Location
London, Manchester, Birmingham

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

We are seeking a Track Engineer to join our established Rail Engineering Services team in the Southwest or the Midlands to take a leading role on the technical delivery of our diverse portfolio of rail engineering projects across the UK & Ireland, and overseas. This role will require time working in our London offices, as well as across the country and overseas as required for project needs.

A little more about your role…
- Taking a leading role on project delivery as a Lead Designer or in an Integration role
- Working collaboratively with multi-disciplines to develop engineering solutions from a technical perspective
- Supporting the wider track community through contributing to development design process and tools
- Mentoring and supporting the development of the next generation of engineers
- Supporting major projects in the UK, Ireland and globally including schemes like East West Rail, Northern Powerhouse Rail and Dublin Metrolink
- Setting an example for health, safety and welfare on your projects and instilling a strong safety culture within the delivery team
- Leading design coordination activities such as integrated design reviews and promoting digitalisation to aid delivery.

A little more about your team…
You will work on exciting and inspiring projects for a variety of infrastructure owners, national and local governments, public and private sector clients including Translink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, MetroLink, Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail, Network Rail and HS2. You will be part of the Track Technical Advisory team within the Track Engineering Service Line – a team of professionally qualified, talented and diverse individuals that work together to:
- Work with a variety of teams to support projects from the earliest stages of feasibility through to detailed design
- Support global projects with subject matter specialist knowledge focussing on track technical interface
- Provide clients with technical excellence through our delivery of projects.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Work on landmark projects around the world and embrace opportunities to make an even bigger impact in the communities you care about. What if you could do the best work of your life and create a legacy for yourself? With us, you can. Apply today.

Experience
- Strong technical background in track engineering, with knowledge of key discipline interfaces
- Experience delivering projects to a variety of standards, including Network Rail and EuroNorms
- Strong experience across multiple parts of the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility studies to detailed design and implementation
- Experience undertaking the role of Track Lead Designer as CRE or Deputy CRE as appropriate to project size
- Desire to travel internationally

About you
- Chartered or Incorporated registration with a relevant professional engineering institution
- Ability to mentor and support the development of junior engineers
- Strong collaborative skills to work with multi-disciplinary teams
- Commitment to health, safety and welfare, promoting a strong safety culture within teams

Qualifications
- Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status with a relevant professional engineering institution is required
- It is desirable to have prior experience as a Design & Engineering Manager, either leading smaller schemes or as a deputy
- Technical specialist knowledge in track sub-disciplines such as trackbed engineering, gauging or componentry is advantageous
- Experience delivering designs using Bentley Open Rail Designer is desirable
- Corridor modelling experience and international project delivery experience are beneficial