An excellent opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join Capita Infrastructure’s Rail & Public Transport team based in Manchester working across a varied range of regional and UK investment projects. You will be part of a small team undertaking a full range of challenging and varied work in the planning, appraisal, design and implementation of rail and public transport schemes, working for a number of clients on projects, in Wales and the rest of the UK. To work as part of the Rail team with a broad range of expertise in the field of Transport Planning and Engineering.

Job title:

Senior Engineer - Rail

Job Description:

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking and managing commissions including engineering feasibility and outline design of rail projects (GRIP 1-4) to support business cases, coordinating input from engineering and environmental disciplines, and supporting the option selection and development process, collating multi-disciplinary reports, liaising with stakeholders and Technical approval bodies submitting completed technical reports to clients.

You shall implement projects effectively and commercially to meet the requirements of the brief, quality standards, health and safety and environmental standards to both national and corporate standards, applying all project management requirements including clear communications, reporting, financial management and customer relationship management.

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE) – Rail Civils Design
• Leading and undertake the preparation of technical reports and documentation relating to projects.
• Check and approval of technical work by the design team.
• Mange delivery teams working in collaboration with other disciplines in the Common Data Environment
• Help to develop the production of drawings, reports, and specifications.
• Scope and supervise surveys.
• Input to and preparation of bids and proposals
• Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the team.

What we’re looking for:

• Engineering degree in a relevant subject.
• Chartered Membership of relevant professional institution (IHT, ICE etc.)
• Typically, a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the rail sector
• Experience of working in the UK rail industry with good working knowledge of Network Rail Grip process / standards and approval processes.
• Experience working in some of the below areas:
• Station design
• Lineside civils works.
• Gantry and foundation designs
• Rock cutting stabilizations works.
• Designers risk assessments
• Bridge design, refurbishment and strengthening schemes.
• Completing design forms (F001-003)
• Cat 3 checking of third-party designs
• UTX/URX design

About Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure

At Capita Real estate and infrastructure, we create places where people can prosper.

Today, critical infrastructure and public building projects need to be sustainable and environmentally appropriate. They must deliver value for the people that will use them - local communities and businesses - for decades to come. The wide range of demands requires a more holistic approach to design. That’s where we come in.

Our clients rely on our commitment to understanding their challenges and finding smarter solutions, and a broad range of experts offering a distinctively diverse set of skills. Our leadership team, who are practitioners themselves, understand what it takes to deliver.

Our culture is built on over 100 years of delivering excellence and creating solutions for critical infrastructure challenges. This enables us to provide a different perspective and approach; one based on what our clients need and can afford.

From engineering and architectural innovation to environmental sustainability and technologically enabled project delivery, we are renowned for our breadth of expertise and holistic, collaborative approach.

We’re a unique team specializing in infrastructure and buildings; the physical networks which keep the country moving and the places where people and communities can prosper.

What’s in it for you:

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

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What we hope you’ll do next:

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Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.