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Lecture

ICE Early Careers Network West Midlands Lunch and Learn: Lineside Civils

Event organised by ICE

Date
09 October 2025
Time

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Overview

Join the ICE Early Careers Network West Midlands to hear from Gareth Ellis, a lineside civil engineer.

Gareth will talk about the role and responsibilities of a civil engineer in the railway industry, what a day in the life of a lineside civil design engineer looks like and give examples of the types of things they are tasked with designing.

This event is of paticular interest to anyone wanting to learn more about the rail industry.

Speaker

Gareth Ellis

Gareth Ellis

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Civil Engineer

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Gareth Ellis

Gareth is a lineside civil engineer with over three years of experience specialising in rail civils design. After beginning his career as a graduate in highways engineering, he transitioned to rail civil engineering, leveraging his MEng in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University, which included a valuable sandwich year.

In his current role, Gareth has been heavily involved in a significant UK infrastructure project, focusing on the design and delivery of critical assets such as signal renewals, signalling power upgrades, access points, and signal gantry structures. His work demonstrates a strong commitment to advancing the nation's rail systems through innovative design solutions.