Senior Rail Engineering Manager

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AECOM is seeking an 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:

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• Provide technical leadership from early‑stage development through preliminary and detailed design to execution and closeout, ensuring our work consistently meets client expectations and achieves the highest engineering standards.
  
• Play an active role in winning work by contributing to positioning strategies, tender preparation, and building client relationships.
  
• Act as the central coordinator, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among multidisciplinary teams and connecting technical expertise to projects at the right time.
  
• Lead the design on multi‑disciplinary projects, ensuring integrated designs and building effective relationships with technical teams and clients.
  
• Interpret, plan, organise, execute, and coordinate complex, novel and large multi‑disciplinary projects and tenders—including network improvements, electrification programmes, station development, and train maintenance and servicing depots.
  
• Lead technical management of Safe by Design, including compliance with CDM and CSM, appointment of competent discipline lead engineers, and planning engineering tasks that address unique problems.
  
• Work with clients to overcome the complexities of transportation projects.
  
• Bring innovative ideas to the table and contribute to the development of the Engineering Management profession within AECOM.
  
• Build sustainability into projects to provide holistic solutions to clients' challenges.
  

Here’s what we’re looking for:

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• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (CEng / IEng) or working towards this status.
  
• Recognised engineering qualification or a degree in Engineering.
  
• Experience as a Design Engineering Manager in multiple scenarios.
  
• Strong technical leadership of design teams focused on delivering for the client.
  
• Knowledge of system design interfaces and experience in technical engineering leadership that impacts discipline design principles and demonstrates successful management of interfaces within projects.
  
• People management skills.
  

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at .

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. xcfaprz

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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• ReqID: J10146648
  
• Business Line: Transportation
  
• Business Group: DCS
  
• Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
  
• Career Area: Engineering
  
• Work Location Model: Hybrid