Metrolink Project Engineer

Posting date:	09 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	09 October 2025
Location:	Manchester, M1 3BG
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75740686

Summary

Are you a Civils Project Engineer seeking an opportunity to make a real difference on the UK’s largest light rail network?

Would you relish the chance to contribute across all aspects of your discipline from design development of major multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects to new tram stops and renewals to design management and assurance?

Would you like to be at the forefront of the continued development of the Bee Network in Greater Manchester, and support shaping it’s Metrolink development, enhancements and resilience for the local community?

Your Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Civils Project Engineer to join the Metrolink Engineering Team. We have a range of engineering projects over the coming few years that need a dedicated project engineer to support the Bury Interchange Upgrade, Tram-Train Business Case Development and various other track & civils renewals. The role will also have ad-hoc involvement in other new proposed schemes to expand and enhance the Metrolink network.

You will be involved with writing specifications, reviewing tenders, overseeing designs, and providing on-site assurance. You will also support and lead the management of technical interfaces, particularly with our discipline engineers, tram operators and contractors.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

Engineering is at the heart of Metrolink’s plans. At Transport for Greater Manchester, you will have the opportunity to work in a complex and challenging environment where you will grow and build upon your existing knowledge and experience to really make a difference to the travelling public using the Metrolink system across the city.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will have an engineering degree or equivalent with civil engineering project experience within a rail and/or light-rail environment. You will have attention to detail to oversee design assurance activities and have strong written and verbal communication skills to manage project stakeholders and have a proactive approach to thinking outside the box to solve issues and improve project processes. Ideally you will also have experience of visiting/working on site.

What we can offer you

A permanent role with a salary of £47,539 - £52,866 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What's next?

To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.

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