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Senior Engineer Control & Safety

Job Description

Position: Senior Engineer Control & Safety

Location: Berlin, Munich, Germany 

I am looking for an experience engineer within the rail industry who has experience in Control and Safety (LST) to join an exciting company and be apart of a growing team.

Your New Role

As our new senior specialist for control and safety technology for railway infrastructure projects, you will support us in a variety of railway infrastructure projects and help shape the transport transition.

Your main tasks will be:

  • Planning (new construction / conversion and expansion) of demanding control and safety technology projects in performance phases 1 to 5 and, if applicable, performance phases 6 to 8
  • Conversion or modernization of signaling systems with different signaling technologies
  • Development of specifications for the graphical creation of safety-related overview, location and cable plans
  • Coordination with the specialist planners of related trades such as cable route planning
  • Preparation of explanatory reports and tables for planning in the respective performance phases
  • Qualitative and quantitative inventories and evaluation of existing facilities including site visits
  • Participation in project management in planning (deadlines, costs, resources), support of the project management in fulfilling their tasks
  • Ensuring compliance with the relevant laws, regulations, standards and rules in the development of the planning
  • Participation in interface management (including coordination and integration of internal and external specialist planning), partly using BIM
  • Review of third-party planning results with regard to costs, deadlines and quality
  • Presentation of project results within the project and to the public

Your New Team

You will be part of the transport and rail department. We support the challenges of the transport transition through our commitment with more than 3,200 experts in the field of transport and rail worldwide. The team within Germany will be further expanded and enlarged in the coming years in order to incorporate the diverse experience from regional, national and international projects.

About You

From the moment you start, you will be supported for your personal and professional development, so that you can progress within the company. We look forward to supporting you in your continuous learning and development. For this role, we have identified some qualifications, skills and abilities that will make you successful.

This includes:

  • Successfully completed degree in electrical engineering, traffic engineering or railway engineering or a technician or master craftsman's degree
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in LST 
  • Qualification as a specialist planner LST according to RiL 046.2821 desirable
  • Very good knowledge in the areas of HOAI, VOB as well as in the valid legal provisions and relevant regulations of the DB
  • Experience with the awarding of planning services and the preparation of offers
  • Confident use of the relevant software systems (e.g. AutoCAD, iTwo, MS Office)
  • Technical and commercial understanding
  • Interest in complex tasks and networking
  • Self-motivation, reliability and solution-oriented working methods
  • Enjoy working in a structured team
  • Very good written and spoken German and English skills

What We Offer You

  • investment in your development
  • Leaders you can rely on and who are committed to our corporate ethics
  • Appreciation for your role and skills
  • Inspiration from colleagues, customers and projects
  • The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
  • Corporate Benefits
  • Permanent employment with 30 days holiday per year and company holidays on December 24th and 31st, possibly also part-time and flexible working hours
  • Hybrid working: 2-3 days of mobile working per week after training
  • Flat hierarchies and fast decision-making processes, as well as a collegial and helpful environment
  • Extensive training and development opportunities
  • subsidy for company bicycles and subsidy for leasing home office equipment
  • conversation offer for mental well-being
  • * A paid 'Deutschlandticket' based on the 2023 conditions, depending on the financial demands in the next year