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Project Engineer – Civil Engineering

Job Posted: 15 minutes ago

Salary: £ 60,000 - 65,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: York, City of York

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Project Engineer – Civil Engineering

About Our Client

Our client’s purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. They create places that are responsible and transformative—positively impacting people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about their purpose, culture and strategic priorities, please visit their strategy site.

Within their Consult business, they combine leading-edge technical expertise with world-class project delivery capability to unlock the full potential of every project.

The Opportunity

Our client’s Transportation team in York is expanding, and they are looking for a talented Asset Protection Engineer – Civil Engineering to join their Rail team on a full-time, permanent basis. In this role, you will act as a key interface with stakeholders, ensuring the successful delivery of major assignments and contributing to strategic direction across defined business areas. You will play a central role in aligning project outcomes with the overall vision, objectives, and values of the organisation.

This role is based in the York office for three days per week, with occasional travel to project sites between York and London King’s Cross.

Our Client’s Values

These values shape how they work and the type of people they invite to join them:

  * Safety first – Everyone goes home safe and well.

  * Client focus – Deliver on our promises.

  * Integrity – Always do the right thing.

  * Create opportunity – Empower people to excel.

Key Responsibilities

  * Coordinate activities with contractors and external partners.

  * Liaise with route engineers across relevant disciplines.

  * Support all engineering and development assurance activities to ensure projects are affordable, programme-compliant, and delivered safely and sustainably.

  * Contribute to engineering assurance processes covering safety, reliability, maintainability, constructability and environmental considerations.

  * Review compliance with relevant standards and evaluate options using recognised risk assessment methodologies (e.g., HAZOP, QRA).

  * Oversee or undertake the development of the selected single option design.

  * Assure the preparation of full engineering assurance packages required for detailed design and assist with technical queries.

  * Carry out engineering verifications and manage engineering interfaces across disciplines.

  * Coordinate with project engineers to ensure method statements for site works and surveys meet required standards.

  * Verify the competency of contractors’ design, construction and specialist personnel (including CEM/CRE appointments).

About You

  * Preferably a Chartered Engineer with a relevant engineering degree (BSc/BEng or equivalent) and a minimum of three years’ relevant experience.

  * Capable of undertaking the responsibilities of a Project Engineer (PE).

  * Strong understanding of CDM 2015 and CSM 2013 regulations, particularly in relation to asset protection for third-party, major and minor works.

  * Good knowledge of Network Rail processes, including handback, track support zone requirements and quality management procedures.

Ardour Associates values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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