Principal Design Engineer Rail

Bimplus; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Bimplus is seeking a Chartered Civil Engineer to join its London rail structures team as Principal Design Engineer. You will lead complex structural design and assessments for rail infrastructure, working within a collaborative, multidisciplinary consultancy.

You will mentor graduates and apprentices, review designs across materials and structural forms, and help deliver challenging rail projects across the UK, reporting to senior leadership and contributing to project success.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with ICE or IStructE.
• Experience delivering civil engineering projects.
• Excellent understanding of engineering standards and design principles.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Solid design experience on civil engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead rail structures design and assessments.
• Review designs across various structural forms and materials.
• Mentor graduates and junior engineers.
• Support delivery of infrastructure upgrade projects across the UK rail network.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Chartered Engineer (ICE/IStructE)

Rail structures experience

Leadership & mentoring

Structural design & analysis

Job description

Are You a Chartered Civil Engineer Looking to Play a Key Role in a Rail Structures Team?

Do You Enjoy Solving Complex Engineering Challenges Alongside Technically Strong, Like-Minded Engineers?

Salary: £60,000 – £68,000
Location: London office, located near Blackfriars (hybrid working available)

I’m working exclusively with a well-established multidisciplinary engineering consultancy to appoint a Principal Design Engineer into their growing rail structures team in London.

The business has built an excellent reputation for delivering complex engineering and infrastructure projects across the UK, operating across structural engineering, civil engineering and infrastructure services within sectors such as transport, rail and the built environment.

You will join a close-knit rail structures team delivering structural design, assessments and infrastructure upgrade projects across the UK rail network. With a strong pipeline of frameworks and project work, the team is looking to strengthen its senior capability to support delivery and mentor a growing group of engineers, graduates and apprentices.

This is a highlytechnicalrole, requiring strong engineering fundamentals, confidence undertaking structural calculations and the ability to review designs across a variety of structural forms and materials.

Key Requirements and Experience

• Chartered Engineer with ICE or IStructE
• Experience delivering civil engineering projects
• Excellent understanding of engineering standards and design principles
• Experience supporting or mentoring junior engineers
• Solid design experience on civil engineering projects
• Desirable Experience

Key Rail Experience

Rail experience

Structural inspections and assessments

You will work across a wide range of rail infrastructure projects including:

• Structural design and assessment of rail bridges and complex structures
• Station capacity upgrades and infrastructure improvement works
• Retaining structures and enabling works
• Depot extensions and portal frame structures
• Footbridges, staircases and lift structures as part of accessibility schemes
• Structural examinations and inspections of rail assets
• Major structural assessments including trusses and historic cast-iron structures
• Temporary works and demolition design associated with rail infrastructure projects

I’m keen to speak with chartered engineers interested in technically challenging infrastructure work within a collaborative and highly respected consultancy.