Rail Construction Engineering Manager

RTS Infrastructure Services Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Arriva Workplace Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

25 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Arriva UK Trains Travel Pass

Job summary

RTS Infrastructure is seeking a seasoned Construction Engineering Manager to lead engineering assurance and delivery of major rail infrastructure projects in the UK. Based in Leeds, you will coordinate across Track, Civils, Signalling, OLE and Telecoms, and oversee CREs while ensuring safety, quality and governance.

Reporting to the Programme Manager, you’ll develop robust technical governance, manage interfaces, and drive risk mitigation and value engineering across the project lifecycle from

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent).
• Extensive experience delivering track works in rail infrastructure.
• Proven experience as CEM or Senior CRE.
• Strong knowledge of engineering assurance and governance processes.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary rail engineering interfaces.
• Knowledge of rail project design, construction, testing and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal engineering management and assurance lead for allocated projects.
• Coordinate engineering activities across the full project lifecycle.
• Lead engineering assurance processes with robust governance.
• Oversee Form A/B/C submissions.
• Ensure deliverables are compliant and constructible.
• Support CREs and CRE-Cs with access to approved information.
• Communicate engineering requirements to delivery teams.
• Identify and mitigate engineering risks and interfaces.
• Maintain engineering records for handover and assurance.
• Support governance reviews and key engineering decisions.
• Ensure compliance with standards and technical requirements.
• Oversee issue resolution and change control.
• Manage interfaces between designers, CREs and construction teams.
• Coordinate Track, Civils, Signalling, OLE and Telecoms activities.
• Support tender activities with technical input and risk assessment.
• Drive innovation and value engineering across projects.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Rail infrastructure experience

Engineering governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Safety compliance

Prioritisation

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

RTS Infrastructure is seeking a seasoned Construction Engineering Manager to lead engineering assurance and delivery of major rail infrastructure projects in the UK. Based in Leeds, you will coordinate across Track, Civils, Signalling, OLE and Telecoms, and oversee CREs while ensuring safety, quality and governance.

Reporting to the Programme Manager, you’ll develop robust technical governance, manage interfaces, and drive risk mitigation and value engineering across the project lifecycle from