Engineering Manager (CEM)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car or allowance

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company contributory pension

Life insurance

Health & Wellbeing Support

Job summary

AmcoGiffen is seeking an experienced Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) for a leading role in multi-disciplinary rail projects in Scotland. The successful candidate will provide engineering leadership across designs and constructions, ensuring compliance with standards and client requirements.

Ideal candidates must have significant experience in rail civil engineering, a Chartered Engineer status, and a full UK driving license. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits including a company car, pension, and health support.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (ICE or equivalent) or working towards Chartered status.
• Recognised and accepted as a CEM within a rail contracting organisation.
• Significant experience in rail civil engineering.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full design development process in accordance with Network Rail standards.
• Work closely with clients, designers and project teams to secure design approvals.
• Oversee site investigations, construction stages, commissioning and handback.

Skills

Significant experience in rail civil engineering

Ability to lead teams

Strong working knowledge of Network Rail processes

Full UK driving license

Education

Chartered Engineer (ICE or equivalent)

Job description

Sector: Rail & Civil Engineering

Region: Scotland

Location: Cumbernauld

Overview

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) to take a leading role across our growing portfolio of multi‑disciplinary rail and civil engineering projects throughout Scotland.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (based on experience)
• Company car or allowance
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (rising with service)
• Company contributory pension
• Life insurance
• Health & Wellbeing Support (including Medicash Health plan & Rewards)
• Employee forums and structured pathways for learning & career progression
• A safe, inclusive workplace grounded in our SPIRIT values: Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity, Teamwork

About The Business Unit

Our Scotland region delivers a diverse range of multi‑disciplinary civil engineering projects and long‑term frameworks, supporting key clients including Network Rail, Local Authorities and environmental/public bodies.

• Highways & roads
• Underbridges, overbridges and footbridges
• Tunnels and structures
• Flood alleviation, scour protection and coastal works
• Earthworks, embankments, platforms and station infrastructure

The Role

As Engineering Manager / CEM, you will provide engineering leadership across schemes from early design development through construction, commissioning and handback. You will act as the key technical authority, ensuring compliance with governance, standards and client requirements across our Scotland civil engineering portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Technical Leadership

• Manage the full design development process in accordance with Network Rail standards.
• Develop and agree engineering deliverables suited to project scope and complexity.
• Lead and facilitate design reviews (IDC/IDR), ensuring technical robustness and adherence to standards.
• Oversee documentation including CPPs, WPPs, Task Briefings, specifications and drawings.

Stakeholder & Project Interface

• Work closely with clients, designers and project teams to secure design approvals.
• Ensure clear communication of standard changes, technical risks and design constraints.
• Support planning, estimating, commercial and operational teams through the full lifecycle.

Construction Oversight & Assurance

• Oversee site investigations, construction stages, commissioning and handback.
• Approve construction methodologies and ensure alignment with engineered design intent.
• Prepare and manage Health & Safety Files and close‑out documentation.

Quality, Safety & Governance

• Ensure all engineering activities are delivered safely, to quality, and in compliance with legislation, standards and CDM requirements.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Chartered Engineer (ICE or equivalent) or working towards Chartered status.
• Recognised and accepted as a CEM within a rail contracting organisation.
• Significant experience in rail civil engineering, ideally within multi‑disciplinary environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Network Rail processes, assurance, and engineering governance.
• Ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders and steer schemes through complex technical challenges.
• Confident managing design, approvals, construction engineering assurance and technical risk.
• Full UK driving license

Equal Opportunities

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is proactively 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. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.