Senior Civil Structural Engineer Rail

Overview

In this role you will provide technical assurance and expert guidance across a major UK rail programme, focusing on bridges, viaducts, and other civil assets. You will review designs, challenge technical decisions, and work with delivery teams, contractors and designers to ensure standards are met. Joining a compact, experienced team, you will oversee a large portfolio of structures and translate complex technical issues into practical solutions. This is an opportunity to shape high-stakes infrastructure delivery with hands-on design expertise and broad engineering oversight.

Pay / Benefits

• salary range included in job ad
• 20% flex fund
• location: London or Birmingham
• 3 days in the office per week
• permanent full-time
• structured career opportunity

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assurance across a portfolio of structures (≈350) and identify design issues
• Review structural designs and drawings and give practical recommendations
• Challenge engineering solutions and influence delivery teams, contractors and designers
• Support multidiscipline interfaces and ensure adherence to standards and engineering processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical matters
• Communicate technical advice clearly and assertively with stakeholders
• Apply risk-based approaches to technical assurance and decision-making
• Support continuous improvement in design review practices and governance

Key requirements

• 8–12 years of relevant civil structural engineering experience
• Proven bridge design and/or structural assessment experience
• Experience with bridges, viaducts, retaining walls and culverts
• Strong understanding of structural design principles, standards, and assurance processes
• Ability to review designs, identify issues, and provide technical recommendations
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams and interfaces between civil structures and other disciplines
• Confident in communicating technical advice and challenging design decisions
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or progress towards ICE chartership or equivalent

• strong communication and negotiation
• problem-solving and sound engineering judgement
• ability to work with multidisciplinary teams
• bridge design
• structural assessment
• engineering standards and assurance processes

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