Principal Track Engineer(Rail)

Overview

As Principal Track Engineer in Amey’s Consulting Rail team, you lead multidisciplinary technical work on high‑value rail schemes, guiding design and safety by applying best practice and CDM standards. You will drive technical delivery, bid support and client liaison across multiple regional offices, shaping major programmes and safe, efficient rail environments. This role offers leadership across projects like Wales & Borders and Northern Powerhouse Rail, with a clear impact on safety, performance and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical team leader, guiding and supervising engineers, managers, clients and suppliers
• Lead the preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation to meet quality, cost and schedule objectives
• Own the commercial success of projects, managing budgets and deliverable costs
• Engage with clients and suppliers at peer level, presenting proposals and addressing queries
• Contribute to bids and the work-winning process, preparing technical and commercial offers
• Drive health and safety practices within the team and ensure risk mitigation is applied

Key requirements

• Senior Engineer level experience or equivalent with high technical capability
• Ability to produce and lead technically sound engineering solutions meeting technical standards and client requirements
• Experience managing health, safety and welfare tasks (e.g., IMS and CDM Regulations)
• Capable of acting as engineering lead/Contractor’s Engineering Manager for Network Rail schemes
• Understanding of design and specification processes; can act as Design Team Lead on projects
• Proficient with relevant software and analytical tools; able to validate new tools
• CDM knowledge and risk assessment expertise; capable of acting as Principal Designer
• Supervisory and people management capabilities
• Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence
• strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• design and specification
• CDM and risk assessment
• use of engineering software and analytical tools

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