Principal Chief Civil Engineer (Rail Projects)

Job Description

Overview

Shape a faster smarter safer future.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. Were proud to say its thanks to our peoples diversity of thought expertise and knowledge. And when you join us youll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment where everyones voice is valued and treated equally.

Were passionate about what we do but we dont take ourselves too seriously. Simply put this a great place to be. So when it comes to your life outside of work ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Principal or Chief Civil Engineer in our Bridges and Civils team within our Transportation business you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of transportation. We work on a diverse range of significant and challenging projects across the UK and Ireland including Midlands Rail Hub East West Rail Lower Thames Crossing and a variety of National Highways and Network Rail schemes. The team also supports non-transportation civil engineering and structures projects throughout the UK and internationally such as the Water Market or Nuclear schemes such as Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor programme. Locally in the Midlands we deliver a range of local authority projects for councils such as Warwickshire Herefordshire Solihull Coventry and Birmingham. Youll take pride in creating high-quality civil and structural designs for new builds renewals maintenance and assessments. Youll feel a great sense of pride in shaping high-quality civil and structural designs across new build renewal maintenance and assessment works.

Your Role

• Act as a Contractors Responsible Engineer for railway civil engineering or stations projects or act as an Engineering Manager on multi-disciplinary railway schemes.
• Take pride in developing high-quality civil engineering designs for new construction renewals maintenance works.
• Collaborate with both national and international design teams using your expertise and leadership to create positive sustainable impacts on society and the environment.
• Manage the production of and review high quality design documentation including sketches drawings 3D BIM deliverables calculations reports and specifications.
• Able to understand a clients problem and bring the different capabilities of AtkinsRéalis together to develop a solution.
• Independently carry out technical work and provide guidance to junior staff members.
• Develop capability within the team and wider business.
• Engage with and manage internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify new opportunities and growth propositions and bring value into the business by seeing these through to new work for themselves and others.
• Lead bids and tenders winning work and developing Client relationships.
• Keep abreast of state-of-the-art methods and developments in area of specialisation.

About you

• A degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
• A professional qualification (CEng/IEng) and membership of the ICE or IStructE.
• Experience of acting as a CRE or Engineering Manager for railway civil engineering works or stations projects.
• Experience working with key clients such as Network Rail HS2 local authorities or major Contractors and Developers.
• Good understanding of relevant design standards (e.g. Eurocodes DMRB MCHW and Network Rail standards).
• Practical knowledge of railway civil engeineering or station design.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to converse with a wide range of clients stakeholders and colleagues across a number of engineering disciplines.
• Good project management skills commercial awareness financial control and ability to deliver across a range of contract types. This will include an ability to manage stakeholders e.g. specialist suppliers independent checkers and local authorities.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health wellbeing financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So we offer a range of family friendly inclusive employment policies flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer we value applications from all backgrounds cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

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At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.