Senior Rail Engineering Manager

AECOM is seeking and experienced Engineering Manager to join our Rail team in Ireland. This is a pivotal moment for the development of the rail network in the country, as there is a strong, recognised commitment to delivering transformational projects that will usher in a new era for rail across the island.

In this role, you will lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams, driving projects through the entire project lifecycle. You will engage with landmark programs focused on the electrification of the rail network, the redevelopment of existing lines, and various network improvement initiatives. Your efforts will support the delivery of nationally significant projects—endeavors that will shape Ireland's transport landscape for generations to come.

Here’s what you’ll do:

You'll provide technical leadership from early-stage development through preliminary and detailed design to execution and closeout, and ensuring our work consistently meets client expectations and achieves the highest engineering standards. Beyond delivery, you'll play an active role in winning work — contributing to positioning strategies, tender preparation, and building client relationships that open doors.

A key part of the role is connecting our technical teams with our client. You'll draw on specialist expertise from rail engineering disciplines across the UK and AECOM's wider Enterprise Capability network, bringing the right knowledge to the right projects at the right time. Multi-disciplinary teams will look to you as a central coordinator who fosters and collaboration and knowledge sharing. 

Collaborate - Lead the Design on multi-disciplinary projects ensuring our engineers 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 network improvements, electrification programme, stations development to train maintenance and servicing depots. 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 table, 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 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.