Senior Engineer(OLE)

As Senior Civil Engineer in Amey’s Consulting Rail team, you lead design activities on major UK rail projects, guiding the design team and mentoring junior engineers. You deliver technically sound rail schemes that meet client standards, budgets, and schedules while coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders. You’ll shape project deliverables from design through documentation, enabling safer, more efficient passenger journeys. The role combines leadership, hands-on design, and client liaison within a supportive, development‑driven culture.

• Generous pension scheme
• Minimum 24 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits including buying additional leave, cycle-to-work, and gym membership
• Health cash plan and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing resources and 24/GP access
• Discount portal for retailers

• Lead a technical team and support the Design Team Leader on rail schemes
• Oversee the production and checking of designs, calculations, drawings, and documentation
• Manage junior staff and take responsibility for their actions
• Control project budgets and costs associated with deliverables
• Liaise with clients and suppliers at peer level and participate in progress meetings
• Contribute to bids and the work-winning function
• Work on site as needed, including out-of-hours arrangements
• Manage a locally based single-discipline technical team and assume people management duties when required

• Civil engineering experience in Rail sector
• Knowledge of design processes and procedures for civil engineering
• Ability to produce or oversee technically sound rail engineering solutions compliant with standards
• Experience with health, safety and welfare tasks (CDM Regulations)
• Progress towards Incorporated or Chartered status or equivalent professional licence
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in an appropriate subject or demonstrable equivalent
• Commitment to action plan and milestones to achieve professional status

• leadership
• team mentoring
• client liaison
• rail design and engineering solutions
• compliance with technical standards and client requirements
• design, calculations, drawings, and documentation production