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Assistant Track Maintenance Engineer [Off Track]
Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Network Rail
Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7, 365 days a year.
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're an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.
We're continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation which is representative of the passengers we serve. To do this, it's essential we become a more open, diverse and inclusive organisation, harnessing the skills and expertise of all our people and attracting the best talent to help us have a safe, accessible railway for everyone. We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone.
Our Route
Central route is at the heart of Britain's railway. The route covers a major part of the national rail network and is a key commuter line in and out of Birmingham, with hundreds of thousands of passengers, and thousands of tonnes of freight carried within our route each week. Within our route is the Chiltern Main Line between London Marylebone and the West Midlands, the Snow Hill line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester, the Cross City line in Birmingham, and lines to other cities including Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, and Oxford.
We are home to Birmingham New Street station, the busiest station outside of London with more than 170,000 passengers using it every day.
Brief Description
As the Assistant Off Track Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the drainage strategy and implementing Lord Mair recommendations for the Delivery Unit, providing technical guidance to Off Track Section Managers in relation to drainage solutions and specifications.
About the role (External)
What will you be doing?
1. Responsible for requesting additional Drainage budget schemes from Principle Route Engineer team
2. Developing drainage reports/power BI systems relating to DU drainage
3. Competency upskilling of Section Manager teams in relation to water management
4. Competency upskilling of Section Manager teams in relation to vegetation management
5. Provide technical guidance to the Off Track team to achieve business and functional objectives and meet key performance measures
6. Manage the arrangements for staff safety and competence
7. Monitor asset performance, reliability, productivity and efficiency
8. Provide technical guidance to Off Track Section Managers in relation to vegetation management, drainage solutions and specifications
9. Undertake survey and design work
10. Manage the assurance and non-compliance process within the delivery unit
11. Undertake technical inspections and investigations
12. Provide local requirements to arrange track monitoring trains and receive outputs
13. Maintain the accuracy of systems, databases and records
14. Review and approve method statements and/or plans for design and/or work activities as required
15. Undertake an agreed programme of staff surveillance, work quality and asset condition checks
16. Assist in Technical PWay management in liaison with the TME
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
* Drainage/Off Track experience
* Knowledge of maintenance delivery processes and techniques
* Knowledge of safety and compliance management processes
* Knowledge of operational railway environment
* Detailed knowledge of relevant standards and procedures
* Design knowledge and experience
* Failure/incident management and rectification techniques
* Knowledge of other functional disciplines
* Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisation skills
* HNC/HND or equivalent qualification
It's not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have:
* Civil engineering or water management engineering experience
* Knowledge of coaching 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. 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 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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