Senior Engineering Leader - Built Environment

Job title: Senior Engineering Leader – Built Environment – (2510)
Grade: Payband 3     Salary: Circa £63k plus excellent benefits

Contract type: TfL     Reference: 2510

Team: Built Environment     Directorate: Engineering

Contract details: Permanent

Location: Southwark / Hybrid

Application closing date: Sunday 12th October 2025 @ 23:59

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in one of our Central Engineering, Transport System Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering teams and, as well as maintaining legacy assets, you’ll deliver new systems and solutions. There’s more to it than tubes, roads, buildings and bridges. This is about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so we’re ready for the 21st century and beyond.

You will join our RIBA and RICS award-winning in-house team, working on projects of varying scale and complexity across all TfL modes with the focus in London Underground. Day-to-day, your focus will be on delivering designs, assurance verification of external contractor submissions, site inspections, surveys and construction support.  You shall make sure assets are safe, compliant, and operable; develop your own solutions; and be a trusted source of engineering advice for everyone, including our Heads of Engineering Delivery.

As a people leader within the Built Environment team, your role will include shaping the overall team in unison with the Principal Engineering Leaders and Head of Technical Discipline. The role includes guiding people in their development and in their project assignment to meet their developmental needs in addition to the needs of the business.  You will be either a Registered Architect; Chartered Building Surveyor; Chartered Building Engineer; or a Chartered Builder and have working experience across design, construction, operation and maintenance of buildings and built environment assets.

Having the right behaviours is vital, you will build effective working relationships and influence people at all levels across the organisation and externally and have the technical confidence to test the status-quo to deliver innovative and sustainable built environment solutions.

The more teams you’ve led, the better. But it’s important you bring a passion for the TfL Vision and strategy too. That’s because, wherever you join us, you’ll explore work of unparalleled scale, scope and variety across a unique range of projects, as you build your career and expertise. So come and bring on tomorrow, as an Engineer at TfL.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process

Please apply using your most recent CV and Cover Letter. (Word format only)

We encourage you to apply for the position that is most relevant to your existing skills, knowledge and experience as shortlisting is carried out on the basis of how well you meet the criteria for the role.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 12th October 2025 @ 23:59

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.  Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel