What is a Track Engineer?
A Track Engineer is responsible for providing insight and technical engineering expertise on railway projects and systems, such as traction power, train and traffic signal controls, fare collection and rail vehicles.
What are the typical duties and activities for a Track Engineer?
From employer to employer the job description of a Track Engineer will vary, however typical duties and activities undertaken include:
Design of permanent way solutions for engineering projects in accordance with client requirements
Provide project progress reports and updates to the Track Team Leader and Project Management Team
Document and report site activity ensuring regulations are met
Carry out audits and risk assessments when required
Supervise and set out surveys, installations, stressing and tamping activities
Ensure CRT site assessments are conducted
Skills required to be a successful Track Engineer
To be successful as a Track Engineer, the below skills are important;
Knowledge of transport methods, costs and benefits
Attention to detail
Team working
Observation and recording skill
How can we help with your Track Engineer job search?
For over 15 years we have specialised in securing contract and permanent opportunities for Track Engineer across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.
Working globally with the largest contractors, consultancies, along with many infrastructure owners and operators, we are ideally positioned to work with talented Track Engineers and secure the market's leading Track Engineer opportunities.
With a reputation for being experts in the sectors that we operate, we are also renowned for consistently delivering the right opportunities to our candidates, working proactively in order to give our candidates the edge in a competitive marketplace.
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If you are looking for a new Track Engineer opportunity, please get in touch with our specialist recruiters to discuss your situation in more detail. Alternatively you can search all of our current live jobs across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.
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Bristol is a county in its own right and has a population of 449,300, which was recorded in 2016. Bristol is well connected via road, rail, sea and air via the M5 and M4, Bristol Temple meads and Bristol Parkway rail stations and Bristol Airport. In 2015 Bristol won EU's European Green Capital Award and was named the best city to live in Britain in 2014 and 2017.Bristol has seen numerous large scale construction projects over the past couple of years and has multiple large constructions projects in the pipeline, such as:
Bristol Glass Wharf Project
This construction project, which will cost in the region of £30m will see a 7-storey 3 Glass Wharf office project comprising of around 115,000 sq ft of office space and featuring shimmering glass facades which reflect the site’s previous use as a glassworks. The floor to ceiling glazing and frameless glass balustrades maximise the panoramic views, with balconies providing solar shading.
£90m Bristol Arena Project
International arena design team Populous together with Bath-based architects Feilden Clegg Bradley and engineering firm Buro Happold have developed plans for the innovative and flexible arena. The arena will have 12,000 seats and will be situated next to the Temple Meads railway station.
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Want to find out how we can help you and your job search?
We are always pushing boundaries to improve our services to our clients and candidates. So taking pride in what we do is ranked extremely high. Find out more about the services we can provide for you.