Lead Project Engineer

Morson Human Resources Limited; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Human Resources Limited is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer – Rail Systems in Birmingham, offering hybrid working. You will lead engineering and technical assurance across multidisciplinary railway projects, ensuring safe integration and delivery to programme requirements.

You will review designs, manage interfaces, and provide expert guidance to project teams and senior stakeholders while driving innovation and best practice in a safety-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within rail systems or major infrastructure engineering.
• Experience delivering technical assurance and managing engineering interfaces.
• Strong understanding of UK engineering standards and CDM Regulations.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and communicate technical information clearly.
• Experience balancing engineering, programme, cost and delivery priorities.
• Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent) with a recognised professional institution.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and technical assurance activities across your discipline.
• Review designs and technical submissions, ensuring compliance with project requirements, standards and regulations.
• Support engineering governance and assurance at key project milestones.
• Manage technical risks, issues, changes and engineering queries.
• Coordinate complex interfaces between railway systems, civils, stations and neighbouring contracts.
• Provide expert technical advice to project teams and senior stakeholders.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and best practice across engineering delivery.
• Work collaboratively with commercial and project delivery teams to balance technical, programme and cost considerations.
• Help ensure successful transition from design and construction through to testing, commissioning and operational handover.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Stakeholder communication

Education

Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent)

Job description

Lead Project Engineer – Rail Systems

Location: Birmingham Hybrid Working

Are you an experienced Rail Systems Engineer looking to influence one of the UK's most complex infrastructure programmes?

We're seeking talented Lead Project Engineers to join our client's Technical Services team, where you'll play a pivotal role in integrating and assuring the safe delivery of critical railway systems across a nationally significant programme.

This is an opportunity to work at the heart of a multidisciplinary engineering environment, collaborating with experts across design, construction and delivery to solve complex technical challenges and help create a world-class railway.

Opportunities Across Multiple Disciplines

• Track & Infrastructure Integration – Track, Slab Track, Switches & Crossings (S&C), Rail Systems Integration
• Communications, Control & Signalling (CCS) – Telecoms, CCS, Operational Communications, WWH and related systems
• Mechanical, Electrical, Power & OCS – M&E, High Voltage Power, Overhead Catenary Systems and Tunnel Systems

The Role

As a Lead Project Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring railway systems are integrated, assured and delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with industry standards.

You'll work closely with project teams, contractors and technical specialists, helping to resolve engineering challenges, manage interfaces and provide assurance that designs meet operational, safety and client requirements.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead engineering and technical assurance activities across your discipline.
• Review designs and technical submissions, ensuring compliance with project requirements, standards and regulations.
• Support engineering governance and assurance at key project milestones.
• Manage technical risks, issues, changes and engineering queries.
• Coordinate complex interfaces between railway systems, civils, stations and neighbouring contracts.
• Provide expert technical advice to project teams and senior stakeholders.
• Support the discharge of Principal Designer responsibilities under the CDM Regulations.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and best practice across engineering delivery.
• Work collaboratively with commercial and project delivery teams to balance technical, programme and cost considerations.
• Help ensure successful transition from design and construction through to testing, commissioning and operational handover.

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience within rail systems or major infrastructure engineering.
• Experience delivering technical assurance and managing engineering interfaces.
• Strong understanding of UK engineering standards and CDM Regulations.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and communicate technical information clearly.
• Experience balancing engineering, programme, cost and delivery priorities.
• Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent experience) with a recognised professional institution.

Why Join Us?

• Work on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
• Collaborate with some of the industry's leading engineering professionals.
• Influence major engineering decisions with real national impact.
• Tackle technically challenging and rewarding projects every day.
• Develop your career within a collaborative, innovative and safety‑focused environment.
• Help shape the future of sustainable rail travel in Britain.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're passionate about engineering excellence, systems integration and delivering complex rail infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help deliver the next generation of Britain's railway.