Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Earthing & Bonding (E&B) Engineer to join the Egis UK MEPHFC Design Team. The ideal candidate will have experience in both railway systems and rail station E&B design and coordination.

You will play a key role in the design, coordination, and assurance of traction power, station, and depot earthing and bonding systems, ensuring compliance with safety standards and successful integration across all railway and building services systems.

This is a technical, delivery-focused role suited to an engineer with strong experience in electrical safety, stray current mitigation, and system integration, with involvement across design, site activities, and Testing & Commissioning phases.

We are looking for someone who’s dedicated, diligent, and driven, and will take this challenge head on, being an important part of a dynamic team with big ambitions.

Your responsibilities will include:-

E&B Design & Systems Engineering

• Produce detailed Earthing & Bonding (E&B) designs for traction power substations, route-wide systems, stations, and depots.
• Produce lightning protection designs.
• Produce Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) design and documentation.
• Develop technical reports, calculations, and safety documentation to support design justification and client handover.
• Production of design proposals (e.g. sketches) for agreement with the client, stakeholders, subcontractors, suppliers etc.
• Review and approve technical drawings, material specifications, and installation methodologies.
• Perform electrical modelling and calculations using industry-standard tools (e.g. CDEGS).
• Ensure designs comply with relevant standards, including EN 50122-1, EN 50122-2, BS 7671, BS 7430, BS 50522, BS 62305.
• Produce and maintain Earthing Management Plans, E&B Execution Plans, and E&B Staging Plans, including safety justifications.
• Carrying out design reviews and working to design assurance processes.

Stray Current & Electrical Safety

• Develop and implement stray current mitigation strategies in accordance with EN 50122-2.
• Ensure all designs mitigate risks associated with touch and step voltages in line with EN 50122-1.
• Support safety assurance activities, including hazard identification, risk mitigation, and compliance demonstration.

Interface Management

• Coordinate with Track, Civil, Traction Power, Signalling, Telecoms, Building Services and Urban Realm disciplines to ensure full system integration.
• Manage interfaces between E&B systems and external stakeholders, including utility providers (water, gas, telecoms), architectural, civils, and structural packages.
• Assess and mitigate risks related to electrical interference on third-party assets.
• Writing project communications such as Requests For Information (RFIs) & meeting minutes.
• Maintaining trackers, registers and schedules.

Testing & Commissioning Support

• Conduct site-based testing including soil resistivity surveys and Fall of Potential (FoP) testing.
• Support continuity, resistance, and earthing verification testing.
• Provide technical support during Testing & Commissioning, including issue resolution and system validation.

Technical Advisory & Coordination

• Act as a key technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders on E&B matters.
• Present technical solutions and design updates at project and client meetings.
• Support coordination across design, construction, and commissioning phases to ensure safe and compliant delivery.

Collaboration & Coordination

• Work closely with systems engineers, integrators, design consultants, project managers, and subcontractors.
• Attend coordination and technical meetings, representing the E&B discipline in design, integration, and T&C discussions.
• Provide engineering input to RAMS, safety assurance, and operational readiness activities as they relate to E&B systems.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Electrical Engineering qualification and a minimum of 10 years’ professional experience
• Proven experience in Earthing & Bonding design within rail, LRT, or infrastructure projects
• Experience of working in an engineering production environment
• Experience of multi-disciplinary design and coordination, and the delivery of projects to a high quality, throughout all design stages
• Experience of producing technical notes, reports, specifications, drawings, schedules and calculations
• Ability to find solutions to engineering problems
• Capable of managing design interfaces and integration processes
• Strong knowledge of British Standards and Regulations, and Rail Standards, such as Network Rail, HS2 and TfL, including EN 50122-1, EN 50122-2, BS 7671, BS 7430, BS 50522, BS 62305
• Understanding of project scopes, requirements, works information, and commercial awareness
• Ability to deliver work to a programme and budget
• Strong communication, collaboration, and reporting abilities
• Capable of working as part of a team and on own initiative
• Ability to support and help develop less experienced members of the team
• Comfortable leading meetings and presenting to clients, stakeholders, colleagues, subcontractors, suppliers etc.
• Excellent understanding of electrical systems from a technical, design, installation, buildability, and maintainability perspective
• Proficient in relevant engineering software tools such as CDEGS
• Awareness of procurement activities and lead times
• Experience supporting Testing & Commissioning activities
• Being committed to professional development, staying updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in rail design and engineering, integrating them into project designs as appropriate
• Nurture a get it right first-time culture within the team

Desirable:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Member of an engineering institute and has Engineering Council Professional Registration
• Experience of undertaking DPE/CRE roles
• Knowledge of UK railway standards and regulations
• Knowledge of design stages and requirements e.g. RIBA, BSRIA, GRIP, PACE
• Good understanding of relevant legislation such as CDM and CSM
• Experience of working with 3D models in a BIM environment
• Good knowledge of NEC contracts and project communications
• Knowledge of testing, commissioning and certification of electrical services would be beneficial

Additional Information

YOU MUST HAVE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We at EGIS are an Equal Opportunities employer and we recognise the value of a Diverse Organisation. EGIS appreciates all job applications. If you decide to apply for an opportunity at EGIS, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and everyone’s contribution as this builds our culture and means, if you work for EGIS, you will be included, listened to, and respected.

This job profile has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of the work performance by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications / experience required by employees assigned to the role. This job profile may be subject to future amendments following appropriate discussion.