Pway Engineer

Arcadis; Dublin; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Commitment to equality and inclusion

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Permanent Way Engineer to support the successful delivery of multidisciplinary rail infrastructure projects in Dublin. The role involves applying knowledge of alignment and permanent way principles to ensure pragmatic and high-quality outcomes.

Collaboration with project managers and technical specialists is key, as well as contributing to all stages of the project lifecycle from feasibility through design and construction support. A degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience working on rail or infrastructure projects within a design environment.
• Understanding of alignment design and railway standards.
• Commitment to professional development and achieving Chartered status.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of permanent way design tasks across the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to the development of client-focused engineering solutions.
• Work collaboratively with other design disciplines.

Skills

Permanent way principles

Civil Engineering

Rail infrastructure projects

3D BIM environments

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline

Tools

Bentley permanent way design applications

ProjectWise

Job description

Role description

As a Permanent Way Engineer, you will support the successful delivery of multidisciplinary rail infrastructure projects, contributing to the development, coordination and checking of permanent way solutions across a range of schemes. You will apply your knowledge of alignment and permanent way principles to help deliver safe, pragmatic and high-quality outcomes for clients.

Working within a dynamic multidisciplinary rail design environment, you will collaborate closely with project managers, technical specialists and client teams, supporting commissions that may include major stations, depot projects and other single- or multi-discipline rail schemes. The role offers the opportunity to broaden your experience across the project lifecycle, from feasibility and optioneering through detailed design and construction support, while developing your technical capability and progressing towards professional accreditation.

Role accountabilities

• Support the delivery of permanent way design tasks across multiple stages of the project lifecycle, including feasibility, optioneering, design development, detailed design and construction support.
• Contribute to the development of permanent way solutions, applying core engineering principles to produce robust and client-focused outcomes.
• Assist with the preparation, coordination and checking of drawings, calculations, reports and other technical deliverables, ensuring accuracy, quality and compliance with project requirements.
• Work collaboratively with other design disciplines to coordinate interfaces and support the integration of permanent way design with wider rail systems, civil, structural and project delivery requirements.
• Apply safe-by-design principles and support compliance with relevant health, safety and design risk management requirements, including CDM-related design considerations.
• Support the use of digital tools and common data environments in the development and management of project information, including Bentley permanent way applications and ProjectWise where applicable.
• Contribute to the planning and execution of assigned work, taking responsibility for the quality of your outputs and supporting the wider team in achieving delivery objectives.
• Liaise effectively with project teams, technical leaders and other stakeholders to communicate progress, surface issues and support timely resolution of design and delivery matters.
• Support continuous professional development through technical learning, mentoring and progression towards Incorporated or Chartered status with a relevant professional institution.

Qualifications & experience

Essential

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience working on rail or infrastructure projects within a design and engineering environment.
• Understanding of permanent way principles, including alignment design, plain line, S&C and gauging.
• Ability to produce reports and other engineering outputs to an acceptable standard of accuracy and presentation.
• Awareness of relevant railway standards applicable to permanent way engineering design.
• Ability to work effectively in dynamic multidisciplinary teams with a hands‑on approach to technical project delivery.
• Commitment to professional development and progress towards Incorporated or Chartered status through a recognised institution such as the Permanent Way Institution, Institution of Mechanical Engineers or Institution of Civil Engineers.

Desirable

• Experience of project delivery in 3D BIM environments and common data environments such as ProjectWise.
• Experience using Bentley permanent way design applications such as BRT or OpenRail.
• Some understanding of track componentry, installation techniques and construction‑stage considerations.
• Exposure to design interfaces, staging, constructability or technical assurance activities on multidisciplinary rail schemes.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.