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Senior/ Principal Track Engineer

WSP London Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Track Engineer to join our established Rail Engineering Services team in the Midlands to lead on the technical delivery of our diverse portfolio of rail engineering projects across the UK & Ireland, and overseas.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Supporting the management of the Track team in Birmingham, London or Manchester
  • Taking a leading role on project delivery as a Lead Designer
  • Supporting the wider track community through contributing to development design process and tools
  • Mentoring and supporting the development of the next generation of engineers
  • Supporting major projects in the UK, Ireland and globally including schemes like East West Rail, Northern Powerhouse Rail and Dublin Metrolink
  • Setting an example for health, safety and welfare on your projects and instilling a strong safety culture within the delivery team
  • Leading design coordination activities such as integrated design reviews and promoting digitalisation to aid delivery

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Knowledge of track engineering for both heavy and light rail schemes
  • Experience of delivering projects to a variety of different standards, including Network Rail
  • Strong experience across multiple parts of the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility studies to detailed design and implementation
  • Experience delivering designs using Bently Open Rail Designer
  • Experience undertaking the role of Track Lead Designer as CRE or Deputy CRE as appropriate to size of project
  • Chartered or incorporated registration with a relevant professional engineering institution

Desirable skills include:

  • Corridor modelling experience
  • Experience using Autodesk Civil3D for delivering linear infrastructure
  • International project deliver experience

Skills

Required

  • track engineering
  • Bently Open Rail Designer
  • Network Rail standards
  • project lifecycle management

Nice to have

  • corridor modelling
  • Autodesk Civil3D
  • international project delivery

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