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)
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 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