Senior Asset Engineer [Buildings Fabric] [East Coast]
About the role
An exciting time to join the Buildings Asset Management team, responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of assets including stations, Maintenance Delivery Units, personnel accommodation, and Train Care Centres across the East Coast and North & East Routes. As we move towards Great British Railways, this is a period of unprecedented collaboration as the industry comes together with a shared vision for the future. This transformation places a renewed focus on our building assets, ensuring they are safe, sustainable, and fit for purpose to meet the needs of the railway for years to come.
Responsibilities
- Lead the asset stewardship and inspection of the East Coast building fabric assets in accordance with asset policy and technical strategy and report tenant lease non-compliance and the monitoring of tenant dilapidations with particular reference to building fabric.
- Make recommendations for repair and renewal works required and assist with the development and management of prioritised route maintenance and renewal workbanks and plans.
- Lead the production of maintenance and renewal remits which specify the work necessary to deliver Network Rail's goals and their inclusion in the workbank.
- Oversee the development and implementation of schemes to verify whether requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and delivered.
- Specify and monitor the implementation of control measures where proposed works are deferred.
- Act as sponsor for complex and specialist maintenance and all renewal schemes. Discharge all sponsor's accountabilities in accordance with corporate policy.
- Lead the engineering analysis and risk assessment of maintenance and renewals schemes during the early development phase, in compliance with Network Rail's standards and procedures and develop business cases, where appropriate.
- Lead the review of proposals from other asset groups or external organisations that impact on maintenance or renewal activity, identify potential synergies and develop optimised plans as applicable.
- Maintain records relating to the existence, configuration and modification history of building fabric assets.
- Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents relating to building fabric maintenance and renewals.
Requirements
- Incorporated Engineer Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent
- Membership of relevant professional institution
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent
- Broad and extensive relevant experience of operational property engineering
- Comprehensive knowledge of policies and standards relating to operational property
Desirable Criteria
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent
Essential Criteria
- Incorporated Engineer Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent
- Membership of relevant professional institution
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent
- Broad and extensive relevant experience of operational property engineering
- Comprehensive knowledge of policies and standards relating to operational property
Pay
Salary: £55,596 to £67,813 per annum.
Schedule
Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel, this includes off peak and super off peak tickets*Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. Further details will be shared with you as part of your formal offer.
Benefits
- 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
- Choice of pension schemes
- 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
- Private Healthcare
- Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
- Gym Pass - access to gyms across UK
- My Benefits platform - giving national and local retail discount