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Senior Asset Engineer [Structures] [Wales] (18-month secondment/fixed term contract)
About Network Rail
To lead the Wales Examinations & Maintenance team within the Wales Structures team.
18-month secondment / Fixed Term Contract with potential to be made permanent.
At Network Rail, we are part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain, and operate our network.
Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We are an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us, and you matter to millions.
The Wales & Western region includes more than 2,700 miles of railway and we serve communities and businesses of Wales, the Thames Valley, West of England, and the Southwest Peninsula.
Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues, and protecting safety and wellbeing.
In the structures team in Wales, we manage over 8000 assets including 3300 bridges and 54 viaducts. Wales has the largest and most varied portfolio of coastal assets in Network Rail as well as several iconic major structures and, unusually, the largest portfolio of timber bridges and viaducts.
About the role
Your Main Responsibilities will be to:
1. Lead the area structures engineering input to the structures asset management process in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.
2. Provide structures engineering expertise to the team.
3. 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.
4. For sub-standard strength structures lead on the development of interim mitigations and permanent interventions.
5. Lead the monitoring of trends arising from structures assessment work undertaken from asset capability, risk assessments and failure precursors.
6. Manage the production of structures asset maintenance, strengthening and renewal plans and their prioritisation for inclusion in work plans.
7. Manage the analysis, risk assessment and mitigation on sensitive assets.
8. Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents relating to structures.
You will ideally have:
1. Incorporated Engineer
2. Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent
3. Membership of relevant professional institution
4. Substantial experience of railway civil engineering, with proven abilities in structures, maintenance and renewals
5. A sound knowledge of structures engineering policies and standards
6. An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques
What could set you apart:
1. Chartered Engineer
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