Engineering Manager

AmcoGiffen; Pontyclun; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering contractor is seeking an Engineering Manager to oversee significant civil engineering projects in Wales. The role involves managing the project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with standards, and leading a team to deliver successful outcomes on infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in railway civil engineering and a chartered status.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company car or allowance

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Chartered Member of a recognised professional body (e.g. ICE).
• Extensive experience managing railway civil engineering projects.
• Strong knowledge of Network Rail standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the full project lifecycle from design to construction.
• Manage design development ensuring compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with clients and project teams for design approval.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Civil Engineering Knowledge

Compliance Management

Education

Chartered Engineer

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Engineering Manager (CEM)

Sector: Rail / Civil engineering

Location: Pontyclun, South Wales (Wales Region)

Are you an experienced Contractors Engineering Manager with a passion for rail infrastructure? We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic civil engineering team supporting long-term, secured infrastructure projects across Wales.

About The Business Unit

Our busy, fast-paced civil engineering division operates across various sectors including rail, Environment Agency, and local authorities. We undertake multidisciplinary civils projects such as bridges, embankments, stations, tunnels, flood defences, and more. Our work spans both tendered one-off projects and long-term frameworks with key clients, including asset management and infrastructure projects.

Current Contracts & Projects

• CP7 infrastructure projects
• Minor works and Asset Maintenance frameworks
• Typical works: bridge reconstruction/replacement, upgrades, station improvements, flood repair, coastal defences, scour prevention, tunnel refurbishments, and bridge deck replacements.
  
  

Role Overview

As an Engineering Manager / CEM on the Wales Civils CP7 Framework, you will oversee the full project lifecycle — from initial client remit, site investigations, and design stages, through to construction, commissioning, and handback. The framework is a minimum five-year, multi-million-pound contract dedicated to renewing and refurbishing rail civils assets across the Wales & Borders Route, including underbridges, overbridges, footbridges, tunnels, retaining walls, and scour defences.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the design development process, ensuring compliance with Network Rail standards (NR 02009) and governance.
• Develop, agree, and oversee engineering processes and deliverables tailored to project complexity.
• Conduct and facilitate design reviews; review project documentation (CPPs, WPPs, TBs, specifications, drawings).
• Collaborate with clients, designers, and project teams to secure design approval and ensure implementation aligns with standards.
• Approve construction methodologies and communicate changes to standards throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee construction activities from site investigation through to commissioning, ensuring safety, quality, and standards are maintained.
• Prepare and manage Health & Safety Files and project close-out documentation.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Chartered Member of a recognised professional body (e.g. ICE)
• Accepted as a CEM within a contracting organisation
• Extensive experience managing railway civil engineering projects, ideally within a multi-disciplinary rail environment
• Proven ability to lead design, construction, and project delivery in complex civil projects
• Strong knowledge of Network Rail standards and governance processes.
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (negotiable based on experience)
• Company car or allowance
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Up to 3 volunteering days annually
• Company pension scheme, life insurance, and health benefits
• Supportive environment with ongoing professional development, learning opportunities, and career progression
• A safe, inclusive workplace with employee forums and engagement platforms
  
  

If you are a motivated Civil Engineering professional ready to lead impactful rail civils projects in Wales, we encourage you to apply. Join us and contribute to vital infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Construction

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