Permanent Way Design, Senior and Principal Engineers

Locations: West Midlands, Crewe, Derby, York, Manchester

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

The Central Rail Systems Alliance is formed by partners Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, Atkins and TSO. The CRSA is responsible for the delivery of multi-disciplinary railway upgrade projects on the North West & Central and Eastern regions of Network Rail’s recently devolved routes. The programme of works delivered by the teams is valued at £2bn and manages the development, design and delivery of Switches and Crossings and Plain Line renewals as its core business but is also responsible for the delivery of major enhancement projects.

We are looking to recruit Permanent Way Engineers at all levels (Design, Senior and Principal) to join our Central Rail Systems Alliance team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Higher Educational Qualification or working towards.
• Preferably Eng Tech or IEng (From either PWI, ICE or IMech) or working towards professional qualification.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience in permanent way design.
• Able to author technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality.
• Good understanding of Network Rail, London Underground & Railway Group standards as well as the relevant British Standards and Eurocodes.
• Able to present their work and represent their colleagues on the project in presentations and meetings.
• Able to independently deliver work and integrate with larger project teams.
• Develop broad technical competence and able to check work of all those in the project team.
• An understanding of track construction methods, stageworks of projects, PWay components and surveys.
• Proficient in Microstation and Bentley Rail Track (BRT) design software production as well as Microsoft Word and Excel.
• A working knowledge of using ClearRoute 2 software.
• Responsible for completion of projects to time and cost.
• A willingness to work flexibly (as required) to assist in the delivery of projects.

The Individual:

• Good interpersonal, organization and communication skills.
• A hard working and flexible individual, who is a team player, is reliable, proactive and shows initiative whilst able to keep cool under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines.
• Self-motivated and able to work both independently as well as within a larger team capable of completing work within budget and to programme.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.