Design Engineer

Location

Cumbernauld, Scotland

Rail – Civils & Structures

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• Company car or car allowance.
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• Up to 3 volunteering days.
• Company contributory pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Medicash Health Cash Plan and Rewards.
• Strong internal support structures and clear pathways for career progression.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A safe, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Employee forums that ensure your voice is heard.

An excellent opportunity to join a growing in‑house design team delivering civil engineering and structural projects across the rail sector. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, and is looking to advance their professional development within a supportive and ambitious business.

Amco Giffen has secured several long‑term frameworks with key clients and is expanding its Civil & Structural Design capability. As part of this growth, we are establishing a dedicated design team in Cumbernauld. We have multiple openings at various levels for engineers who are committed to delivering high‑quality, efficient, and innovative design solutions. Our in‑house team includes specialists across a range of competencies, responsible for delivering design engineering services on civils, rail, and infrastructure projects.

Current and upcoming work includes CP7 frameworks, asset management contracts, infrastructure enhancements, and tendered rail/civils schemes.

• Bridge reconstruction, replacement, refurbishment, and strengthening.
• Station upgrades, including platforms and access‑for‑all schemes.
• Structural works across bridges, tunnels, footbridges, and associated assets.

• Applying sound engineering principles to propose confident, practical solutions.
• Challenging briefs constructively to develop clear, innovative, and buildable designs.
• Designing and checking engineering solutions across a range of civil and structural projects.
• Producing clear, consistent calculations, reports, and sketches aligned with current Codes of Practice and Standards.
• Communicating design intent effectively with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders.
• Representing the design function in meetings with project teams and external partners.
  
  Supporting the team’s financial, quality, and programme objectives.
• Promoting safe working practices across all activities.

• Degree‑qualified Civil Engineer (BSc / BEng / CEng).
• Experience in civil engineering design, ideally within the rail sector (bridges, structures, stations, platforms, etc.).
• Incorporated or Chartered status, or actively working towards professional membership (ICE / IStruct
  
  E).
• Experience gained within client, contractor, or consultancy organisations is welcome.

Amco Giffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro‑actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non‑membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job.

Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with Amco Giffen.

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have a large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the Amco Giffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.