Job Title - Project Engineer (Civils)

Location - Manchester, Square One

Rates - £369.07 LTD/Umbrella OR £326.76 PAYE per day

In Scope of IR35

About the role / project:

Network Rail is looking for an experienced civils based engineer to join an existing team based in Manchester working in the IPNP Enhancements team.

There is a portfolio of multidisciplinary project works across the North West region, including platform extensions, gauging, depot construction, line-speed enhancements and other major railway-infrastructure schemes.

Design and construction experience is crucial, specifically relating to bridges and bridge renewal work in the rail & road environment (rail over rail, rail over road, road over rail) as well as Remedial type works - steel work repairs, earthworks etc.

What you will do:

You will manage design and/or construction activities so that appropriate engineering standards are used in relation to design and/or construction on allocated projects within the national programme with compliance to the requirements of the Guide to Railway Investment Projects (GRIP), relevant legislation, Group and company standards, and Network Rail procedures.

Your experience will include:

An accomplished civil engineer, with extensive railway engineering experience, is essential to fulfil the requirements on this role

You will have had previous involvement in civils design, engineering assurance and some railway construction and preferably be a candidate who has previously been appointed as Civils design CRE contractors responsible engineer or has held a Network Rail "Authority-to-Work" appointment.

Essential

• Successful relevant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
• Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level.
• Knowledge of quality assurance.
• An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
• CDM, risk assessment, auditing internal and external competency.
• CITB CSCS scheme.Desirable
• Membership of a relevant professional body
• Chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
• Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
• An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
• Project safety management experience
• Yellow book course.

What you'll get in return

Network Rail (powered by Capita), understand what it is like to work as a contractor and do everything they can to make it a simple process for you - this includes a dedicated Onboarding and extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are.

About our client - Network Rail

Network Rail is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. We are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years we will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter.

Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.