Location: North West of England (Hybrid: 3 days site/office, 2 days WFH - transitioning to full-time site-based late next year)
Contract Type: Freelance Contract (18+ Months)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Sector: Rail / Station Infrastructure
About the Opportunity
We are currently recruiting an experienced MEPH Construction CRE (Contractor's Responsible Engineer) to lead delivery engineering across high-profile, major Network Rail station schemes in the North West of England
While our primary preference is for an Electrically biased professional, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a Mechanical or SISS / Telecoms background who hold relevant rail station delivery credentials.
Reporting directly to the Project CEM, you will act as a pivotal technical authority bridging design and build-collaborating closely with the Design CEM during constructability reviews, steering engineering processes from a delivery viewpoint, and overseeing engineering sign-off on-site through to commissioning and handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Engineering Governance: Act as formally signed-off Construction CRE under Network Rail standard NR/L2/INI/02009 (or equivalent company assurance processes).
- Design & Constructability Integration: Liaise directly with the Design CEM and multidisciplinary design teams to review, challenge, and shape design deliverables, ensuring buildability, compliance, and staging alignment.
- On-Site Technical Assurance: Provide technical oversight and sign-off for temporary and permanent MEPH / SISS installations across live station environments.
- Health, Safety & Compliance: Ensure all works strictly adhere to Network Rail standards, CDM regulations, EMC/earthing bonding criteria, and station operational constraints.
- Interface Management: Coordinate with civil, structural, architectural, P-Way, and operational station management stakeholders to mitigate clashes and station disruption.
- Reporting: Maintain structured technical reporting to the Project CEM, driving issue resolution, technical queries (RFIs), and engineering changes.
Candidate Requirements
- CRE Competency: Proven track record holding formal Network Rail Construction CRE competency (MEPH, Electrical, Mechanical, or SISS).
- Major Stations Experience: Demonstrable history delivering complex station upgrades/new-builds within live Network Rail operating environments.
- Technical Background: Qualified in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems/Telecommunications Engineering (HNC/HND/Degree or relevant professional registration/chartership preferred).
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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