Professional Head of Design & Engineering Compliance

Babcock International; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the railway industry is seeking a Civil Engineering Professional Head to ensure compliance and oversee engineering functions. This full-time role combines remote work with on-site requirements and offers a competitive salary along with extensive benefits, promoting a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Chartered civil engineer or related degree required.
• Substantial railway industry experience necessary.
• Proven track record in a technical authority role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with civil engineering regulations.
• Review and produce internal standards for engineering functions.
• Conduct project audits and provide guidance.

Skills

Extensive experience in railway industry

Extensive knowledge of civil engineering

Experience in a professional head role

Education

Civil engineering chartership

Degree in civil or structural engineering

Job description

Job Title: Railway Civil Engineering Professional Head
Location: Scotland, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits including car allowance
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64694

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Civil Engineering Professional Head at our Hamilton site.

The role
As a Civil Engineering Professional Head, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will ensure compliance to regulations for the civil engineering function within railway track renewal and new build projects.

Day-to-day, you'll review standards and produce internal standards for application within engineering function.

• Conducting briefings
• Auditing projects for compliance
• Provide guidance on civil engineering queries when required

Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time 35 hours per week and is mostly remote with ad hoc requirements to be on site at Hamilton or one of our other sites, including Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, London etc. with expenses paid.

Essential experience of the Civil Engineering Professional Head

• Extensive experience in railway industry
• Extensive knowledge of civil engineering
• Experience in a professional head / technical authority role

Qualifications for the Civil Engineering Professional Head

• Civil engineering chartership and / or a degree in civil or structural engineering

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 17/07/25