Project Engineer

Overview

Atkins has one of the Rail industry’s largest signalling engineering teams. You will be joining a Atkin’s Signalling Systems Practice with a team of over 100 professional signalling design, project engineers and engineering managers. This together with Atkins broader cross discipline capability means engineers have an unrivalled collective knowledge to tap into and learn from.

Your role

This role is a senior leader within the project team with responsibility for all Engineering aspects of the project. Project reporting will be to the Project Director with line reporting to the Engineering Management Practice Director. This role and will be the Contractor’s Engineering Manager for the project, and will provide leadership to all discipline engineers and teams.

Primary functions of the role include

• Providing leadership to, and Coordinating the efforts of the engineering teams.
• Setting the safety and engineering culture for the project.
• Understanding contractual requirements and communicating to the Engineering Team.
• Focal point for technical issues/coordinating between Atkins, Sub-contractors and Client.
• Addressing and resolving scope cost changes and schedule impact issues with the Project Manager.
• Ensuring achievement of safety, quality, schedule and cost objectives.
• Addressing Engineering personnel performance issues.
• Ensuring Document Management supports the projects needs.
• Developing and coordinating Engineering subcontracts.
• Leading inter disciplinary communication, activies and reviews.
• Actively managing the engineering budget.
• Assist with project closeout and turnover of deliverables to Client.
• Supporting the collective learning of the organisation.

About you

• Extensive UK signalling project engineering experience.
• Extensive senior leadership experience.
• Experience of undertaking CEM / CRE responsibilities on Network Rail infrastructure.
• Understanding of risk management, CDM and CSM.
• Chartered Engineer.
• Holds applicable IRSE Licences.
• Full Member of the IRSE.
• Experience of introducing new equipment / systems onto the rail network.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.  If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance. 

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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