Further to continued growth and contract awards, a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager (CEM) to join our clients rail team in the North West & Central region, supporting multi-disciplinary rail and civil engineering projects and frameworks.

Business Unit

A busy and fast paced project and maintenance environment involving in a range of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects, working for a varied range of clients including Local Authorities, Network Rail and Environmental.

Projects can typically include civil engineering works and infrastructure projects such as:

Highways & Roads, underbridges, overbridges and footbridges, tunnels, flood alleviation & repairs, earthworks & embankments and rail platforms and station infrastructure etc.

The client currently have a number of live infrastructure projects and long term renewals and maintenance frameworks underway including Civils Asset Management (CAM) & Buildings Asset Management (BAM).

The Role

As Engineering Manager (CEM) you will be working within project delivery teams, responsible for managing the design delivery process for both the internal design team and external designers, primarily dedicated to schemes within regional frameworks but also providing support to a variety of multi-disciplinary rail, civil engineering projects throughout the North West & Central region.

You will be responsible for managing the engineering process throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with the Project Manager and CRE(s), reporting to the Contracts Manager for the associated project/ programme of works.

You will typically be responsible for:

• Review the remits
• Develop and agree the relevant engineering processes and deliverables for the complexity and scale of projects to enabling the right solution to be provided.
• This will be undertaken and agreed with the associated Network Rail DPE of the works, in accordance with Governance of Railway Infrastructure Projects (GRIP)
• Prepare and manage design reviews
• Arrange and attend meetings as required with the client, designers and colleagues to secure design and implementation.
• Review project generated documentation including CPPs, WPPs, TBs, Specifications, and drawings.
• Providing approval for construction methodologies
• Brief out changes to standards to the project team(s) throughout the lifecycle of the project/ programme of works.
• Some weekend working will be required as part of the role

To excel in this position, you will have been approved as a CEM within a (similar) rail contracting organisation & have extensive railway, civils project experience.

• Degree / HNC or HND in civil engineering (or equivalent compensating experience in a technical engineering role)
• Experience as CEM / Engineering Manager in a multi-disciplinary rail contracting environment is essential.
• Based in the North West and prepared to travel sites as required
• Full UK Driving License required for site travel