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Atkins is one of the world’s most respected engineering, design, and project management consultancies. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of new and exciting ideas. Atkins has a vision to shape the future of transportation, to lead where others will follow and to deliver the future of mobility today. The Transportation business covers all aspects of multidisciplinary design and management, from inception and options appraisal through to detailed design and delivery/construction support.
Atkins UK Transportation business brings together the capabilities of our Rail, Highway and Local Transport teams, into a single business of 3,000 talented engineering professionals transport planners and consultants. The unique breadth of services in Transportation, combined with our scale, makes Atkins the leading UK transportation infrastructure consultancy. We create a culture and environment to inspire our people, ensure collaboration with our clients and continue to shape the future of mobility.
The individual we seek is a highly skilled technical engineer operating at a Senior level, or an Engineer looking to move into the next stage of their career. They should be technically competent and ideally operating at CRE level, although mentoring will be provided where required. They will also be self-motivated, able to work on their own recognisance and assist with leading a team, be passionate about Permanent Way Engineering, whom has a track record of delivering great outcomes for our people and clients.
We will value and support you for going beyond to exceed expectations and deliver a large and diverse work bank, innovating to provide new solutions to track engineering. After all, we can’t achieve great things without you. So, you can look forward to fantastic rewards, benefits, and development opportunities.
Requirement Qualifications:
- Professionally Registered.
- EngTech or ideally IEng with relevant Institution, and actively undertaking CPD.
- HNC / HND in Civil Engineering or BA in an Engineering field.
Essential Criteria -
- Acting CRE or CRE under Mentorship.
- Managing project deliverables in conjunction with Principal Engineer.
- Control on a detailed level of managing timescales and budget.
- Technically competent.
- Can support the design stage from GRIP 1 thru 8.
- First level of knowledge base for the team.
- Might be responsible for a specific work stream on a project i.e. surveying / line speed / S&C.
- Have several Engineers reporting to them.
- Being responsible for more than one deliverable at any given time.
- Ensuring that their own time is managed to ensure meeting deliverable dates.
- Ensuring that QA is adhered too on a package deliverable level.
- Continuing Professional Development.
- Attending IDR / IDC as deputy for CRE if required.
- Managing local resources within a team to ensure that junior Engineer / Technicians are utilised.
- Technical check of deliverables.
- Checking that compliance to Quality Procedures and Processes have been adhered too.
Responsibilities:
- Solving engineering problems.
- Assisting with developing project cost estimates and delivering to budgets.
- Checking and reviewing the work of others.
- Delegating work to team members, programming deliverables and monitoring progress.
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team; and ability to adapt to different cultures and working environments.
- Knowledge base for junior members of the team.
- Ensuring Brief is adhered too for all deliverables.
- Attending Design Reviews, Constructability Reviews, IDC, and IDR.
- Technical check of deliverables.
- Assist with managing the S&C deliverables and programming resources for delivering the Domestic Work bank.
- Working with team leader(s) to set weekly / monthly workload within teams.
- Managing project workload within teams.
Why work for Atkins?
Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people, and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.
Meeting your needs:
To help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we offer employees "Total Reward." It's a package that can be tailored to your changing lifestyle, career, and personal needs. You'll enjoy benefits such as partner discounts, leadership training, professional, accreditations, and career planning for any stage of your career.
Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk through any adjustments you might need.
Read more about 'Total Reward'.
More about us:
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a leading global consultancy with over 80 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge, and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world.
Atkins, ranked as one of LinkedIn’s Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once, they join.
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Training:
Atkins is committed to developing its people both personally and professionally. Our colleagues have the advantage of access to a high ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individual’s abilities and talents. We also actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.
Flexible Working:
Atkins recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment.
We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
Security Clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. If applying to this role please do not refer to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
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