Permanent Way Cre

Company Description

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels.

No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

**Job Description**:
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. We are looking for a Permanent Way CRE to support the large and expanding programme of works for the South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA) on our current and forthcoming Anglia and Southern sites.

This role can be based out of any of our UK rail offices in the UK.The role will require experience and knowledge of Switch and Crossing (S&C) single option and detailed design, and also include acting as the Lead Designer or as the Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE).

The emphasis of these roles will be on the successful delivery of projects to appropriate quality standards, achieving excellence in technical and design quality ensuring the Track design contributes to an integrated multi-discipline engineering design.

The role will also be required to enhance the team’s portfolio of skills and expertise, supporting the Technical Head of Track and the project Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) in running SRSA projects, and mentoring less experienced team members.

The Team and ProjectsAlong with the large rail infrastructure projects undertaken by AECOM, the Permanent Way team deliver track design solutions for the South Rail Systems Alliance Programme.

The Alliance title reflects the multi-disciplinary design and construction activities undertaken collaboratively between AECOM, Network Rail and Colas Rail.

The SRSA is progressively becoming the team of choice in the South with an increase in requests to support other projects, for example Enhancement projects and Works Delivery projects.

Hence, there is a variety of projects this role can be involved with on top of the core S&C renewals.

**Specific tasks for the role**:

- Production of track designs and provision of technical support throughout the Approval In Principle, Detailed Design and Approved For Construction stages of the design;
- Manage a team of allocated designers for the production of track design deliverables in accordance with Client Requirements
- Specify survey scopes - it is encouraged that the CRE and Lead Designer undertake a site visit to familiarise themselves with their site(s)
- Available as a Checker resource for SRSA
- Monitor your allocated design resource and design programme, working closely with the CEM and Project Manager to deliver to schedule
- Attendance at technical design reviews including Design and Construction Interface meetings and Interdisciplinary Design Checks to present the Track design

**Specific Skills Required for the role**:

- Demonstrable competence in the design (concept and detail) of S&C, especially within the Network Rail Infrastructure environment
- Competent user of Bentley RailTrack Design package and Microstation CAD package
- Competent user or good working knowledge of ClearRoute 2 software for kinematic gauging
- Familiar with Track-ex tool
- Knowledge of track maintenance practices and construction