Senior Rail Design Manager

Overview

As a Senior Rail Design Manager, you will steer the coordination, integration and assurance of multidisciplinary rail design across complex UK projects. You’ll act as a Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) or equivalent, shaping engineering management, governance and assurance approaches. You will guide design delivery from feasibility to construction support, managing interfaces, risks and changes while safeguarding programme, quality and commercial outcomes. You’ll build trusted client relationships and lead cross‑functional teams, with opportunities to mentor others and contribute to bid leadership and capability development.

Pay / Benefits

• Profit Share
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Accident insurance
• Income protection
• flexible benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination, integration and assurance of multidisciplinary design services across multiple rail projects
• Act as CEM or equivalent, establishing engineering management and assurance approaches
• Oversee design delivery from feasibility through detailed design and construction support
• Manage interfaces, requirements, risk, change and assurance activities with a focus on programme, quality and commercial outcomes
• Build relationships with clients and delivery partners and lead multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute to bid leadership and work-winning activities
• Mentor and develop future Design Managers, CEMs and CREs
• Influence ongoing development of Arup’s rail design management capability

Key requirements

• Significant experience leading multidisciplinary rail design delivery across feasibility, scheme and detailed design
• Chartered status and corporate membership of a professional engineering institution (e.g. ICE, IET, CIHT)
• Proven experience as CEM-D or CEM on rail infrastructure projects with governance, assurance and compliance responsibility
• Strong understanding of Network Rail and major infrastructure design assurance processes
• Proven leadership, stakeholder management and client relationship skills
• Commitment to technical excellence, continuous improvement and mentoring

• Leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Multidisciplinary design coordination
• Engineering governance and assurance (CEM/CEM-D)
• Design reviews and interference coordination

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