CFD Modelling Specialist

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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!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

Brief Description

Vacancy Type: Full time 35 hours per week (flexible patterns will be considered)

Duration: Permanent

Locations: This role can be based out of any of the following locations, Glasgow, York, Manchester, Birmingham ,Bristol, Swindon & Cardiff

Salary: Band 3C (55,596 - 62,546)

Engineering Services is a function within Route Services. We sit as a central team to provide national skills and activities which enable regions and industry partners to deliver the railway for our customers.

As a large central functional team which focus on engineering delivery, we have many roles from pure engineering to project management and touch every part of the railway from track, power, signalling to the lifts and escalators which are essential to keep our stations moving.

Being multi-disciplinary means we have great opportunities to work in design, development or even the delivery of activities such as our own points operating equipment which move trains from one track to another up to 125mph.

Do you consider yourself to have a protected characteristic? If so and you require any additional support with your application, please do not hesitate to contact the Resourcer who will happily assist.

Click apply for this job to apply. If you would like to speak the Resourcing Team, please contact Emily.Smith3@networkrail.co.uk

About the role (External)

To be responsible for the production and verification of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) models within Network Rail Design Delivery (NRDD), primarily for Network Rail Scour issues. To lead and deliver agreed/allocated proposals from clarification of remit to model completion developing the engineering solutions to best satisfy the Engineering business case and remit.

To also liaise with third parties and consent authorities to model scour designs to have an input on design and mitigation of scour.

The Ideal Candidate should have all the essential criteria below:

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (specialising in fluid mechanics).
• MSc in water management related discipline.
• Experienced CFD Modeller with minimum 5 years experience.
• A demonstrable aptitude for water management and scour modelling.
• Strong evaluation and decision-making skills.
• A working knowledge of the railway from a water management perspective.
• An ability to work in a team and communicate effectively articulating complex ideas and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experienced in 1D, 2D and 3D hydraulic modelling/analysis.
• Clear, structured and articulate report writing skills.
• Understanding of scour theory and relevant industry guidance.

• Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution.
• PhD in relevant topic
• Experience of using FLOW3D and other CFD software.
• Experience acting in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Knowledge and development of using CFD for other disciplines around the railway.
• For more information regarding the main responsibilities & criteria of this role, please find the full job description attached below.

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. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.

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 encourages 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 accreditedDisability 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 processhere

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