Program Engineering Manager - Signalling

Job summary

NEO are seeking an experienced Signalling Engineering Lead for a Global Consultancy to provide technical and delivery leadership across major rail infrastructure programmes. This role is ideally suited to an experienced CRE Signalling professional with a strong background in engineering management, multidisciplinary project delivery, technical assurance, and stakeholder engagement within complex operational railway environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the engineering delivery of signalling projects, acting as CRE Signalling and ensuring compliance with applicable railway standards, techni…

Job details

NEO are seeking an experienced Signalling Engineering Lead for a Global Consultancy to provide technical and delivery leadership across major rail infrastructure programmes. This role is ideally suited to an experienced CRE Signalling professional with a strong background in engineering management, multidisciplinary project delivery, technical assurance, and stakeholder engagement within complex operational railway environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the engineering delivery of signalling projects, acting as CRE Signalling and ensuring compliance with applicable railway standards, technical requirements, and project objectives. Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary project teams, managing engineering interfaces between signalling, track, power, telecoms, civils, and systems disciplines. Oversee engineering assurance, risk management, design reviews, constructability assessments, and technical approvals throughout the project lifecycle. Act as the primary technical point of contact for clients, contractors, suppliers, and regulatory stakeholders, ensuring successful project delivery within programme, budget, and quality targets. Mentor and develop engineering teams, promoting best practice, technical excellence, and a strong safety-first culture across all project activities. Requirements Significant experience delivering signalling projects within heavy rail, metro, transit, or railway infrastructure environments. Proven experience operating as CRE Signalling, CEM, Signalling Project Engineer, or Engineering Manager on major rail programmes. Knowledge of Network Rail, Metrolinx, TTC, GO Expansion, VIA Rail, CPKC, CN, or comparable rail authority standards and governance frameworks. Strong understanding of railway signalling systems, engineering assurance, testing & commissioning, safety verification, and systems integration. Degree qualified in Engineering or a related discipline with professional registration (PEng, IRSE, IET, ICE, or equivalent) preferred.

What you’ll do

Lead the engineering delivery of signalling projects, ensuring compliance with railway standards and project objectives. Act as the primary technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders, overseeing engineering assurance and managing multidisciplinary project teams.

Requirements

Candidates should have significant experience in delivering signalling projects within railway environments and proven experience in roles such as CRE Signalling or Engineering Manager. A degree in Engineering or a related discipline with professional registration is preferred.

Listed skills

• Budget · Preferred
• Technical · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Teams · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• safety · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Assurance · Preferred
• discipline · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Signalling Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Project Delivery
• Technical Assurance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Risk Management
• Design Reviews
• Constructability Assessments
• Safety Verification
• Systems Integration
• Mentoring
• Technical Leadership
• Multidisciplinary Teams
• Railway Standards
• Testing & Commissioning
• Engineering Interfaces