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Brief Description
As an Asset Engineer Compliance [Drainage & Lineside] within the wider route's Infrastructure Director team, you will be focussed on drainage & lineside asset management activities in Western route supporting inspection, maintenance & delivery of asset renewals by a civils-based supply chain. You will be part of a strong safety & learning culture, open to new ideas, embrace technology, challenge inefficient processes and provide support to drive data led accurate decisions.
The role, under the direction of the Route Engineer includes working with our various data sources, data management & interrogation, including improving & assuring data quality, data collection and verification.
The role supports the management of risks associated with civils-based drainage & lineside assets, will also include works, monitoring trends, and evaluating the effectiveness of delivered works.
Undertake data driven analytical work on data quality, trends, performance & compliance indicators and failure precursors focussing on civil engineering drainage & lineside assets. Support & investigate asset related incidents for embedding continuous improvement and learning to the wider organisation while supporting cultural change in the importance of these key civil engineering assets.
Asset focus will be on the civil engineering drainage discipline interfacing with many other asset groups, plus level crossings, fencing & boundary legal requirements and access facilities to railway staff and public interfaces and land and habitat management to our extensive lineside estate. You will be key to ensuring compliance to Network Rail standards & national legislation and meeting government targets to running a sustainable railway.
The role will involve office-based activities and some site work, involving multiple portfolios to larger works with multiple stakeholders internally and externally.
Railway experience is not essential and you may be from a highways or local authority asset management or civil engineering design & delivery background with key skills we are looking for to help drive cultural change in the importance of risk management in drainage and lineside assets on the UK's railway network.
About the role (External)
Here are some of the duties your role will include:
1. Support the monitoring of compliance indicators to assess compliance to civil & off track engineering standards and initiate follow up actions.
2. Provide systems engineering support to the determination of appropriate engineering maintenance regimes and activity volumes for drainage and lineside assets in accordance with company policies, standards, and specifications.
3. Provide a comprehensive system engineering support across delivery units as and when required.
4. Monitor and strive to improve the technical competence of engineers & operatives associated with drainage & lineside activities.
5. Provide technical support & briefings associated with maintenance engineering.
6. Review and make recommendations on derogation and non-compliance applications to drainage & lineside systems engineering related standards.
7. Input to the development of data analysis work to establish emerging trends in lead indicators as precursor to asset failure.
8. Identify non-compliances against civil standards and engage stakeholders in formulating corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
9. Participate in drainage and lineside engineering activities in support of assurance processes including maintenance audit programmes and engineering verifications.
10. Monitor the reliability and performance of assets across the route and instigate, participate in the implementation of corrective actions to improve as required.
11. Participate in investigations and learnings of incidents as required.
What you will bring to the role:
1. HNC/HND or equivalent qualification & experience in Civil engineering or equivalent.
2. An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques.
3. Awareness of Construction Design and Management Regulations.
4. Working towards membership of a relevant professional institution.
It's desirable if you have it to help give context to the role:
1. Degree in a relevant subject.
2. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer.
3. Member of a relevant professional institution.
How to apply (External)
Salary: £43,588 to £49.037 per annum.
Closing date: 16th December 2024
Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.
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