Assistant Asset Engineer

ENGINEERINGUK; York; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job description

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Sector: Engineering
Role: Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

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Vacancy: Assistant Asset Engineer [Structures] X2

Location: York George Stephenson House

Salary: Circa 27,000 per annum

Role Type: Permanent, Full time

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others.

We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

At Network Rail, you will also have a clear development path with access to training and additional qualifications.

Network Rail Benefits
In addition to the above, you can enjoy a fantastic range of employee benefits, such as:

1. 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
2. 75% discount on rail leisure travel for you and your family
3. 75% subsidised Season Ticket for work travel (includes Underground)
4. A range of pension options
5. Annual Performance Related Pay package
6. Flexible and agile working arrangements
7. Healthcare package
8. Discounts on shopping
9. Discounted Gym memberships and much more.

Brief Description
As an Assistant Asset Engineer in the Assessment team, the post will be suited to a Civil/Structural Engineer with some post-academic experience looking to embark on a career in Network Rail managing a portfolio of approximately 6300 assessable assets in the Eastern Region.

The role is to support the Assessment team in managing the capability of various structures and buildings within the assessment process, carrying out various duties including generating work banks, reviewing assessments, undertaking risk assessments, and scoping work items and follow-up actions.
About the role (External)
Key Accountabilities

1. Support the application of the asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.
2. Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of assets and the evaluation of the reports in accordance with functional policy, systems and standards. Implement mitigation measures where proposed management actions are deferred.
3. Specify and prioritise actions to address defects, comments and other issues raised in the reports, in accordance with standards and functional policy, for inclusion in work plans. Oversee the development, implementation and handover of prioritised work items to enable required outputs to be realised.
4. Undertake engineering analysis and risk assessments of assets or asset components to support the asset management process and scheme development, including business cases and whole life cost analysis.
5. Monitor and evaluate asset condition and capability trend data, and failure precursors to inform examination, maintenance, strengthening, risk mitigation and renewal plans to efficiently achieve corporate objectives.
6. Provide support to the specification and development of enhancement schemes and manage the interface with network capability programmes.
7. Determine mitigation actions necessary to reduce the impact of adverse weather on the performance of the assets.
8. Maintain asset data and information within the company systems and processes.
9. Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents.
10. Assist with the review proposals from other disciplines or external organisations that could impact on the region/route assets and/or programmes of work to identify potential synergies or conflicts.
11. Monitor the technical development of projects, ascertaining that renewal requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed.

Essential

1. HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant Civil/Structural Engineering discipline
2. Significant experience in relevant Civil/Structural engineering discipline

Desirable

1. Incorporated Engineer
2. Knowledge of relevant engineering policies and standards
3. Knowledge of structural assessment of bridges and structures
4. Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering
5. An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.

From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.

We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training and career development opportunities.

We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.

We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.

Find out more about our recruitment process here.

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