
Technical Leadership
Develop EMC strategies and standards aligned with EN 61000, EN 50121 (railway), and international best practice
Define EMC requirements, specifications, and design standards that guide contractors across all phases
Lead technical assessment of designs for EMC compliance and interface risks
Conduct peer reviews and drive technical governance to maintain engineering standards
Resolve complex EMC challenges across multiple disciplines where power, signalling, communications, and structural systems interact
Strategic Impact
Shape whole-life cost through innovative EMC solutions and value engineering
Manage professional services budget and oversee consultant performance
Work across integrated engineering teams to align EMC strategy with power systems, earthing/bonding, signalling, and other disciplines
Interface with Network Rail, utilities operators, and neighbouring networks on electromagnetic compatibility
Champion emerging techniques and best practice in EMC design and mitigation
Systems Integration
Partner closely with the Earthing & Bonding discipline lead (these disciplines are fundamentally interconnected)
Lead interface management between EMC and related disciplines
Present technical risk assessments to senior project leadership and external regulators
Mentor and develop engineering capability in EMC across the programme
Influence decisions at senior levels in a matrix environment
Roles can be carried out from Birmingham c£92,500 or London c£99,800 plus 12% pension