Proeject Engineer

Brief Description What will you be doing?
As a Project Engineer you will be accountable for the management of the design and construction activities for any projects allocated to you by the Programme Engineering Manager or Senior Project Engineer.
There is a varied portfolio of interesting projects and customers to work with on Central route.If you are successful in your application, depending on which of the roles you are appointed to you could be supporting our Asset Protection teams with their interface with High Speed 2, or you could be supporting Central route's self-delivery teams in delivering key, high-profile internal projects.
Day-to-day you will liaise with the Route Asset engineers, Designers, Project Contract Engineering Managers and Contractors' Responsible Engineers.
You will be required where necessary to attend Interdisciplinary Design Reviews and Interdisciplinary Design Check meetings.
In addition, you will be expected to liaise with and draw in other discipline technical support from the Project Engineering Management team where the works affect other disciplines.
The projects are varied so we are looking for talented individuals in the following disciplines: ·Buildings & Civils ·Drainage & Off Track ·Geotechnical ·Buildings & Civils (Structures) ·Electrification & Plant (OLE) ·Electrification & Plant ·Mechanical & Electrical ·Signalling & Telecoms ·Track You will be required to be in the office at minimum of 3 days per week.
The role will also involve flexible working from other offices and site locations as and when necessary.About the role (External)More about your responsibilities… ·You'll be implementing Network Rail systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation.
Liaise with regulators and others as appropriate.
·Engineering Projects to the standards and specification of Network Rail, allocated design and construction contracts include reference to and are compliant with appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards, formal specifications and procedures.
·Managing all engineering activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality.
·Maintaining the use of relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to allocated projects and manage the environmental aspects of allocated projects in accordance with Network Rail's environmental policy.
·Monitoring design and specialist consultants and contractors.
·Providing project management advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision.
Manage the design and/or construction elements of relevant projects meet the requirements of current legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
·Internal and contractor's design/construction/specialists personnel are competent.
·Undertaking reviews of design and/or construction activities.Arrange audits of contractors monitoring safety, environment and quality of design, construction, testing and commissioning and management systems is adequate.
·Carrying out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) for specific projects.
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be: ·Relevant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
·Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level.
·Knowledge of quality assurance.
·An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
·CDM, risk assessment, engineering management competency.
Please note this is a safety critical post and you will be required to hold relevant track safety competences It's not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have: ·Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
·Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
·An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
·Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
·Project safety management experience ·Yellow book course.