Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Listed on three major stock markets: Nasdaq (US), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands) and IBEX 35 (Spain), we are also member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 24,000 professionals worldwide., including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.

Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognized for its capacity to design and build civil engineering and construction projects, mainly in large transportation infrastructure. Its track-record to date includes more than 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads (including 2,485 miles of highways), 2920 miles of railroad lines (including 434 miles of high-speed railroads) and 16,994 miles of road maintenance and repair.

Why Ferrovial?

• Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
• Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
• Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
• Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
• Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
• Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.

Job Description:

Structures Design Engineer & Civil Designs Interface

Department: Engineering/Design

Reports to: Design Project Manager

Location: London Birmingham

Key Responsibilities

As a Structures Design Engineer & Civil Designs Interface, you will support the coordination and integration of interfaces between civil structures (viaducts, bridges, tunnels, and earthworks) and the Standard Slab Track system. You will work closely with the Civils Design Integration Lead and wider design teams to ensure that interfaces are understood, coordinated, and integrated with the slab track system.

This role will involve developing an understanding of structural and geotechnical behaviour, including:

• Movements of viaducts and bridges (e.g. temperature, long-term and transient effects)
• Settlement and differential settlement impacts on track systems
• Expansion joints, bearings, and articulation arrangements
• Load transfer mechanisms between the slab track and supporting structures
• You will contribute to ensuring that the slab track solution is coordinated, buildable and aligned with project requirements.
• Liaise with consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to resolve technical issues
• Close liaison with the Designer to ensure the design delivery on time, optimized and in accordance with the client’s requirements is essential.
• Attend the weekly meetings with the construction team and broader design team and client.
• Attending / chairing meetings for track design related issues during design and construction and provide technical support for their mitigation.
• Support the Client with identifying change, risk and opportunities and constantly striving for efficiencies and cost savings.
• Aid in the study of optimization and liaison with the commercial, planning, design delivery teams, and designers.
• Support the link and coordination with construction teams for management of track related issues.
• Provide technical input and support to commercial administration of the contract
• Close out track slab issues within area of responsibility in timely manner.
• Work closely with the instrumentation and monitoring team, review of monitoring reports and certificates.
• Support delivery of progressive technical assurance during design, construction and handover process.

Key responsibilities

• Support the coordination of interfaces between slab track and civil structures, ensuring information is shared clearly between disciplines.
• Assist in reviewing structural movements, tolerances and interface details, identifying potential risks or constraints for slab track integration.
• Work with designers to help ensure compatibility between track and civil elements at key interfaces.
• Participate in design reviews, coordination meetings, and engineering workshops.
• Support the preparation and maintenance of Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and interface registers.
• Help track interface issues and actions, supporting timely resolution with relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare meeting minutes, coordination notes, and simple technical summaries to ensure clear communication.
• Contribute to identifying opportunities to improve buildability, safety, quality and efficiency at interfaces.
• Support risk identification and reporting relating to track–structure integration.
• Assist in ensuring interface activities are aligned with programme requirements and escalate issues when needed.
• Promote awareness of health, safety and environmental considerations in all aspects of the role.
• Attend meetings in London and Birmingham with internal teams, partners, and clients as required.

Who are we looking for?

• Degree-qualified in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• Career experience in civil engineering, structures, geotechnics, or infrastructure
• CEng (Railway Engineer Institute or ICE) or working towards is desirable.
• Experience relevant to rail track on major construction projects, including design, modelling, or construction support is desirable.
• Understanding of structural behaviour, including movements and tolerances in bridges/viaducts
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and interface details
• Interest in design coordination, interface management, and multidisciplinary working
• Familiarity (or willingness to learn) interface processes such as ICDs, risk registers, and change management
• Awareness of relevant standards (e.g. Eurocodes / UK standards); knowledge of HS2 standards is an advantage
• Collaborative team player with good communication skills
• Organised and detail-oriented, with ability to track multiple interfaces and actions
• Basic awareness of BIM / 3D design tools and coordination processes
• Professional and proactive approach when working with designers, partners and stakeholders

Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!

Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all jobs applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.

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