Rail Systems Design Lead — Integration & Safety

BAM UK & Ireland; Hawton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Private healthcare

Company car or travel allowance

8% pension matching

26 days holiday

Wellbeing days

Professional development

Job summary

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a Rail Systems Lead Design Manager to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the initial design phase. You will coordinate interfaces across Track systems, Main Works Contractors, and design partners within the Rail Systems Alliance to meet cost and schedule targets.

The role emphasizes design governance, spatial coordination, technical assurance, and Health and Safety in Design, requiring Chartered status or active progression, and a strong track record in

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in rail systems design, integration, and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Experience in contractor-led, design-and-build or alliance delivery environments is preferred.
• Experience managing external design organisations and consultant teams.
• Strong understanding of design management processes within major rail or infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing design interfaces and spatial coordination in complex environments.
• Knowledge of technical assurance, systems engineering, and safety assurance principles.
• Understanding of Health and Safety in Design requirements and industry best practice.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical interfaces between Track systems, Main Works Contractors, Design Partners and Alliance members.
• Support integration of multidisciplinary design deliverables across the Rail Systems programme.
• Facilitate resolution of engineering, programme and design interface issues.
• Support engineering governance and design assurance activities across the Alliance.
• Lead and manage the spatial coordination of rail systems designs produced by design partners, Rail System Alliance members and third parties.
• Establish, contribute and maintain robust design coordination processes as required.
• Manage resolution of design clashes, interface issues, and spatial conflicts to support efficient project delivery.
• Chair design coordination meetings, workshops, and reviews with relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor and report design progress and ensure coordinated delivery in accordance with Client requirements, standards, and milestones.
• Coordinate technical assurance activities related to spatial coordination and integrated design delivery.
• Ensure designs are reviewed, verified, and validated in accordance with project governance requirements and applicable standards.
• Monitor design compliance with Client requirements.
• Coordinate and promote Health and Safety in Design principles across all rail systems disciplines.
• Coordinate CDM processes and production of safety-related deliverables.
• Ensure hazards are identified, assessed, eliminated, or reduced through the design process wherever reasonably practicable.
• Facilitate design risk reviews and ensure risks are appropriately recorded, managed, and communicated.
• Support compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and client requirements.
• Support Client with Principal Designer duties.
• Coordinate system safety activities across multidisciplinary design teams.
• Ensure safety requirements are integrated into the design development process and appropriately managed through the project lifecycle.
• Support hazard identification, safety analyses, safety assurance activities, and safety approvals.
• Collaborate with safety specialists and stakeholders to ensure system safety requirements are achieved.

Skills

Rail systems design

Systems integration

Multidisciplinary coordination

Stakeholder management

Design governance

Safety assurance

CDM knowledge

Leadership & team management

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership

Membership of ICE/IMechE/IET

Job description

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a Rail Systems Lead Design Manager to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the initial design phase. You will coordinate interfaces across Track systems, Main Works Contractors, and design partners within the Rail Systems Alliance to meet cost and schedule targets.

The role emphasizes design governance, spatial coordination, technical assurance, and Health and Safety in Design, requiring Chartered status or active progression, and a strong track record in