The Eastern Routes Capital Programmes Enhancements team is an exciting place to be. Our organisation defines requirements, leads procurement, and assures safe compliant delivery of major multi-disciplinary projects and programmes across the Eastern Region that include the East Coast, North & East, East Midlands and Anglia routes.
Having successfully embedded our new operating model known as Agile Client Eastern, our more agile and efficient ways of working present us with a phenomenal opportunity to support the rail industry and make a huge impact on the UK's infrastructure for the future. This team not only has the opportunity to work on the most challenging and rewarding projects in the business, but also to make the biggest difference. SPEED is business as usual for our team; we work collaboratively, embrace new technologies and innovate. And the ways in which we use SPEED to make the right decisions for our clients, customers and our people will help shape the future for our business.
Our portfolio comprises numerous large-scale projects over the eastern region that include the Power Supply upgrade of the East Coast main line, new stations at Thorpe Park and Haxby, and station upgrade schemes at Leeds, Middlesbrough and many more.
In the Senior Project Engineer role, you will lead and manage the use of appropriate engineering standards in relation to design and construction, on all projects within the national programme so they comply with legislation, Railway Group and Network Rail company standards. To monitor whether suitably qualified and experienced staff are employed to control Buildings & Civil engineering aspects of projects.
The role will role model and embed Eastern Region's culture principles - Show We Care, Listen Learn Improve, Better Together and Keep It Simple - by:
- Creating an environment of psychological safety and accountability where people can challenge and improve working practices
- Driving collaboration across teams and partners to deliver whole-system outcomes
- Promoting continuous improvement and learning from performance output
- Ensuring clear, simple and focused governance and decision-making
The post sits in the Head of Engineering team, within the Enhancements North delivery portfolio, and will require a minimum of 3 days a week based in York.
Network Rail is committed to supporting all employees to achieve their potential. You will create a Personal Development Plan which will be supported in a number of ways including mentorship arrangements, Network Rail's training packages and in-role development opportunities afforded by our diverse Enhancements portfolio.
Key Accountabilities:
- Implement Network Rail systems and procedures to deliver a cost effective, high quality and safe approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects. Review all relevant legislation and liaise with relevant governmental departments.
- Monitor the competence of all Project Engineers working on projects within the Buildings & Civil discipline and provide functional guidance, direction and briefing.
- Apply engineering controls and procedures to all projects so all design and construction contracts include reference to appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards applicable to the Buildings & Civil discipline.
- Apply relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to all projects and check whether the environmental aspects of all projects are managed in accordance with Network Rail Environmental Policy.
- Monitor all projects for compliance with Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards and Network Rail project control procedures.
- Advise project and programme management in respect of all construction activities, testing and commissioning, and site supervision. Monitor whether the design and construction elements meet the requirements of legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
- Monitor the competency of contractors' design, construction and specialist personnel to assure the quality of supply chain outputs.
- Undertake the duties of nominated design and construction / design construction engineer and undertake reviews of [Discipline] design and construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors to monitor whether safety and quality of design, construction testing and commissioning and management systems to provide assurance to relevant Network Rail standards and procedures.
- Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) to fulfil the requirements of Network Rail engineering management standards and procedures.
- Undertake accident investigations when remitted to by the relevant designated competent person to identify root causes/corrective actions required and to disseminate learning.
Essential Criteria:
- Significant experience in Buildings & Civil engineering, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas
- Technical qualifications to at least HNC level or equivalent in Buildings & Civil engineering
- Membership of a relevant professional institution (ICE, IMechE, IET)
- Experience of contracting including alliancing
- Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects
- Knowledge of safety management and quality assurance
- Understanding Accident investigation experience for the arrangements required for the independent assessment of works
- Demonstrable skills in initiating and building positive working relationships with customers, their team and stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of creating opportunities for development for themselves and others/their team,
- Demonstrable experience of challenging self and others to improve services and approaches.
- Demonstrable experience of supporting the physical and mental well-being and safety of themselves and colleagues and of challenging business and safety related risks.
- Demonstrable ability to work proactively through complex issues.
Desirable Criteria:
- Application of engineering assurance on NR projects including the CDE ACE dispositioning models, through fulfilment of a CRE, CEM, DPE or PE role
- Chartered status or equivalent in Buildings & Civil engineering
- Appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Please note: Applicants must provide proof of essential qualifications and/or competencies where required, or demonstrate active progress toward obtaining them, or evidence their applicable experience as a condition of employment.
External how to apply:
Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor.
We are a Disability Confident Leader employer! We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
We are here to support you through every step of the recruitment process and to enable you to perform to the best of your ability. If you require any adjustments or modifications please contact Mark Holt (Resourcing Business Partner) at [email protected]. You can also visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available.
We positively embrace flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work with their family and home life.
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Network Rail is required to comply with UK Government standards when carrying out pre-employment checks for all new starters; this includes a basic criminal record check. In addition to the basic criminal record check, in accordance with the UK Government we are also required to verify your identity, right to work in the UK and previous three years employment history.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. . Please ensure you have the appropriate Right to Work status when applying for this role."
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness of our safety vision .
Network Rail can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits including a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, a bonus scheme and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets costing up to £3,333 (to a maximum amount of £2,500). You will also be entitled to 28 days annual leave
Salary: £55,596 to £67,813 per annum..
*Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel, this includes off peak and super off peak tickets*
***Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. Further details will be shared with you as part of your formal offer.****
Closing date: 1 st September 2026. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
What's in it for you
Here are a few of the benefits we offer
- 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
- Choice of pension schemes
- 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
- Private Healthcare
- 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
- Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
- Gym Pass -access to gyms across UK
- My Benefits platform- giving national and local retail discount
Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know and we'll do our best to assist you.
Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. We will share further details with you as part of your formal offer.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
