Arcadis
Senior Civil Engineer (Rail)
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Arcadis
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
We are seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to join our Rail South, West & Wales business within the Civil and Structural Engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a diverse portfolio of rail infrastructure projects, working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, sustainable, and high-quality engineering solutions.
As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will play a key role in the development and delivery of technical designs across the full project lifecycle. You will apply your engineering expertise to solve complex challenges, support project delivery, and collaborate closely with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
Role Accountabilities
- Contribute to the design and delivery of rail engineering projects, ensuring outputs meet quality, safety, and client requirements
- Develop practical and efficient engineering solutions across feasibility, design, and implementation stages
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of project activities within multidisciplinary project teams
- Prepare and review technical designs, reports, drawings, and specifications in line with relevant standards and project requirements
- Provide technical input to clients and stakeholders to support informed project decision-making
- Collaborate with colleagues to ensure consistent, high-quality, and timely delivery of project outputs
- Promote a positive culture of safety, inclusion, and continuous improvement across all activities
- Share knowledge and support the development of less experienced team members where appropriate
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Qualifications & Experience
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering
- Experience in civil engineering design within the railway environment, with knowledge of relevant rail standards and processes
- Experience working within multidisciplinary project teams
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, and concise technical documentation and reports
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships
- Proactive and adaptable approach, with a commitment to continuous professional development
- Working towards, or holding, Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status with ICE or IStructE (desirable)
- Awareness of digital engineering tools and environments
Ready to Apply?
If you are an experienced Civil Engineer looking to develop your career on a wide range of rail infrastructure projects, we would welcome your application. Join our team and help deliver innovative, sustainable engineering solutions that make a lasting impact.
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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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