{"id":70742,"date":"2026-04-26T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/job-offers\/experienced-designer-en-8873\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:10:18","slug":"experienced-designer-en-8873","status":"publish","type":"systra_jobs","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/job-offers\/experienced-designer-en-8873\/","title":{"rendered":"Experienced Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><!---text--> <\/h2>\n<p><p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">BG&amp;E is a civil and structural engineering consultancy, celebrated for our innovative, award-winning designs that prioritise practicality and constructability.&nbsp;Now part of the SYSTRA Group, we continue our decades-long commitment to delivering high-quality technical expertise to our clients &ndash; proud to support the ambitious growth of a sustainable and resilient international company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">We partner with clients and stakeholders to challenge the status quo, pushing the boundaries of what&rsquo;s possible in engineering.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Context<\/h2>\n<p><p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">BG&amp;E is a civil and structural engineering consultancy, celebrated for our innovative, award-winning designs that prioritise practicality and constructability.&nbsp;Now part of the SYSTRA Group, we continue our decades-long commitment to delivering high-quality technical expertise to our clients &ndash; proud to support the ambitious growth of a sustainable and resilient international company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">We partner with clients and stakeholders to challenge the status quo, pushing the boundaries of what&rsquo;s possible in engineering.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">The Role<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">We are seeking an Experienced Designer \/ Design Engineer to join our team and support the delivery of rail infrastructure projects across passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and intermodal sectors. This role will focus on rail infrastructure as well as civil works including earthworks, drainage, stormwater, and associated civil infrastructure, contributing to practical, high-quality, and coordinated design outcomes. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Missions\/Main Duties<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Contribute to the delivery of technical design packages for rail infrastructure projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Support the development of practical, compliant, and buildable design solutions across project stages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Prepare and coordinate design documentation, calculations, and technical deliverables.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Contribute to passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and intermodal projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Assist in managing design interfaces between rail infrastructure and associated civil elements including earthworks, drainage, and stormwater.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to achieve integrated design outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Identify design issues and support the resolution of technical risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Ensure design outputs align with client, project, and industry standards and requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Support planning, programme coordination, and delivery of design milestones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Use relevant design tools, ideally including&nbsp;<em>12d<\/em>, to support technical design development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Profile\/Skills<\/h2>\n<p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong>About You<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">You are an&nbsp;<em>Experienced Designer \/ Design Engineer<\/em>&nbsp;with a solid background in rail infrastructure projects in a consulting environment, and the ability to contribute confidently to technical design delivery. You bring experience across rail project environments and a good understanding of rail corridor infrastructure and its interfaces with civil works, supported by strong technical capability and a collaborative approach.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Experience in a Designer or Design Engineer role within rail or civil infrastructure projects.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Exposure to rail infrastructure design across passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and\/or intermodal projects.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Understanding of rail corridor infrastructure and associated interfaces with civil works.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Experience contributing to designs involving earthworks, drainage, stormwater, and related corridor elements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Ability to develop practical, compliant, and coordinated design solutions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Experience preparing design documentation, calculations, and technical deliverables.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Working knowledge of relevant rail, client, and industry design standards and requirements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Proficiency in relevant design software, ideally including&nbsp;<em>12d<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to project delivery.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Strong problem-solving skills, technical aptitude, and attention to detail.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Good communication skills and a willingness to continue developing technical capability.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Chartered Engineer (CPEng) status, or eligibility to obtain chartership in the near term, is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong>What do we offer?<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Flexible working arrangements to help achieve real work life balance.<span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Health and wellbeing support via a confidential Employee Assistance Program.<span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Competitive remuneration.<span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">On-the-job coaching to help you be the best you can be, including leveraging BG&amp;E&rsquo;s global network of experts to help you realise your professional development goals to grow your career at BG&amp;E<u>.<\/u><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong>Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Equality is part of our DNA &ndash; We value who you are &ndash; it begins with our values and continues through our culture &ndash; and is fostered throughout our workplaces. We recognise the benefits of diversity and encourage our people to be comfortable in bringing their complete self to work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong>Wellbeing and Safety<\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">BG&amp;E provides collaborative working environments, which supporting the safety and wellbeing of all employees and stakeholders. As an organisation, we strive to continually mitigate risks, and to improve our safety systems and performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong>Diversity and Inclusion<\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">Equality is part of BG&amp;E&#8217;s DNA. We value who you are &#8211; it begins with our values and continues through our culture &#8211; and is fostered throughout our workplaces. We recognise and celebrate difference and encourage our people and potential candidates to be comfortable in bringing your complete self to work.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><!---text--> <\/h2>\n<p><p style=\"margin: 0px\">Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BG&amp;E is a civil and structural engineering consultancy, celebrated for our innovative, award-winning designs that prioritise practicality and constructability.&nbsp;Now part of the SYSTRA Group, we continue our decades-long commitment to delivering high-quality technical expertise to our clients &ndash; proud to support the ambitious growth of a sustainable and resilient international company. &nbsp; We partner with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","systra_job_experience":[5462],"systra_job_contract":[4907],"systra_job_domain":[5586],"systra_job_country":[5425],"class_list":["post-70742","systra_jobs","type-systra_jobs","status-publish","hentry","systra_job_experience-5-10-years_en","systra_job_contract-permanent_en","systra_job_domain-civil-engineering_en","systra_job_country-australia_en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Experienced Designer - SYSTRA UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Experienced Designer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BG&amp;E is a civil and structural engineering consultancy, celebrated for our innovative, award-winning designs that prioritise practicality and constructability.&nbsp;Now part of the SYSTRA Group, we continue our decades-long commitment to delivering high-quality technical expertise to our clients &ndash; 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