Senior Track Renewal Engineer; CEM – Rail Projects Lead

Volker Rail Major Projects is an expert in collaborative working through joint ventures and alliance schemes. Collaborative working agreements are a proven strategy for delivering large, complex railway projects, and through its strong relationships with other major contractors, Volker Rail Major Projects has helped to deliver several of the biggest rail projects over the last decade.

The SID is a fully integrated team that will bring together the strengths, capabilities, and knowledge of the partners and Network Rail. It will own the renewals work bank, manage it at portfolio level and drive a transition to a production management ethos. The SID is commercially aligned and jointly incentivised creating a ‘share in success’ environment. Business partners within the alliance will generate profit through performance against the Final Determination.

The four partners, Volker Fitzpatrick, Octavius, Atkins, and Volker Rail are aligned to the core asset disciplines with the fifth partner, Network Rail Minor Works, being multi- disciplinary for low complexity, low value works.

We have a great opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer – Track (CEM) with track renewals experience to work on the track renewals work bank of the SID project.

You will be responsible for :

• Committed to the management of health, safety and the welfare of all personnel with respect to the project delivery. The candidate will be competent in managing the review and approval of health and safety documents (RA/WPP/TBS) in accordance with UK legislation, industry and company standards.
• Preparation of quality reporting documents and other KPIs suitable for issue to Clients.
• Actively contributing to forecasting mechanisms, as well as proactively managing delivery reporting and reforecasting where change occurs.
• Engaged communicator willing to cooperate and coordinate with other delivery partners in a collaborative manner. Providing weekly reports outlining work plans, forecasts and key achievements.
• Proactive attitude towards recognising and addressing project issues, risks and opportunities.
• Support both pricing and evaluating of subcontract construction works packages. This includes assessing technical workscopes, responsibilities of parties to contracts and evaluating integration of subcontractor delivery timescales into the wider project programme.
• Maintaining full understanding of commercial aspects of the project and ensuring appropriate cost control measures.
• As CEM for individual renewals as per the requirements of /L2/RSE/02009

• A degree or chartered membership of the Institute of Civil or Permanent Way Engineers.
• An engineer experienced in the delivery of track renewals projects with prior experience of working in a construction environment
• Prior experience in the role of CEM.
• Keen to develop career and role to cost, programme and people management with commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
• An ability to work as an integral part of the construction team and undertake instructions from the multi-disciplinary Design Manager.
• Articulate with excellent communication skills: able to explain reasoning to a wider audience and adjust approach where needed to take a wider perspective.
• Safety critical position (PTS) – good, practical health and safety awareness.
• Good attention to detail with a professional outlook.
• Temporary works coordinator.
• Full UK Drivers Licence.

If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Volker Rail is under the umbrella of Volker Wessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within Volker Wessels UK, Volker Rail are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

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