Active
Principal/ Chief Civil Engineer
Employment Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Senior
Required Experience
A professional qualification (CEng/IEng) and membership of the ICE or IStructE.
Job Category
Civil Engineering
Posted
27 Sep 2026
Closing Date
31 Oct 2026
Full Job Description
Your role
- Act as a Contractor’s Responsible Engineer for railway civil engineering or stations projects or act as an Engineering Manager on multi‑disciplinary railway schemes.
- Take pride in developing high‑quality civil engineering designs for new construction, renewals, maintenance works.
- Collaborate with both national and international design teams, using your expertise and leadership to create positive, sustainable impacts on society and the environment.
- Manage the production of, and review, high quality design documentation including sketches, drawings, 3D BIM deliverables, calculations, reports and specifications.
- Able to understand a client’s problem and bring the different capabilities of AtkinsRéalis together to develop a solution.
- Independently carry out technical work and provide guidance to junior staff members.
- Develop capability within the team and wider business.
- Engage with and manage internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify new opportunities and growth propositions and bring value into the business by seeing these through to new work for themselves and others.
- Lead bids and tenders, winning work and developing Client relationships.
- Keep abreast of state‑of‑the‑art methods and developments in area of specialisation
About you
- A degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
- A professional qualification (CEng/IEng) and membership of the ICE or IStructE.
- Experience of acting as a CRE or Engineering Manager for railway civil engineering works or stations projects.
- Experience working with key clients such as Network Rail, HS2, local authorities or major Contractors and Developers.
- Good understanding of relevant design standards (e.g. Eurocodes, DMRB, MCHW and Network Rail standards).
- Practical knowledge of railway civil engeineering or station design.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to converse with a wide range of clients, stakeholders and colleagues across a number of engineering disciplines.
- Good project management skills, commercial awareness, financial control and ability to deliver across a range of contract types. This will include an ability to manage stakeholders, e.g. specialist suppliers, independent checkers and local authorities.
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