Hybrid Principal Engineering Manager

at Amey

• Job title: Principal Engineering Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cardiff, United Kingdom

About the role

• Principal Engineering Manager leading engineering activities and compliance for transport infrastructure. Delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions within a hybrid role based in Cardiff office.

Responsibilities

• Provide accountable leadership for all engineering activities and ensure designs and works are compliant with contract requirements, applicable standards and legislation.
• Lead all engineering activities across design and construction phases, ensuring compliance with contract, standards, and legislation.
• Manage the full assurance lifecycle (DR1, DR2, IDC/IDR, Technical Acceptance, AFC) in line with NR/L2/RSE/02009 and AIW Engineering Assurance Plan.
• Chair IDC/ IDR meetings, ensuring cross-discipline coordination and timely action close-out.
• Oversee design delivery from preliminary to detailed stages, ensuring constructability, integration, and progressive assurance.
• Control technical interfaces, maintain design records, and manage publication of AFC designs.
• Define and manage construction assurance deliverables, red-line/as-built processes, and commissioning strategies.
• Ensure readiness for Entry-Into-Service (EiS), including asset data updates and AMP certification.
• Liaise with key stakeholders including DPEs, CREs, TfW, Network Rail, Utilities, and Local Authorities.
• Maintain project-wide engineering appointments and ensure team competence and compliance.

Requirements

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent with extensive multi-disciplinary rail experience (E&P/OLE, Civils, Track, Signalling, Telecoms).
• Proven leadership in engineering assurance aligned to NR/L2/RSE/02009 and discipline-specific standards.
• Strong knowledge of CDM 2015, CSM-RA, interoperability, and NTSN compliance.
• Proficient in BIM coordination, ProjectWise, and requirements/hazard management tools (e.g., ComplyPro).
• Experience managing deviations, non-compliances, and technical approvals across complex infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with Network Rail and AIW processes, including ECCs, AMP certification, and EiS documentation.

Benefits

• Career Development – Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones.
• Work-life Balance – Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns.
• Wellbeing – Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers.
• Social Value – You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to.
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.