Engineering Manager – Tunnel Systems

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a growing UK design team in London. You will oversee multi-discipline design coordination across rail projects, ensuring compliance, safety, and on-time delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on management of engineers, with a focus on quality, value engineering, and effective communication with clients.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-discipline design teams on civil/rail projects.
• Proven ability to manage design inputs, reporting and cost estimating.
• Experience in mentoring engineers and coordinating stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Produce and manage engineering management plans for allocated projects.
• Ensure compliance with CDM and relevant regulations across design and construction.
• Lead reviews, risk assessments and design integration activities.
• Coordinate with clients, asset owners and subcontractor designers.
• Oversee schedules, deliverables and quality across projects.
• Support staff development and professional growth.

Skills

Design management

Rail project experience

Line management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership and teamwork

Microsoft Office

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our growing engineering team in London. This position within our engineering team will suit a committed and ambitious engineer who can demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in growing a dynamic high-performance team.

The post-holder will be part of a growing team of UK engineers delivering projects for a diverse portfolio of UK clients.

Missions/Main Duties

• Technical co-ordination and integration of multi-discipline design inputs through Full project life-cycle through design and implementation to operation
• Project requirements and are fully met
• Technically sound design solutions are produced, including all associated reporting and cost estimating, to programme and within budget
• Constructability, value for money, and innovation are considered at all stages
• Compliance with all relevant technical standards
• Advice and guidance is provided for staff, and professional development is actively pursued

Main Duties

Involved In a Variety Of Tasks Such As

• Produce and manage the Engineering Management Plan for allocated projects
• Implement systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation
• Assess and monitor the competence of Engineers working on projects and appoint discipline engineers within the functional discipline and provide functional guidance, direction and briefing.
• Apply engineering controls and procedures to all projects and ensure that all design and construction contracts include reference to appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards applicable to their discipline.
• Maintain a robust IDC process and chair design integration IDR and IDC reviews
• Management of Engineering schedules and deliverables
• Undertake standards briefings
• Identify and document any derogations / non-compliances
• Manage technical change through design development
• Apply relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to all projects and check whether the environmental aspects of all projects are managed in accordance with Environmental Policy.
• Advise project and programme management in respect of all construction activities, testing and commissioning, and site supervision. Monitor whether the design and construction elements meet the requirements of legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
• Develop effective concept and detailed design solutions that are consistent with the project brief
• Implement effective, value for money and innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements
• Liaise with clients and ensure their requirements are effectively communicated to the team
• Review engineering designs, calculations, and drawings
• Review contract documents and scheme cost estimates
• Review technical documents and reports and assist in the preparation of expressions of interest and tenders
• Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations
• Supervise team members including all engineers, senior engineers, senior technicians and assistant and graduate engineers
• Effective management of and response to project related correspondence
• Checks to ensure compliance with the Integrated Management System and assist in its development

Profile/Skills

• Experience in a design management role involving engagement with stakeholders on design, including interfacing designers, asset owners / operators and subcontractor designers;
• Experience on civil engineering or building projects in the UK with railway system interfaces;
• Experience of line manager responsibility for design / technical managers;
• Effective communicator, both listening to others and explaining own considerations to seek agreement on what is best for project;
• Positive approach to teamwork and collaboration, demonstrate leadership and proactiveness with the rest of the project team, including the client and key stakeholders;
• Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Teams.

Workplace Type

Hybrid