Engineer/Senior Engineer – E&P – Fixed Plant

WSP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Inclusivity & Belonging

Health & Wellbeing

Flex your time

Development & mentoring

Job summary

WSP's Rail Engineering Services team seeks an enthusiastic Engineer/Senior Engineer – E&P – Fixed Plant to lead and support delivery across UK and international rail projects.

You will oversee Fixed Plant designs across all design lifecycle stages, provide technical guidance to internal disciplines and clients, and manage client relationships to achieve outcomes. Mentoring and potential CRE roles under NR/L2/INI/02009 are available.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Fixed Plant design across lifecycle.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities.
• Chartered status or working towards chartership with relevant institution.

Responsibilities

• Lead Fixed Plant within multi-disciplinary teams and resolve complex problems.
• Oversee development of Fixed Plant designs across all design stages.
• Provide technical guidance to internal disciplines and clients.
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships to achieve outcomes.
• Potential CRE roles per NR/L2/INI/02009.
• Mentor Early Career Professionals within the team.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical mentoring

Design lifecycle

Chartered engineer

Education

Engineering degree (BEng/MEng)

Chartered Engineer status or in progress

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Engineer/Senior Engineer – E&P – Fixed Plant to join our expanding Rail Engineering Services team to lead and support the wider team on the technical delivery for a number of our diverse portfolio of rail engineering projects across the UK and internationally.

In this role you will:

• Lead the Fixed Plant aspects within larger multi-disciplinary technical teams for a number of our projects and support resolution of complex technical problems
• Oversee and co-ordinate the development of Fixed Plant designs across all stages of the design lifecycle
• With support from the wider technical team, provide technical advice to both internal company disciplines as well as clients.
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships to achieve desired project outcomes
• Potential to undertake CRE roles as required in accordance with NR/L2/INI/02009
• Provide guidance, support and mentorship to Early Career Professionals

Team and Projects

You will work on projects for a variety of infrastructure owners, national and local governments, public and private sector clients including Network Rail, TfGM, Translink, Iarnród Éireann, regional transport bodies and overseas clients. You will be part of a Fixed Plant Team within our Electrification and Plant (E&P) Service Line, involved in asset renewals and new Fixed Plant infrastructure through all stages of design.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery of one or more of the areas of expertise listed above.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility studies to detailed design and implementation.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, balancing priorities, making value and delivery judgments to meet or exceed client expectations.
• Technical knowledge to challenge individuals and teams on outputs and deliverables.
• A chartered professional, or working towards chartership, with a relevant Institution and a track record of mentoring and developing staff.
• Experience of undertaking CRE roles or the competency to do so.
• Understanding of client engineering assurance processes.

Benefits

Work‑life balance
Hybrid working policy: work from home two days a week with opportunities to collaborate in modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Belonging
We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences and support a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Health & Wellbeing
Access to a virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, gym membership scheme, and a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex your time
“WSP My Hour”: take one hour each day for personal activities with flexibility to make up the time.

Development
Support for training, mentoring, and chartership.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.