Permanent Way Design Engineer

The Role

You will be responsible for developing and delivering Permanent Way designs from feasibility through to detailed design.

The role will involve working closely with multidisciplinary teams, clients and contractors to deliver safe, technically robust and cost-effective design solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed Permanent Way designs across rail upgrade, renewal and enhancement projects.
• Produce designs covering plain line and S&C renewals, track lowering, platform extensions and linespeed improvement schemes.
• Undertake structural gauging and passing clearance analysis.
• Produce technical documentation, including calculations, reports and specifications.
• Prepare designer's risk assessments and ensure hazards are appropriately addressed through the design process.
• Review and check the work of other team members.
• Oversee technical aspects of track design where required.
• Deliver design packages to agreed quality, programme and budget requirements.
• Attend formal interdisciplinary design reviews.
• Liaise with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary design teams.
• Mentor and support less experienced members of the design team.

About You

• You will ideally have:
• HNC with substantial engineering experience or a relevant Civil Engineering degree/equivalent.
• Strong experience in Permanent Way and track design.
• Experience developing accurate track, S&C and Plain Line designs.
• Knowledge of trackform and track componentry.
• Experience managing your own workload and leading small teams.
• Knowledge of UK railway track and/or railway civil engineering surveying, specification and construction/renewal.
• Understanding of UK rail safety legislation and CDM 2015.
• Working knowledge of Network Rail Group and Line Standards and/or LU equivalents.
• Experience using MicroStation and Bentley RailTrack and/or OpenRail.
• Ideally, professional accreditation or working towards professional qualification.

Desirable Experience

• Detailed trackform design, including drainage, under track crossings and formation design.
• Track renewals and maintenance.
• Knowledge of stressing.
• Previous experience as a Contractor's Responsible Engineer.
• Experience with ClearRoute.

If you are an experienced Permanent Way Design Engineer looking for a long-term contract opportunity with a major rail engineering environment, we would be keen to hear from you.