Project Engineer

This vacancy is for a Mechanical & Electrical Engineer to join our Works Delivery Buildings & Civils team in Scotland. The team delivers a variety of planned and reactive projects to our Buildings and Structures assets across Scotland primarily focussed on maintenance and life extension with occasional renewals projects. Reporting to the Senior Project Engineer, this role provides engineering assurance for design and construction activities for Buildings & Civils works primarily focusing on our Buildings assets and work to fire alarm and CCTV systems, high & low power, distribution boards and boding.

About the role (External)

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

· Implement Network Rail systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation. Liaise with regulators and others as appropriate.

· Manage all engineering activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality. 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.

· Manage the design and/or construction elements of relevant projects meet the requirements of current legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.

· Provide project management advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision.

· Reviewing competence of project/ engineering roles

· Engineer Projects 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, and procedures.

· Carry out the duties of a Designated Project Engineer (DPE) under Network Rail Standard NR/L2/RSE/02009 for multi-discipline projects.

· Identify and share best practice across the various project teams.

· Monitor design and specialist consultants and contractors.

· 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.

· 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.

It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

· 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.

· Project safety management experience

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 upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

Salary: Starting at £43,588 and rising to £49,037 per annum.