Senior Rail Civil Engineer

RailBays; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Senior Rail Civils Engineer in the United Kingdom to lead civil design on multidisciplinary rail projects, applying engineering judgement to develop safe and innovative solutions. The role is client-facing, driving requirements from feasibility to detailed design while ensuring quality and compliance across the team.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, review drawings and calculations, mentor junior staff, and promote digital delivery, automation, and AI

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the civil engineering input across projects, interpreting client requirements and determining appropriate design solutions from feasibility through scheme and detailed design.
• Provide technical leadership to the Rail Civils team, including reviewing drawings, calculations and technical documentation, and supporting Safe by Design, CDM and related processes.
• Mentor apprentices, graduates, technicians and engineers, sharing best practice and helping colleagues achieve professional qualifications.
• Explore digital delivery, automation, coding and AI to improve design quality, collaboration and efficiency.

Skills

Rail Civils design

Technical leadership

Client liaison

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Bentley MicroStation

ProjectWise

Job description

Required Experience 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.

Job Category Civil Engineering

Posted 25 Oct 2026

Full Job Description

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.

Source

Original vacancy published byArup. Please refer to the official employerwebsite for current information.