Engineering Manager - HS2 Rail Depot

Charlton Recruitment • Birmingham, West Midlands (County) • Posted June 06, 2026

About the Role

Lead Project Engineer (Engineering Lead) Washwood Heath Depot

Location: Birmingham & Washwood Heath | Hybrid working (3 days office/site)

Salary: £85,000 – £92,000 (potentially to £101,500k with approvals) + 12% Pen

Project HS2’s Washwood Heath Train Care Depot

Role Overview

Are you a senior engineering leader or engineering manager with strong systems engineering capability or experience delivering major multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure, such as depots, rail maintenance facilities, or stations? Candidates are welcomed from client organisations, contractors, train manufacturers, or engineering consultancies.

We are supporting High Speed Two with the appointment of a Lead Project Engineer / Engineering Manager to play a central leadership role in the delivery of a major new railway depot at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.

The Washwood Heath Depot, £858m represents the largest and most complex rail system facilities (Depot) ever deli...