Senior/Principal Telecoms Engineer - Rail Stations

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little bit about your role…

• Design of Telecoms system technology for rail infrastructure (above and below ground) through all design stages from feasibility to detailed design and handback.
• Working as part of multi-discipline design teams, managing the interface of the Telecoms design with the wider project team and communicating the Telecom discipline requirements that have an effect on the wider design.
• Presenting designs to clients, stakeholders, and project teams, illustrating Telecoms system technology concepts, constraints, and solutions.

A little bit about your team…

You will join a team of professionally qualified, diverse, talented individuals who collaborate to:

• Undertake project work from across the design lifecycle, including early concept stage through detail design.
• Deliver domestic projects for Network Rail, HS2, Transport for The North, TfGM, Nexus, Local Authorities, Principal Contractors, and Private Developers.
• Produce designs for international projects across the globe in locations such as Europe, APAC, Middle East, and South America.

Reporting to a senior member of our Telecoms team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and challenging multidisciplinary rail infrastructure projects in the UK and internationally.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects. The role could be based in any of our UK offices. Our offices provide a quality, flexible, and dynamic working space focused on the health and wellbeing of our staff and benefit from cutting-edge design, large amounts of natural light, large open spaces, and collaborative working spaces.

What we are looking for you to demonstrate…

• Chartership status with a UK Engineering Institution.
• Detailed knowledge of the design and integration of one or more of the below systems/subsystems:
• Structured Cabling infrastructure – copper and fibre optic.
• IP networking, routing, switching, virtualisation, storage.
• Internet Protocol Closed Circuit Television (IP-CCTV) Systems.
• EN54 Public Address and Voice Alarm Systems.
• Integrated Station / Building Management Systems (ISMS, IBMS).
• Customer Information Systems (CIS).
• Wireless Network Architecture.
• Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP).
• Mobile telephony and Radio systems and architectures, base station configurations, bandwidth management.
• Trackside Telecommunication equipment and infrastructure.
• Fixed Telecommunications Network (FTN and FTNx).
• Experience of working on large multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects, primarily in the transport, energy, industrial processing, and building sectors. Good working knowledge of Network Rail, TfL & LUL standards is advantageous.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the requirements of design assurance processes.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.