Project Engineer (CDE) [Buildings]

The role of the railway is changing and the needs of stakeholders, clients and taxpayers is changing. As a client-side engineering leader, you have a unique opportunity to make these changes happen. This may include reducing embedded carbon, improving weather resilience, moving to a digital railway, embracing new technologies, attracting more leisure travellers, providing for aging customers, reducing the timescales needed to deliver railway projects as part of Project SPEED or demonstrating cost efficiency through the Minimum Viable Product initiatives., As the Project Engineer (Buildings) on a project or projects, you will be accountable for ensuring the technical aspects of the project are met. This includes:

1. Agreeing technical outputs with sponsors and stakeholders,
2. Technical discipline leadership,
3. Monitoring competence of contractors’ design, construction and specialist personnel,
4. Identify and share best practice across the various project teams,
5. Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) for specific projects,
6. Appling engineering controls and procedures to all projects using relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to all projects including in accordance with Network Rail Environmental Policy,
7. Implementing Network Rail systems and procedures monitoring all projects for compliance with Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards and project control procedures and construction design management (CDM) regulations.

As part of those duties:

• You will work with asset managers and internal specialists to provide clarity on requirements and gain endorsement of proposals,


• You will provide non-technical updates on key engineering issues to internal and external stakeholders,


• You will work with project delivery teams to advise on risks and opportunities,


• You will work with framework contractors and funders to ensure concepts are deliverable,


• You will ensure projects have the necessary safety and approval documents in place so projects can progress seamlessly from a single concept through to delivery.
  
  In addition to those listed in the Job Description, this role requires:


• Buildings, Stations, Civils and Structures, experience within the railway environment.


• A desire to help internal and external clients to specify affordable outputs which can be delivered within their timescales. This will require strong communication skills including an ability to translate non-technical aspirations into clear, unambiguous engineering requirements,


• To respectfully challenge where you suspect stakeholders may be asking for things which are above and beyond the core requirements,


• To drive through new initiatives even when established practices are well engrained,


• Successful relevant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas,


• Appreciation of Inclusive Design and CDM regulations.


It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -


• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.


• Knowledge and experience of Railway Interoperable Regulations and Common Safety Method RA and their application in a railway environment, or equivalent risk assessment processes.


• Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.


• An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.


• Project safety management experience


• A good working knowledge of the railway as a system and internal technical interfaces is essential.
  
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Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit, we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance, Capital Delivery Eastern offers a unique opportunity to be involved in of all aspects of Rail project delivery on the Eastern Region comprising of the East Coast Mainline, North & East, East Midlands and Anglia routes. Whether delivering renewals with our route colleagues, minor enhancements with our sponsorship colleagues, or 3^rd party funded interventions, we deliver projects across a range of disciplines including Signalling, Civil Engineering, Power & Distribution and Telecoms. Delivering projects across all project lifecycle stages, Portfolio North gives a unique development opportunity no matter your current level of experience.

The Buildings and Minor enhancements team is made up of dedicated professionals delivering a portfolio of projects throughout CP7.

In Capital Delivery Eastern we understand the value of developing our people, and our track record for development speaks for itself with almost 50% of our people having been promoted internally. Whatever level you join our team at, there will always be the opportunity to grow and develop in Capital Delivery Eastern.

As well as trusting and developing our people, in Capital Delivery Eastern our values include supporting the wellbeing of our people, creating an inclusive and respectful environment whilst encouraging creativity, engaging openly and honestly with ourselves and our partners, all whilst driving a positive and safe culture at all times. At the very soul of Capital Delivery Eastern is enjoying what we do, celebrating our successes, and continual learning.

We are looking for a Project Engineer to provide client-side engineering leadership to projects from early development (PACE Phase 1) to delivery and handback (PACE Phase 3/4) within the Eastern Route as part of a small team of other client-side engineers. Working within the client team of Portfolio Managers, Commercial Managers and Construction Assurance Specialists and many engineering and operational specialists, the role is required to provide technical leadership and assurance.

Projects are delivered collaboratively with our funders and suppliers and a key part of the role will involve the early definition of the technical requirements and alignment to programme and budget.

For this role we are looking for Buildings, Stations, Civils and Structures, experience within the railway environment.

Typical schemes in the portfolio cover stations, buildings, lifts, platforms and bridges scope ranges from refurbishment to renewal and minor enhancements. The team also support the Signalling and Power teams with the civils aspects of these projects. We are looking for someone who can lead the building/civils aspects and can bring together all the technical specialists within the railway environment to provide high value, minimum cost solutions which meet the essential needs of stakeholders.

Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes all off peak and super off peak tickets