Job Description
Tunnel and Lineside Mechanical and Electrical is a Rail Systems contract for HS2 awarded to Costain to deliver power and ventilation systems to the entire line. It is a complex delivery as there are 9 different rail systems contracts that need to cooperate to deliver the functions to enable HS2 to start operations.
About the project
The Systems Engineering and Technical Assurance function supports the successful definition, integration, assurance and progressive acceptance of complex infrastructure systems. The team works across requirements management, configuration management, system safety, interoperability, PRAMS, technical assurance, interface management and digital engineering processes.
About the role
As a Graduate Systems Engineer, you will support the delivery of systems engineering and technical assurance activities across the project lifecycle. You will contribute to the definition, allocation, management and verification of requirements, hazards, configuration items and assurance evidence.
Costain’s Graduate Development Programme
The programme will focus on helping you to grow your personal and leadership skills, alongside business and technical skills you will learn day‑to‑day on the job. It is delivered in a variety of formats throughout the 2 years and will allow you to establish a network of contacts that will help and support you throughout your first 2 years and beyond. Graduates may have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects during this period in sectors including nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels.
Responsibilities
- Support requirements management activities: Assist in the capture, structuring, allocation, tracing and reporting of project requirements using IBM Rational DOORS and associated digital tools.
- Support hazard and safety management activities: Contribute to the allocation of hazards, safety requirements and assurance evidence, supporting system safety workshops, reviews and records.
- Support PRAMS and technical assurance activities: Assist in the development, collation and management of evidence relating to performance, reliability, availability, maintainability and safety requirements.
- Support configuration management activities: Help maintain controlled technical information, configuration item records, baselines, change records and traceability between requirements, assets, designs and assurance evidence.
- Support interoperability and compliance activities: Assist in the identification, allocation and management of interoperability requirements, applicable standards, regulatory obligations and assurance evidence.
- Participate in and progressively lead workshops: Support systems definition, hazard allocation, requirements allocation and assurance workshops, initially through preparation and record keeping, and progressively through facilitation and technical leadership.
- Maintain accurate records and reports: Produce and maintain clear, accurate and auditable records, including action logs, allocation matrices, workshop outputs, requirements reports, configuration status information and assurance trackers.
- Engage fully with the apprenticeship and professional development pathway: Actively participate in structured learning, mentoring, professional development and project‑based experience with the aim of developing toward professional registration and future technical authority responsibilities.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience – Essential
- A strong interest in systems engineering, technical assurance and complex engineered systems.
- High attention to detail and appreciation of the importance of accuracy, traceability and controlled information.
- Good analytical skills, with the ability to structure information logically and identify relationships between requirements, hazards, assets, interfaces and evidence.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence to engage with engineers, designers, safety specialists, delivery teams and other stakeholders.
- Willingness to learn specialist tools, including IBM Rational DOORS and other requirements, configuration, assurance and reporting systems.
- Good IT capability, including Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
- Ability to work collaboratively and build positive working relationships.
- Ability to organise work, manage actions and follow through on commitments.
- A professional attitude, with the aspiration to develop into a trusted technical authority.
- Awareness of systems engineering principles, requirements management, configuration management or safety assurance.
- Awareness of infrastructure, rail, transport, energy, defence or other complex project environments.
- Awareness of standards, assurance processes, asset information or digital engineering environments.
- Experience using structured databases, reporting tools, dashboards or engineering information systems.
- Exposure to workshops, stakeholder engagement, technical documentation or project coordination.
- Interest in professional registration through an appropriate engineering institution.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience – Desirable
- Awareness of systems engineering principles, requirements management, configuration management or safety assurance.
- Awareness of infrastructure, rail, transport, energy, defence or other complex project environments.
- Awareness of standards, assurance processes, asset information or digital engineering environments.
- Experience using structured databases, reporting tools, dashboards or engineering information systems.
- Exposure to workshops, stakeholder engagement, technical documentation or project coordination.
- Interest in professional registration through an appropriate engineering institution.
Qualifications – Essential
- A degree, or expected degree, in relevant engineering, science, mathematics, technology or systems‑related discipline; or equivalent apprenticeship / vocational route aligned to the role.
- Passion for Costain’s Carbon Net Zero targets.
- Detail‑focused and methodical.
- Curious and willing to ask questions.
- Comfortable working with complex information.
- Able to communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Organised, reliable and proactive.
- Open to feedback and committed to continuous improvement.
- Interested in developing technical judgement and professional authority over time.
- Comfortable supporting workshops and progressively taking on a more visible facilitation role.
Qualifications – Desirable
- Degree or modules covering systems engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, safety, reliability, data, asset management or project management.
- Membership, or willingness to pursue membership, of a relevant professional body such as INCOSE, ICE, IET, IMechE, SaRS, IfSE or equivalent.
Additional Requirements
Applicants must be able to produce passport and/or right‑to‑work documentation if invited to interview.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer and a Disability Confident employer, where we offer interviews to applicants who disclose a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the job.
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