Arcadis
Rail Systems Engineers (All Levels)
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Arcadis: Shaping the Future of Rail Systems
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role Description
Create a Legacy Across the UK's Largest Rail Projects
Every railway tells a story. The next chapter is being written through some of the UK's most significant transport investments, and Arcadis is looking for Rail Systems professionals who want to help shape what comes next.
Whether you are early in your career, building specialist expertise, or bringing years of delivery experience, you will have the opportunity to contribute to projects that will transform how people and communities connect. From HS2 and Washwood Heath Depot to Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), Navan and other major rail programmes, you'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams delivering complex, high-profile infrastructure that will leave a lasting impact for generations.
Complex Problems. Meaningful Impact. Career-Defining Projects. Create a Legacy with Arcadis.
Role Accountabilities
- Contribute to the successful delivery of rail systems design, integration, assurance and engineering activities across major rail programmes.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors and stakeholders to develop and deliver integrated rail systems solutions.
- Support the development, coordination and verification of systems engineering requirements throughout project lifecycles.
- Apply systems thinking to solve complex technical and operational challenges.
- Contribute to safety, reliability, performance and operational readiness objectives.
- Participate in systems integration, interface management and assurance activities.
- Support the development of innovative, sustainable and efficient engineering solutions.
- Share technical knowledge and contribute to a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and professional development.
- Build trusted relationships with clients and project partners while supporting successful project outcomes.
- Help deliver infrastructure that improves connectivity, enhances passenger experience and creates long-term value for communities.
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Qualifications & Experience
We welcome applications from professionals at all career stages, including graduates, engineers, senior engineers, principal engineers and technical specialists.
- Experience within rail systems engineering or a related rail discipline.
- Knowledge of one or more rail systems areas such as signalling, telecoms, E&P, traction power, SCADA, control systems, systems integration, systems assurance or systems engineering.
- Understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle delivery within complex infrastructure programmes.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary project environments.
- Ability to analyse technical challenges and contribute to practical, effective solutions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Commitment to collaboration, safety and continuous learning.
- Professional qualifications, chartership or progress towards professional registration are welcome but not essential.
- A passion for delivering infrastructure that creates lasting benefits for passengers, communities and future generations.
- Due to the nature of some of the projects we deliver, successful candidates may be required to obtain and maintain BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) clearance. Support will be provided throughout the process where applicable.
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Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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