Senior Project Engineer

Overview

In this role you will lead technical coordination across the project lifecycle for a major UK rail infrastructure programme. You will work with contractors, design teams and stakeholders to align design, construction, testing and handover with safety and engineering standards. You will drive system integration, manage interfaces and identify technical risks to enable cost-effective, compliant delivery. You will promote best practice and collaborate in a fast-changing environment to support successful project assurance and governance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design, construction, testing, commissioning and handover activities
• Provide engineering support across the lifecycle and ensure deliverables meet standards and safety regulations
• Manage technical interfaces between contractors, engineering disciplines and infrastructure packages
• Identify and manage technical risks, assumptions and engineering changes
• Support system integration and develop practical, cost-effective engineering solutions
• Review contractor deliverables and assemble evidence for project assurance and acceptance
• Support CDM, NEC supervision and technical governance
• Promote engineering best practice and innovative, efficient delivery
• Collaborate with contractors, project teams, technical specialists and stakeholders

Key requirements

• Significant experience in an engineering discipline (design, installation, testing or commissioning)
• Experience managing engineering standards, safety and technical risks on major projects
• Strong understanding of UK regulations, engineering standards and assurance processes
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience managing technical interfaces and competing project priorities
• Chartered Engineer status, professional membership, or equivalent experience

• problem-solving
• stakeholder-management
• collaboration
• technical coordination across design/construction/testing
• system integration
• interface management

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