Civil Project Engineer - Asset Protection

Posted 17 November 2025
Salary £50000 - £60000 per annum
LocationYork
Job type Permanent
Sectors Rail
ReferenceBH-39647

Job description

Civil Project Engineer
£50000 - £60000 + Car Allowance + Package
York - 3 days Office, 2 days Home - ad-hoc site visits between York and London Kings Cross

You’ll be responsible for:
  • Coordination of work with other contractors
  • Liaising with route engineers (discipline).
  • Participating in all engineering and development assurance activities so that they result in affordable schemes, and that meet programme requirements in a safe & environmentally responsible manner for time, cost, and quality.
  • Participating in the engineering assurance process, considering safety, reliability, maintainability, ease of construction, and environmental/whole life issues. Engineering excellence is to be supported by:
  • Reviewing compliance with appropriate standards.
  • Using risk ID and evaluation methods (e.g. HAZOP, QRA, etc.), as suitable, to evaluate and compare options.
  • Assuring (or undertaking, where applicable) the development of the selected single option.
  • Assuring (or undertake where applicable) the preparation of the full engineering assurance package required for commencement of the detailed design, and participate in answering clarifications/queries as needed.
  • Carrying out engineering verifications.
  • Managing the engineering interfaces of allocated proposals with concurrent work in other disciplines.
  • Acting as or liaising with the appropriate project engineer so that method statements for site works and surveys are produced and approved to the required standards.
  • Assuring that contractors’ design, construction, and specialist personnel are competent. (CEM/CRE appointment etc.)

You’ll need to have:
  • Shall preferably be a chartered engineer and have a relevant engineering degree (BSc/BEng or equivalent) with a minimum of 3 years of general relevant experience.
  • Worked client-side for Network Rail as a Project Engineer.
  • Shall have a sound understanding of the Construction, Design and Management (CDM) 2015 regulations, & common safety method (CSM) 2013 regulations, specifically the requirements associated with asset protection on third-party, major, and minor projects, always with the customer in mind.
  • Shall have a sound understanding of Network Rail's handback process, Track support zone process, and Quality Management process.