Position: Senior Project Engineer
Rate: £465 Inside IR35
Location: Birmingham
Working Arrangements: Hybrid 3 days office, 2 days home
People Group is recruiting a Project Engineer from a Network Rail background to work for a Leading Rail Consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Assist the customer/client in developing the selected single option.
• Carry out independent checking of safety-critical design documentation.
• Carry out engineering verifications.
• Manage the engineering interfaces of allocated proposals with concurrent work in other disciplines.
• Act as or liaise with the appropriate Project Engineer so that method statements for site works and surveys, in particular, are approved to the required standards.
• Assure whether contractors' design, construction, and specialist personnel are competent. (CEM/CRE appointment etc.)
• Undertake reviews of design and construction activities, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and legislation.
• Lead the discipline engineering consultation between the project team, client/customer, designer/contractor, and the applicable Route Engineers (Discipline) throughout the design development stages and construction.
• Review and provide comments on initial design proposals at initial meetings with the customer/client.

Qualifications

• Must haveexperience working on an Asset Protection project as a Project Engineer for Network Rail
• Understanding ofNR/L2/INI/CP009and other Network Rail handover requirements for major projects.
• Ability to review and interpretWelding Procedure Specifications (WPS),Welder Qualification Records, andNon-Destructive Testing (NDT)reports (e.g., ultrasonic, magnetic particle, dye penetrant).
• Competence in reliability-based design and assessment, including probabilistic analysisandrisk-based maintenance planning.
• Ability to evaluatefailure modes, deterioration mechanisms (corrosion, fatigue, creep), and applywhole-life cost principles.
• Ability to compile and reviewhandover packs, including as-built drawings, material certificates, weld maps, inspection records, and compliance statements.
• ????Knowledgeofroot cause analysisfor defects and implementing corrective actions in compliance with Network Rail's assurance processes.
• Familiarity withInspection & Test Plans (ITPs)and quality documentation for heavy structures