Rail Systems Engineer

FERROVIAL CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED; Greater London, Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

FERROVIAL CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED is recruiting a Rail Systems Engineer to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project during the initial design phase. The role focuses on risk and assumption management, interfaces, and design integration.

Based in the UK, the position reports to the Technical Assurance Lead and works within the Rail Systems Alliance to deliver coordinated design, risk control, and progress reporting for cost and schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering (or related field).
• Working towards Chartered IMEC, PWA Institute or CEng ICE desirable.
• Experience in a railway environment preferred.
• Enthusiastic and proactive team player, able to listen, understand, engage.

Responsibilities

• Administers technical risk and assumption management processes and coordinates review meetings.
• Ensures registers are completed accurately and reviewed before JV sessions.
• Produces monthly reports with key metrics and progress.

Skills

Team player

Risk awareness

Communication

Proactive

Education

Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Rail Systems Engineer

We are now recruiting for a Rail Systems Engineer to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the initial design phase which will run concurrently with the completion of main works contracts, which are now at their peak. The team operate under a collaborative Rail Systems Alliance structure, designed to manage interfaces and resolve any program conflicts. The members will work together on design, access, resources, and logistics to achieve shared goals for cost and schedule.

Department: Engineering/Design

Reports to: Technical Assurance Lead

Location: open to Euston, London or Birmingham

Key responsibilities

Managing technical risks and assumptions is essential for controlling and allocating project risk. Quantifying potential impacts supports accurate, informed decisions on the appropriate response.

The Rail Systems Engineer ensures that Technical Risk and Assumption Management processes are fully followed, with all outputs recorded in an auditable and accountable manner.

• Administers the Technical Risk and Assumptions Management processes under the guidance of the Rail Systems Design Integration Lead, including arranging review meetings, coordinating attendance, taking notes, and producing reports.
• Ensures designers accurately complete the registers before each review session.
• Ensures designers review the registers before the FBRS (JV) review.
• Produces monthly reports outlining key metrics and progress.

Key Skills and qualifications

• Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering (or related field)
• Working towards Chartered IMEC, PWA Institute or CEng ICE desirable
• Experience in a railway environment preferred
• Enthusiastic and proactive team player, able to listen, understand, engage.

Joint venture

The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure for the UK on time and to budget together in joint venture partnership. They first worked together in 2010 as BFK, delivering three Crossrail contracts, including the longest stretch of tunnelling works between Royal Oak and Farringdon and Farringdon Station, the first central station to be completed on the Elizabeth Line. The team is also delivering the Silvertown Tunnel project together in East London and has been delivering excellence at each stage of HS2, such as Fusion JV for the Enabling Works packages, EKFB for the central Main Works Contract and now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route.