# Senior/ Principal Track Engineer – Specialist

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

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

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Take a leading role on project delivery as a Lead Designer or in an Integration role;

- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplines to develop engineering solutions from a technical perspective;

- Support the wider track community through contributing to development design process and tools;

- Mentor and support the development of the next generation of engineers;

- Support major projects in the UK, Ireland and globally including schemes like East West Rail, Northern Powerhouse Rail and Dublin Metrolink;

- Set an example for health, safety and welfare on your projects and instill a strong safety culture within the delivery team;

- Lead design coordination activities such as integrated design reviews and promote digitalisation to aid delivery.

**Requirements:**

- A strong technical background in track engineering, with knowledge of the key discipline interface;

- Experience of delivering projects to a variety of different standards, including Network Rail and EuroNorms;

- Strong experience across multiple parts of the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility studies to detailed design and implementation;

- Experience undertaking the role of Track Lead Designer as CRE or Deputy CRE as appropriate to size of project;

- A desire to travel internationally;

- Chartered or Incorporated registration with a relevant professional engineering institution.

**Desirable Skills:**

- Prior experience of Design & Engineering Manager, either leading smaller schemes or as a deputy;

- Technical specialist knowledge in a track sub-disciplines, such as trackbed engineering, gauging or componentry;

- Experience delivering designs using Bently Open Rail Designer;

- Corridor modelling experience;

- International project delivery experience.

## Skills

### Required
- track engineering
- design
- project management
- engineering solutions
- health and safety

### Nice to have
- Design & Engineering Manager
- trackbed engineering
- gauging
- componentry
- Bently Open Rail Designer
- corridor modelling
- international project delivery

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