Project Engineer - E&P

Network Rail; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000

Job description

About Network Rail

At Network Rail, 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. Watch our video to find out more!

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don't always fit around a traditional working pattern. If you need flexibility to complete your role, just let us know and we will do our utmost to help you invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

Brief Description

Scotland's Railway has an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineer (E&P), specialising in Plant & Distribution, based in Glasgow. The successful candidate will report to the Senior Project Engineer and support with a wide range of mechanical and electrical works across the route portfolio.

You will work within a team of multi-disciplined Engineers in a collaborative environment and have an excellent record of working as a team member, building relationships with stakeholders and contracting organisations alike.

You will have significant demonstrable engineering experience leading the development, implementation, commissioning and hand back of Plant & Distribution elements such as Low Voltage operational installations, Building M&E services, and Signalling Power Supply installations, with a sound understanding of the requirements of BS7671 within the railway environment. You will have knowledge of Common Safety Method CSM-RA in a railway setting for multi-disciplinary works.

You must have multi-disciplinary experience to be able to integrate with other discipline engineering designs and activities so that they result in schemes that are safe, compliant, affordable and meet programme requirements in an environmentally responsible manner.

Please note that there are two permanent opportunities available.

About the role (External)

Here are some of the duties your role will include:

1. Monitor specific projects managed by Infrastructure Projects so that they are engineered to the standards and specification of Network Rail, allocated design and construction contracts include reference to and are compliant with appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards, formal specifications, procedures and legislation.
2. Maintain the use of relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to allocated projects and manage the environmental aspects of allocated projects in accordance with Network Rail's environmental policy.
3. Monitor design and specialist consultants and contractors.
4. Provide project management advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision. Manage so that the design and/or construction elements of relevant projects meet the requirements of current legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
5. Monitor so that the contractor's design/construction/specialists personnel are competent.
6. Undertake reviews of design and/or construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors monitoring safety, environment and quality of design, construction, testing and commissioning and management systems is adequate.
7. Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) for specific projects.
8. Identify and share best practice across the various project teams.

What you will bring to the role:

Essential

• Relevant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
• Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level.
• Knowledge of quality assurance.
• An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
• CDM, risk assessment, engineering management competency.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
• Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
• An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
• Project safety management experience.
• Yellow book course.

How to apply (External)

Salary: £43,588 - 50,018

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Closing date: Midnight of 07.04.25

Please get your application in as soon as possible; we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

Please note the recruitment process for this role is a competency-based interview.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.