Senior Rail Civil Engineer

Arup; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Accident insurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Senior Rail Civils Engineer to join our growing North Rail team in Manchester or Glasgow. You will lead civil design across feasibility to detailed design, and work with clients and delivery partners to deliver complex rail projects.

You will provide technical leadership, review designs and mentor junior staff, while exploring digital delivery, automation, encoding and AI to improve quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Degree, HND or equivalent experience in Civil Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status with ICE is desirable.
• Experience with Network Rail standards, RSSB standards, CDM/CSM and Safe by Design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the civil engineering input across projects from feasibility to detailed design.
• Maintain client relationships and communicate technical solutions clearly.
• Review drawings, calculations and documentation; manage design risks.
• Mentor apprentices, graduates and engineers and support professional qualifications.

Skills

Rail civils design

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Client-facing

Digital tools

Education

Civil Engineering degree or equivalent

Chartered Engineer (ICE)

Tools

Bentley MicroStation

ProjectWise

Coding/AI in design

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach have set us apart for 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Our North Rail team brings together multidisciplinary specialists to help deliver complex and transformative rail projects across the UK. Our current portfolio includes ScotRail Intercity Replacement Fleet Depot Enhancements, TransPennine Route Upgrade West of Leeds, Northern Powerhouse Rail and Metro to Washington.

We are looking for a Senior Rail Civils Engineer to join our growing team in Manchester or Glasgow. This is an opportunity to take a leading technical role in the design and delivery of multidisciplinary rail projects, while helping develop our Rail Civils capability and supporting the next generation of engineers.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Rail Civils Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering complex multidisciplinary rail projects, using your technical expertise and engineering judgement to develop effective, safe and innovative design solutions.

You will lead the civil engineering input across projects, interpreting client requirements and determining appropriate design solutions from feasibility through scheme and detailed design. This is a client-facing role, where you will build trusted relationships, understand client needs, communicate technical solutions clearly and work collaboratively with clients and delivery partners throughout the project lifecycle.

You will provide technical leadership to our Rail Civils team, including reviewing drawings, calculations and technical documentation, managing design risks and supporting Safe by Design, CDM and Common Safety Method processes. Experience acting as a Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) on Network Rail projects would be particularly valuable.

You will support others by mentoring apprentices, graduates, technicians and engineers, sharing best practice, and helping colleagues achieve professional qualifications. We also welcome ideas using digital delivery, automation, coding and AI to improve design quality, collaboration and efficiency.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are looking for people who:

• Bring strong experience delivering and checking rail civils designs across feasibility, scheme and detailed design stages within multidisciplinary rail projects.
• Have a degree, HND or equivalent experience in Civil Engineering or a related discipline, ideally alongside Chartered Engineer status with a relevant professional institution such as the ICE.
• Have a sound understanding of Network Rail standards, RSSB Railway Industry Standards, CDM, CSM and Safe by Design principles, with experience as a Network Rail CRE being particularly valuable.
• Are confident working collaboratively across multidisciplinary design teams and can provide technical leadership, mentoring and development to colleagues at different stages of their careers.
• Have experience with Bentley MicroStation and ProjectWise, and an interest in using digital tools, automation, coding or AI to improve design quality and efficiency would be welcomed.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities.

• Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
• We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover.
• In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.