Design Engineer

Vital Human Resources; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Human Resources seeks an experienced Design Engineer (Track) in London for an initial 6-month contract Inside IR35. The role focuses on track design development, engineering assurance, and option selection within the Network Rail environment.

You will manage engineering remits, define requirements, and lead option development through to detailed design handover, coordinating safety-critical reviews and CDM compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Track Design within the UK rail sector.
• Experience with Network Rail projects and development processes.
• Knowledge of GRIP stages 2-4 or equivalent lifecycle processes.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
• Excellent stakeholder management and technical coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage production and development of engineering remits and project proposals.
• Define engineering requirements, scope, operational performance targets, and technical deliverables.
• Lead the development and evaluation of engineering options, considering safety, reliability, maintainability, constructability, and whole-life cost factors.
• Manage engineering activities through feasibility and development stages to ensure schemes are affordable and deliverable.
• Support option selection and development of the preferred solution through to detailed design handover.
• Coordinating cross-discipline engineering reviews and safety-critical design assurance activities.
• Managing change control throughout project development.
• Supporting CDM requirements and Network Rail GRIP development stages.
• Preparing engineering reports, technical papers, and design documentation packages.

Skills

Track design

Stakeholder management

Coordination

Safety-critical design assurance

Job description

Design Engineer (Track) | London | 6-Month Contract | Inside IR35

I'm currently recruiting for an experienced Design Engineer (Track) to support a major rail infrastructure programme in London on an initial 6-month contract (Inside IR35).

This is an excellent opportunity for a rail professional with strong experience in track design development, engineering assurance, and option selection within the Network Rail environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the production and development of engineering remits and project proposals.
• Defining engineering requirements, scope, operational performance targets, and technical deliverables.
• Leading the development and evaluation of engineering options, considering safety, reliability, maintainability, constructability, and whole-life cost factors.
• Managing engineering activities through feasibility and development stages to ensure schemes are affordable and deliverable.
• Supporting option selection and development of the preferred solution through to detailed design handover.
• Coordinating cross-discipline engineering reviews and safety-critical design assurance activities.
• Managing change control throughout project development.
• Supporting CDM requirements and Network Rail GRIP development stages.
• Preparing engineering reports, technical papers, and design documentation packages.

Requirements

• Strong background in Track Design within the UK rail sector.
• Experience working on Network Rail projects and development processes.
• Knowledge of GRIP stages 2-4 (or equivalent project lifecycle processes).
• Previous experience managing multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
• Excellent stakeholder management and technical coordination skills