Project Engineer

NETWORK RAIL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generously with annual leave

Defined benefit pension scheme

Rail/underground season ticket subsidy

Leisure travel discounts

Carer's leave

Healthcare Scheme

GymPass discounts

Cycle to work

Maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Job summary

NETWORK RAIL in London’s Blackfriars area is seeking a Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Project Engineer to support the design and delivery of a diverse portfolio of railway projects. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time and to high engineering standards.

The role balances technical and commercial aspects, provides assurance across the project lifecycle, and requires experience in signalling engineering, CDM and

Qualifications

• Experience in signalling engineering across multi-discipline projects.
• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification.
• Knowledge of quality assurance.
• CDM and risk assessment competency.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and construction activities in accordance with Network Rail standards and legislation.
• Coordinate engineering activities across the project lifecycle to meet safety, quality, time and cost targets.
• Monitor and manage consultants, contractors and suppliers.
• Provide engineering and project management advice during construction, testing and handover.
• Review project outputs and ensure compliance with CDM regulations and railway standards.

Skills

Signalling engineering

CDM

Risk assessment

Engineering management

Project coordination

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent

Job description

Who We Are

Join the Southern Region where your work truly matters.

We are recruiting for a Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Project Engineer to join the Southern Commercial Property Engineering Team. This role will play a key part in supporting the successful development and delivery of projects across a diverse commercial property portfolio within the Southern Region.

The successful candidate will support Engineering Assurance activities, ensuring compliance with engineering governance and assurance management processes throughout the project lifecycle. They will be responsible for providing robust evidence and assurance documentation from project inception through to delivery and handover.

This position requires an individual who can balance both the technical and commercial aspects of project delivery, working closely with stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with engineering standards.

About the role

Are you an engineer who thrives on turning plans into reality? Do you enjoy working collaboratively to deliver safe, sustainable and innovative infrastructure projects? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for a Project Engineer to join our team and play a key role in managing the design and construction activities of a diverse portfolio of projects. You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest engineering standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact, helping to create a safer, more reliable and more sustainable railway for millions of passengers and freight users.

What you'll be doing

As a Project Engineer, you'll lead and coordinate engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring projects meet safety, quality, time and cost requirements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities in accordance with Network Rail standards, legislation and environmental requirements.
• Ensuring engineering solutions are compliant with Railway Group Standards, Network Rail standards and project specifications.
• Driving safe, efficient and cost-effective project delivery while maintaining a strong focus on quality and sustainability.
• Applying risk management techniques, including qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and HAZOP analysis.
• Monitoring and managing the performance of consultants, contractors and specialist suppliers.
• Providing engineering and project management advice during construction, testing, commissioning and site supervision activities.
• Ensuring design and construction activities comply with current legislation, including CDM Regulations.
• Reviewing engineering outputs and undertaking audits to assure safety, quality and environmental performance.
• Carrying out the duties of a Designated Project Engineer (DPE) where required.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and sharing best practice across project teams.

Your experience and skills

Essential

• Successful relevant experience in signalling engineering, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
• Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level.
• Knowledge of quality assurance.
• An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
• CDM, risk assessment, engineering management competency.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
• Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
• An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
• Project safety management experience.
• Yellow book course.

Band & Salary: £43,588 - £53,167

Vacancy type: Perm

Location: Blackfriars, London

Closing date: 4th September 2026

Interviews will be held week beginning 21st September 2026

We're an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.

We offer excellent benefits, including:

• Generous annual leave with the option to buy/sell days.
• Defined benefit pension scheme.
• 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
• Up to 75% off leisure travel.
• Carer's leave to support those who matter.
• Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
• We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments

We're proud to champion a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To explore our ED&I commitments, https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/diversity-and-inclusion/.

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