Helping maintain railway tracks and equipment.
Occupational Profile
A Rail and Rail Systems Engineer works as part of a multi-disciplinary team, but with personal responsibility and accountability for projects related to their specialist area. They can work in multiple railway worksites or in technical offices. They have a strong understanding of how the railway works as a whole and are able to assess the impact of their work and its interfaces with other teams. This includes an understanding of conventional rail or high speed rail, or both. They are responsible for the provision of rail specific technical engineering knowledge relating to a specific aspect of the railway. Specialist areas include rail specific civil engineering, rail track, rail signalling and control, rail systems & integration, rail traction and rolling stock, rail telecommunications, network and digital and rail electrical, mechanical and building services. The overarching role of all Rail & Rail Systems Engineers is to ensure the railway runs smoothly on a day to day basis and to provide rail specific engineering knowledge across their own organisation to ensure this is the case. This includes supporting work relating to the integrated safe design, construction, installation, maintenance, renewal, or decommissioning of assets and equipment, to provide a safe and reliable railway.
Key duties can include:
- Planning, processing, maintenance and production of railway assets and equipment.
- Rail specific input to operational processes
- Taking proactive actions and decisions to avoid railway asset, equipment, process and systems failures within their area of influence
- Working across the organisation to identify areas for rail system improvement
- Supporting or supervising individuals and teams in the delivery of Rail Engineering and Rail System tasks within their designated discipline
- Providing and sharing specialist knowledge across the organisation and ensuring that the impact to the railway of any changes is identified.
Typical job titles include: Track Engineer, Rail Civil Engineer, Asset Engineer, Rail Systems Integration Engineer, Rail Project Engineer, Approvals and Certification Engineer, Lead Signal Design Engineer, Signalling & Control Systems Engineer, Telecomms Engineer, Traction and Rolling Stock Engineer, Rail Electrification Engineer, Rail Mechanical Engineer and Rail Building Services Engineer.
Summary of Standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/rail-and-rail-systems-engineer/
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