We are looking for a Specialist Design Engineer for our clients Rail Infrastructure, Communication and Information Systems (CIS) business.

This role is office based, with the primary location for this role in Ashby De-La-Zouch.

 Job Role:

• Leading the development and governance of system architectures, solution patterns and reusable components across all SCADA and control system domains - ensuring approaches are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned to business best practice.

• Acting as the technical authority for complex or first‑of‑type solutions, providing specialist insight in technology such as A8000 RTUs, S7/TIA architectures, SCADA (incl. WinCC OA) behaviours, interface models and cross‑system integration challenges.

• Driving engineering excellence and consistency by defining standards, frameworks, templates and assurance methods that strengthen solution quality, promote reuse and reduce engineering effort across projects and bids.

• Providing high‑value specialist input to bids, estimates and solution strategies, ensuring technical approaches are feasible, risk‑aware, cost‑effective and re‑use aligned.

• Mentoring and guiding engineers and senior engineers, acting as the go‑to expert for problem solving, system behaviour analysis, interface definition and engineering decision support.

• Assuring compliance with engineering governance, safety, cybersecurity, configuration and lifecycle processes, providing clear technical direction and challenge where needed.

• Representing the business as a subject‑matter expert, collaborating with SMEs, customers, suppliers and internal teams to shape solutions, resolve complex issues and maintain technical credibility.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive technical expertise across SCADA and control systems, including Power SCADA, Station Information/M&E supervisory systems, Tunnel Ventilation and route‑wide engineering management architectures.

• Deep hands‑on knowledge of technology such as A8000 RTUs, Siemens S7 PLCs, TIA Portal, and the integration of PLC/RTU‑based systems with field devices, networks and multi‑system interfaces.

• Expert‑level capability with SCADA platforms, ideally WinCC OA, covering system design, architecture patterns, interface models, data structures and deployment strategies.

• Advanced systems engineering capability - requirements engineering, architecture definition, interface control, integration strategy, verification/validation, and lifecycle governance.

• Proven experience operating as a technical authority, providing design assurance, technical direction, configuration/change governance and specialist review on complex or safety‑critical systems.

• Strong background shaping and delivering reusable, scalable, maintainable system solutions, including first‑of‑type or novel engineering approaches.

• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline, with Chartered Engineer status (or working towards it), and excellent communication, leadership and problem‑solving skills.