Job Description

We are searching for an experienced Rail Engineering Manager to join us here at AECOM to work in our London Southeastern team.

We have a strong team atmosphere within the London & Southeast Rail Engineering Management team which you would be embedded into and actively encouraged to promote. The team meets regularly to share best practice and peer learning is encouraged to improve our personal and team performance.  Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression.

The London & Southeast Engineering Management team provides the technical leadership on our Rail projects throughout the infrastructure lifecycle from feasibility, preliminary and detailed stage designs. The projects we deliver range from stations to train maintenance and servicing depots and power supply upgrades.  Current projects include the DLR Beckton Depot Upgrade and Southern Expansion projects, Bushey Power Supply Upgrade and the Southern Rail Enterprise S&C Renewals programme. 

There are several large opportunities for you to provide technical leaderships to, such as the West London Orbital, Bakerloo Line Upgrade and Extensions.

Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include the major custodians of the UK’s rail network, numerous local authorities, and major Contractors. 

Operating around our core values, you will:

Collaborate- Lead multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs and building effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients. Build relationships with technical teams within the organisation and individuals inside and outside of the organisation to achieve project delivery.

Deliver- Be responsible for interpreting, planning, organising, executing, and coordinating complex, novel and large multi-disciplinary projects and tenders.  These projects will range from stations to train maintenance and servicing depots and power supply upgrades.  We also provide support for other parts of AECOM’s business on major multidisciplinary projects.

Safeguard- Lead technical management of Safe by Design (Including compliance with CDM and CSM). Be responsible for appointment of competent discipline lead engineers for technical delivery. Plan for engineering tasks concerned with unique problems. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.

Anticipate- Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects, you will work with our clients to overcome them.

Innovate- Bring your ideas to the door, we are proud of our innovative and industry leading minds! At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

Thrive-Contribute to the development of the other members of the LSE EM Team, including mentoring, line management and team briefings.  Lead the application of AECOM policies and procedures as they apply to technical delivery. Contribute to the development of the Engineering Management profession within AECOM, working with the Regional Engineering Manager to develop processes, procedures and training.

Sustain- Build sustainability into projects to provide holistic solutions to client’s challenges.

Qualifications

We recognise a variety of experience, and backgrounds may suit this role and that experience levels in specific technical areas may vary. If you feel you only meet some of the requirements below or have transferrable skills, we would still love to hear from you!

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer CEng / Ieng or working towards this status.
• Recognised engineering qualification or preferably a degree in Engineering.
• Has performed role of Engineering Manager in multiple scenarios
• Strong technical leadership of teams in the delivery of projects focused on delivering for the Client.
• Knowledge of system interfaces and experience in technical engineering leadership which impact on discipline design principles and demonstrable experience of the successful management of interfaces within projects.
• People management skills

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you need accommodations during the application process, please contact us at

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you need accommodations during the application process, please contact us at .

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.