Principal/ Chief Civil Engineer (Rail Projects)

AtkinsRéalis
Birmingham
Job Description

Overview

Shape a faster, smarter, safer future.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Principal or Chief Civil Engineer in our Bridges and Civils team within our Transportation business, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of transportation. We work on a diverse range of significant and challenging projects across the UK and Ireland, including Midlands Rail Hub, East West Rail, Lower Thames Crossing and a variety of National Highways and Network Rail schemes. The team also supports non-transportation civil engineering and structures projects throughout the UK and internationally such as the Water Market or Nuclear schemes such as Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor programme. Locally in the Midlands we deliver a range of local authority projects for councils such as Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Solihull, Coventry and Birmingham. You'll take pride in creating high-quality civil and structural designs for new builds, renewals, maintenance, and assessments. You'll feel a great sense of pride in shaping high-quality civil and structural designs across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works.

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.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
Posted 2026-02-20

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