Senior Project Engineer [Buildings & Civils]

Network Rail; Swindon; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Privileged staff travel

Rail season tickets subsidy

GWR passes

Healthcare offers

Pension schemes

Hybrid/flexible working

Family-friendly support

Job summary

Network Rail Swindon Western House is seeking a senior professional to support Buildings and Civils maintenance portfolios across the region, delivering planned and emergency works. You will contribute to safe, economical solutions and ensure projects comply with standards while working across multi-disciplinary teams.

The role requires significant engineering experience, a degree in Buildings and Civils, and ideally Chartered status; there is a strong emphasis on safety, governance, and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Buildings and Civils engineering.
• Degree level qualification in Buildings and Civils.
• Chartered membership with a relevant institution is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement NR systems and procedures for cost-effective, high-quality design and construction activities.
• Monitor competence of Project Engineers and provide guidance.
• Apply engineering controls to ensure standards compliance on projects.
• Perform risk assessments and environmental management per policy.
• Advise on construction activities, testing, and site supervision.
• Ensure CDM compliance and monitor safety and quality systems.

Skills

Buildings and Civils engineering

Project oversight

Risk assessment

Safety leadership

Education

Degree in Buildings and Civils engineering

Chartered membership (e.g. ICE)

Job description

IRC2370735

Who We Are

At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain and operate our network. Now is a fantastic time and join our team in Wales and Western region as we finalise the reforms to our maintenance organisation which will deliver:

• A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees - quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams.
• Individual rostering - enabling us to send the right number or people to fix a fault.
• Multi-skilling - investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves.
• Accelerated and improved technology deployment - we have a raft of labour and life-saving technology ready to be rolled out.

Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. When your part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions. Watch our video to find out more!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We look for opportunities to offer great opportunities to learn and grow through personal and professional development. And, if you make the grade then you can look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that joined the top 50 in the Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work.

In this role you will support the Western, Buildings & Civils, reactive and minor works portfolios of works. These high-volume portfolios deliver a wide range of Buildings and Civils maintenance works across a variety of assets as either planned or emergency interventions. The typical scope of schemes may include; structural repairs; earthwork remediation, drainage, ancillary civils, lineside and buildings. These portfolios are essential to maintaining the continued safe operation of the railway for the benefit of our passengers, customers and the communities we serve, and you will form a central part of the team.

The successful candidate will have a solution focussed, pragmatic approach to delivering safe and economical solutions backed up with significant engineering experience in relevant design, assessment or assurance of buildings and civils projects.

Location can be at offices within the Region (Cardiff, Bristol, Swindon, Reading, London Paddington) with the requirement to travel across the Region from time to time and attendance at offices in Bristol and Swindon a couple of times per week.

Your Main Responsibilities will be to

• Implement Network Rail systems and procedures to deliver a cost effective, high quality and safe approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects. Review all relevant legislation and liaise with relevant governmental departments.
• Monitor the competence of all Project Engineers working on projects within Building and Civils and provide functional guidance, direction and briefing.
• Apply engineering controls and procedures to all projects so all design and construction contracts include reference to appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards applicable to Building and Civils.
• Apply relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to all projects and check whether the environmental aspects of all projects are managed in accordance with Network Rail Environmental Policy.
• Monitor all projects for compliance with Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards and Network Rail project control procedures.
• Advise project and programme management in respect of all construction activities, testing and commissioning, and site supervision. Monitor whether the design and construction elements meet the requirements of legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
• Monitor the competency of contractors' design, construction and specialist personnel.
• Undertake reviews of Building and Civils design and construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors to monitor whether safety and quality of design, construction testing and commissioning and management systems are adequate.
• Undertake the duties of nominated design and construction / design construction engineer.
• Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE).
• Undertake accident investigations when remitted to by the relevant designated competent person.

Pay and Rewards

Salary to be benchmarked upon appointment. Salary range: £55,596 to £67,183 per annum.

As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!

• Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel and includes family members.
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
• GWR ticket alliance, Heavily discounted all day passes for you and up to 3 friends and family to use across the GWR network (48 passes per year)
• Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare and online shopping site.
• A range of Pension schemes to choose from
• Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35hrsper week contract,hybrid working, flexible working, and enhanced family friendly support .
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
• In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.

More about the role and your application

Closing date: 12th November 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.

This role requires working in the office for a least 60% of the working week

Interviews will take place 23rd November 2026

We want to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. Therefore, should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please include within your application.

Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard has changed. All prospective candidates will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5-year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.

Your experience and skills

You will ideally have

• Significant experience in Buildings and Civils engineering, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas
• Technical qualifications to at Degree level or equivalent in Buildings and Civils engineering
• Chartered Membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE)
• Knowledge quality assurance
• Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail.You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety within your application.

What could set you apart

• Appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works
• Experience of working in an environment where contracting is prevalent

Some of these criteria may be learnt in role. Therefore, if you do not meet all the criteria, please submit your application. We will screen your application against these criteria to assess the best match.

Key Information

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time

Location:

Swindon Western House, Swindon

Geographical Area:

South West England

Closing Date:

12-NOV-2026

Job Category:

Business, Commercial and Project Management

Function:

Organisation:

EI W&W Head of Engineering CDD (570932) G5