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Senior Rail Design Manager

Arup 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead the coordination, integration, assurance, and delivery of multidisciplinary rail design projects from feasibility through detailed design and construction support, ensuring technical quality, compliance, programme, and commercial outcomes. Manage engineering interfaces, requirements, risks, and change; work with clients and delivery partners; contribute to bids and business growth; and mentor developing design and engineering managers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the coordination, integration, assurance, and delivery of multidisciplinary rail design projects from feasibility through detailed design and construction support, ensuring technical quality, compliance, programme, and commercial outcomes. Manage engineering interfaces, requirements, risks, and change; work with clients and delivery partners; contribute to bids and business growth; and mentor developing design and engineering managers.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have significant experience leading multidisciplinary rail design delivery and operating as a CEM-D, CEM, or equivalent on rail infrastructure projects, with responsibility for engineering governance, assurance, and compliance. Chartered status and full corporate membership of a relevant engineering institution are required, alongside knowledge of Network Rail design assurance and strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay
  • Profit Sharing
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Life Assurance
  • Accident Insurance
  • Income Protection
  • Flexible Benefits
  • Health and Wellbeing Support
  • Learning Opportunities

Key Skills

Rail design coordination Multidisciplinary project integration Technical assurance and quality management CEM‑D / CEM certification knowledge Engineering governance Compliance with Network Rail standards Risk and change management Stakeholder management Leadership and mentoring Bid development Business development Construction support Project scheduling Design assurance processes Rail infrastructure expertise Team collaboration Communication skills Problem solving Strategic planning Technical documentation

About Arup

We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. As a global consultancy with extensive technical and advisory expertise, we bring a Total Design approach to our work with our clients. This is how we shape a better world.

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