Engineering Excellence Through Collaborative Delivery & Human Care
Founded in 2012 in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter with regional expansion into Bristol, FJD Consulting was created to replace bureaucratic silos with an agile, multidisciplinary "one-team approach".
Pioneering Rail Engineering for Over a Decade
FJD Consulting was founded with a singular conviction: that rail infrastructure projects demand high-value specialised technical rigor without the inertia, excessive overheads, and communication friction of legacy corporate consultancies.
Rooted in the UK heavy railway sector, our teams have made decisive design contributions to landmark schemes across the Network—from the £6 billion Thameslink Programme and the Bristol Temple Meads Grade I listed transformation to the Core Valley Lines modernization and innovative bridge replacements like DCL-56 Old River Cherwell.
Operating from regional hubs at 87 Caroline Street in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter and Broad Quay House in Bristol, we combine local route familiarity with national engineering capability. Our team has built an enviable industry reputation for concept development, research and development (R&D), and low-carbon design selection.
Our Purpose & Long-Term Vision
Balancing engineering precision with sustainable stakeholder relationships and a workplace where talented people genuinely thrive.
Our Business Purpose
To inspire engineering excellence through our people and sustainable stakeholder relationships. We aspire to maintain a vibrant, positive working environment where engineers can showcase their technical skills and create solutions that contribute to a resilient, low-carbon future for the built environment.
Our Long-Term Vision
To be the workplace of choice in the transport engineering sector. We empower individuals through flexible, hybrid work arrangements that fuel technical innovation, psychological safety, and personal wellbeing. Our enhanced benefits and structured Wellbeing, Performance & Development Reviews provide clear, supported paths to ICE and IStructE chartered status.
The EPICT Values (E.P.I.C.T.)
Five core values shape how we interact with colleagues, contractors, asset managers, and communities every day.
Energy
Approaching technical challenges with proactive enthusiasm, urgency, and positive momentum. We relish tackling complex engineering hurdles on tight possession programmes.
Professional
Upholding uncompromising standards of technical accuracy, safety verification, ethical conduct, and Network Rail standard compliance (NR/L2/RSE/02005) in every calculation.
Innovate
Questioning legacy conventions to pioneer precast concrete modular decks, composite materials, automated CAD sighting routines, and low-carbon engineering solutions.
Care
Demonstrating genuine empathy for our staff's mental health, workload balance, and career growth, alongside careful stewardship of public infrastructure funds and the natural environment.
Team
Championing our multidisciplinary "one-team approach". Civils, Structures, Geotechnical, and M&E engineers collaborate without internal silos to deliver unified client solutions.
Awards & Industry Recognition Timeline
Our goal-oriented, outcome-led approach has earned formal recognition from the UK's premier engineering institutions.
| Year | Award / Recognition | Awarding Institution | Key Engineering Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NCE Bridges Awards Finalist | New Civil Engineer (NCE) | Recognised nationally for excellence in rail bridge replacement design & possession delivery. |
| 2024 | NCE Bridges Certificate of Excellence | New Civil Engineer (NCE) | Commended for innovative structural inspection and sympathetic heritage metalwork restoration. |
| 2021 | ICE Carbon Champions Digital Badge | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) | Creation & industry implementation of the proprietary Capital Carbon Assessment Tool. |
| 2020 | NCE Awards Finalist | New Civil Engineer (NCE) | Shortlisted for innovative SME engineering consultancy of the year. |
| 2019 | NCE100 Power List Recognition | New Civil Engineer (NCE) | Ranked among the UK's top 100 most innovative civil engineering consultancies. |
| 2018 | NCE100 Earth Gold Award | New Civil Engineer (NCE) | Celebrated for sustainable ground engineering and geotechnical environmental stewardship. |
| 2018 | ETA SME Winner | Engineering & Technology Awards | Awarded for excellence in SME technology adoption and multidisciplinary coordination. |
Our Power is Our People
A diverse, mentored, and supported team is the foundation of technical innovation. We invest passionately in the next generation of engineers.
RIA & Women in Rail EDI Charter
FJD is an active signatory of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Charter. We believe our consultancy can only thrive if every engineer is guided, celebrated, and given equal opportunity to excel regardless of background.
We regularly take part in STEM careers events across West Midlands and South West secondary schools, technical colleges, and universities to champion diversity in transport civil engineering.
All employees receive tailored professional development plans supported by our annual Wellbeing, Performance & Development Reviews, with full employer sponsorship for ICE and IStructE professional review fees.
Apprenticeships & Student Placements
Read authentic feedback from secondary school and university students who joined our teams for work experience:
Looking for Your Next Career Move in Rail Engineering?
We are always eager to meet passionate graduate civil engineers, chartered structural engineers, and experienced CAD/BIM technicians.
Enquire About Current VacanciesOrganisations We Have Proudly Supported
Collaborating with leading train operating companies, infrastructure contractors, and public bodies.
Partner with an Approachable, Chartered Rail Consultancy
From early scheme optioneering to possession-stage site supervision, our engineers deliver responsive technical solutions with a 72-hour TQ turnaround guarantee.