Design Engineer

ARM; Wimbledon; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM is seeking an experienced Design Engineer to support rail infrastructure proposals from feasibility to detailed design. The role covers development of safe, robust engineering solutions aligned with programme, cost, and quality requirements, with duties from option development to interface management.

The position requires an Engineering degree and IRSE Principles Designer licence, PTS, and strong rail engineering experience.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification/training.
• IRSE Principles Designer licence or equivalent asset-specific qualification.
• Strong rail engineering experience in a principal engineering discipline.
• Experience in option development and evaluation.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of rail infrastructure and lifecycle stages.
• Experience with CDM, risk assessment and external audit requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• PTS essential.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering development of allocated proposals from remit through to project completion.
• Develop and evaluate engineering options considering safety, reliability, capacity, maintainability, construction and environmental requirements.
• Ensure proposals comply with relevant standards and requirements.
• Act as Contractor's Responsible Engineer (CRE) where competent.
• Support risk identification and assessment using appropriate methodologies.
• Manage scope and change control affecting cost, time and performance.
• Support selection and development of preferred options.
• Prepare engineering data and documentation for detailed design.
• Support CDM Principal Designer through project stages.
• Manage interfaces across disciplines and programmes.
• Monitor and assess consultants and contractors during development stages.
• Ensure activities meet safety, quality, cost and programme standards.
• Provide technical support and respond to design queries.

Skills

Rail engineering

Option development

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

CDM understanding

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Design Engineer - Rail

Location: Wimbledon or Basingstoke - 3 days per week in the office
Contract: 6 months rolling
Rate:£440 per day (umbrella) Inside IR35

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Design Engineer to support the development of rail infrastructure proposals from initial feasibility through to detailed design.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing engineering solutions that are safe, technically robust, deliverable and aligned with programme, cost and quality requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering development of allocated proposals from initial remit through to project completion.
• Develop and evaluate engineering options, considering safety, reliability, operational capacity, maintainability, construction and environmental requirements.
• Ensure engineering proposals comply with relevant standards and requirements.
• Act as a Contractor's Responsible Engineer (CRE), subject to relevant competence and authority.
• Undertake and support risk identification and assessment, including appropriate engineering risk methodologies.
• Manage engineering scope and change control, assessing impacts on cost, time and performance.
• Support the selection and development of preferred engineering options.
• Prepare engineering data and documentation required to progress schemes into detailed design.
• Support the CDM Principal Designer through relevant project stages.
• Manage engineering interfaces across multiple disciplines and programmes.
• Monitor and assess consultants and contractors throughout the development stages.
• Ensure engineering activities meet required standards for safety, quality, cost and programme.
• Provide technical support and respond to design queries and clarifications.

Essential Requirements

• Engineering degree or equivalent industry-recognised qualification/training.
• IRSE Principles Designer licence or equivalent asset-specific qualification.
• Strong rail engineering experience, ideally with experience in a principal engineering discipline.
• Demonstrable experience in engineering option development and evaluation.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of rail infrastructure and its lifecycle stages.
• Experience with CDM, risk assessment and external audit requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• PTS essential.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution.
• Experience across design, installation and maintenance.
• Formal risk identification and assessment qualifications.
• Six Sigma Green Belt.

CV deadline: 15 October at 12pm.