At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead major rail infrastructure projects and mentor the next generation of engineers.
- Company: Reputable multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with a focus on rail projects.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, health cash plan, and professional development support.
- Other info: Join a company investing in its future and enjoy excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on high-profile projects while shaping a growing team.
- Qualifications: Chartered Engineer with 8+ years in civil/structural engineering and rail experience.
Ready to lead major rail infrastructure projects and shape the future of a growing engineering team? If you're a Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer with extensive rail experience and you're looking for a role where you'll influence projects, develop people and build long-term client relationships, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.
The opportunity
You'll be joining a growing multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with an excellent reputation for delivering complex infrastructure projects across the UK. As a Principal Engineer, you'll play a leading role within an expanding Rail team while also collaborating with specialists across maritime, asset management and wider infrastructure disciplines. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of technically challenging schemes, influence the direction of projects and help develop the next generation of engineers.
Projects include:
- Station developments
- Bridge design and renewal schemes
- Access for All (AfA) projects
- Rail infrastructure upgrades
- Civil and structural engineering schemes across the rail network
- Multidisciplinary infrastructure projects
What you'll be doing
You'll combine technical excellence with strong leadership, becoming a trusted advisor to both clients and your team. Your responsibilities will include:
- Acting as Technical Lead across a range of rail infrastructure projects
- Leading multidisciplinary design teams from concept through to delivery
- Managing project budgets, programmes and resources
- Building and developing strong client relationships
- Leading project meetings and providing technical guidance throughout delivery
- Reviewing and approving engineering designs, calculations, reports and drawings
- Mentoring, managing and developing engineers and graduates
- Leading design reviews and ensuring coordination across engineering disciplines
- Preparing fee proposals, scopes of work and supporting tender submissions
- Carrying out inspections, site visits and technical assessments
- Supporting business development and identifying new opportunities
- Ensuring projects comply with industry standards, legislation and engineering best practice
Requirements
About you
You're an experienced rail engineer who enjoys leading teams, solving complex engineering challenges and building lasting client relationships. You're commercially aware, technically strong and ready to play a key role in the continued growth of an ambitious engineering consultancy.
You'll ideally have:
Essential
- Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (ICE or IStructE)
- Around 8+ years' experience within Civil or Structural Engineering
- Extensive experience delivering rail infrastructure projects
- CRE(D) accreditation
- Experience leading engineering projects and multidisciplinary teams
- Strong knowledge of Network Rail standards, Railway Group Standards, Eurocodes and British Standards
- Experience with Network Rail engineering assurance processes
- Proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget
- Experience reviewing and approving engineering calculations and designs
- Strong client-facing communication skills
- Line management and mentoring experience
- Good understanding of CDM Regulations
Desirable
- Commercial awareness including budgeting, contract management and financial performance
- Experience preparing fee proposals and supporting successful tenders
- Knowledge of structural analysis software such as Tekla Tedds, Tekla Structural Designer, MIDAS, Robot, LUSAS, SuperStress or similar
Benefits
£60,000 to £68,000 Central London | Hybrid & Flexible Working
You'll also enjoy an excellent benefits package, including:
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Buy, sell and carry over annual leave
- Health cash plan
- Professional membership and ongoing development support
- Incentive scheme
- Car benefit scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Long service awards
- Employee referral scheme
- Life assurance
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Regular team initiatives and wellbeing events
Why consider this opportunity?
This is an opportunity to join a consultancy that is investing heavily in the future of its Infrastructure Engineering division. You'll have the autonomy to lead projects, influence technical decisions and help shape a growing team, all while working on a varied portfolio of high-profile rail schemes.
If you're looking for a role where your leadership, technical expertise and ambition will be recognised and rewarded, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Interested?
If you're ready to lead technically challenging rail infrastructure projects while helping develop a growing team, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.
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