Job Description

Company Description

At AECOM, we\'re delivering a better world. We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it\'s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy.

We\'re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. AECOM is seeking to hire a Principal Permanent Way Engineer to work within our Swindon based Permanent Way team.



At AECOM, we\'re delivering a better world. We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it\'s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy.

We\'re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. AECOM is seeking to hire a Principal Permanent Way Engineer to work within our Swindon based Permanent Way team.

The role will require experience of S&C design delivery within a multidisciplinary design team environment, capable of delivering Track design and provide consulting services for railway infrastructure projects in the capacity of Contractor\'s Responsible Engineer (CRE).

The candidate will also be required to enhance the team\'s portfolio of skills and expertise, supporting the track team leader in running projects and the mentoring of less experienced team members.

Specific tasks to be performed are inclusive of the following:

• Lead in the production of track designs and provision of technical support throughout to support all stages of the design process (Feasibility through to Construction).
• As CRE, Independently deliver / manage the production of design deliverables in accordance with client requirements (i.e. Form A, Form B and For Construction submissions)Technical quality of deliverables - undertaking checks of design deliverables completed by members of the team in accordance with company procedures.
• Timely delivery in accordance with design programmes.Attendance at technical design reviews including Design and Construction Interface meetings and Interdisciplinary Design Checks to present the Track design.
• Manage personal / team budgets and resourcing to achieve financial targets.Keep up to date with industry best practice and where appropriate apply best practice within the team environment.

Specific Skills Required:

• Strong experience in the application of track design principles
• Ability to manage design teams to achieve the specific scope of works within timescales prescribed
• Ability to identify and interrogate the dependencies between track and associated disciplines which may impact the track design proposal
• In particular, the impact of Signalling and OLE requirements on S&C layout proposals
• Ability to identify reasonable opportunity and significant risk and articulate the identified reasonable opportunity/risk to the client so action may be taken in a timely manner
• The ability to identify changes in scope and to appropriately detail their impact with respect to programme and budget
• Knowledge of maintenance practices and construction methodologies and the ability to consider/define requirements within design development
• .Ability to create single discipline programmes of work in support of the production of multidisciplinary programmes by the CEM
• To work collaboratively with design teams, the Client and with all stakeholders

Qualifications

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (CEng / IEng) or demonstrable evidence of progression to professional accreditation
• Recognised engineering qualification or preferably Degree in Engineering

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world\'s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you\'re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We\'re the world\'s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we\'re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you\'ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person\'s potential, and we\'ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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