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.