Principal Design Engineer Rail

Are You a Chartered Civil Engineer Looking to Play a Key Role in a Rail Structures Team?

Do You Enjoy Solving Complex Engineering Challenges Alongside Technically Strong, Like-Minded Engineers?

Salary: £60,000 – £68,000
Location: London office, located near Blackfriars (hybrid working available)

I’m working exclusively with a well-established multidisciplinary engineering consultancy to appoint a Principal Design Engineer into their growing rail structures team in London.

The business has built an excellent reputation for delivering complex engineering and infrastructure projects across the UK, operating across structural engineering, civil engineering and infrastructure services within sectors such as transport, rail and the built environment.

You will join a close-knit rail structures team delivering structural design, assessments and infrastructure upgrade projects across the UK rail network. With a strong pipeline of frameworks and project work, the team is looking to strengthen its senior capability to support delivery and mentor a growing group of engineers, graduates and apprentices.

This is a highlytechnicalrole, requiring strong engineering fundamentals, confidence undertaking structural calculations and the ability to review designs across a variety of structural forms and materials.

Essential Requirements

Chartered Engineer with ICE or IStructE
Experience delivering civil engineering projects
Excellent understanding of engineering standards and design principles
Experience supporting or mentoring junior engineers
Solid design experience on civil engineering projects
Desirable Experience

Rail experience
Structural inspections and assessments
You will work across a wide range of rail infrastructure projects including:

• Structural design and assessment of rail bridges and complex structures
• Station capacity upgrades and infrastructure improvement works
• Retaining structures and enabling works
• Depot extensions and portal frame structures
• Footbridges, staircases and lift structures as part of accessibility schemes
• Structural examinations and inspections of rail assets
• Major structural assessments including trusses and historic cast-iron structures
• Temporary works and demolition design associated with rail infrastructure projects

I’m keen to speak with chartered engineers interested in technically challenging infrastructure work within a collaborative and highly respected consultancy.

Apply today or contact me directly for a confidential discussion
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed