Brief Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team responsible for managing bridges, tunnels, coastal defences, retaining walls and other structures assets across Scotland’s Railway. We are looking for an enthusiastic civil engineer to lead one of our teams of asset engineers as we deliver a £413m maintenance and renewal programme in the next five years to keep our structures safe and reliable for our customers. You will be involved in managing our structures throughout their asset life cycle and will embrace the challenges of maintaining our ageing structures portfolio based on condition, capability and changing climate. A typical day can involve solving technical problems, managing risk, prioritising budgets, dealing with operational challenges, and collaborating with our delivery teams and supply chain; every day you will provide support and leadership to our skilled team of engineers and engage with peers in the senior engineering team – you will get the opportunity to develop yourself, others and work with individuals across Scotland’s Railway.
About the role (External)
Here are some of the duties your role will include: -
·Lead the area structures engineering input to the structures asset management process in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets. Lead also on the development of an efficient prioritised route structures assessment programme.
·Provide structures engineering expertise to the team.
·Manage the scheduling of examination, inspection, monitoring and assessment of structures assets and the evaluation of the reports, in accordance with functional policy, systems and standards. Manage the implementation of mitigation measures when proposed asset management actions are deferred.
·For sub-standard strength structures lead on the development of interim mitigations and permanent interventions.
·Lead the monitoring of trends arising from structures assessment work undertaken from asset capability, risk assessments and failure precursors.
·Manage the production of structures asset maintenance, strengthening and renewal plans and their prioritisation for inclusion in work plans. As Sponsor oversee the development, implementation and handover of prioritised work items to realise the required outputs. Act as Client’s Representative and Designer under CDM for structures engineering renewal schemes.
·Manage the analysis, risk assessment and mitigation on sensitive assets and manage the implementation of mitigation measures required to minimise adverse impact on corporate targets. Manage the monitoring and evaluation of asset trend data and failure precursors to inform structures asset management plans to efficiently achieve corporate objectives.
·Manage route functional support to the specification and development of specific enhancement schemes.
·Manage the liaison with the central structures team to develop and disseminate consistent best practice and in the review and development of functional policy and standards.
·Manage the determination of mitigation actions necessary to reduce the impact of adverse weather on the performance of structures assets.
·Manage the structures asset data and information within the company systems and processes.
·Manage initiatives to develop the buildings & civils strategic direction and input to the CP8 bid process in the route and supporting negotiations with regulatory bodies.
·Develop and improve relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.
·Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents relating to structures.
·Undertake engineering verification activities to support the delivery of the national verification programme.
·Manage the review of proposals from other disciplines or external organisations that could impact on the route structures assets and/or programmes of work to identify potential synergies or conflicts.
·Control the technical development of projects, certifying that renewal requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed. Sign off approval in principle of designs and accept detailed design certification.
What you will bring to the role: -
·Incorporated Engineer
·Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent
·Membership of relevant professional institution
·Substantial experience of railway civil engineering, with proven abilities in structures, maintenance and renewals
·A sound knowledge of structures engineering policies and standards
·An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques
It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -
·Chartered Engineer