Asset Engineer [Structures] - Manchester or Birmingham

Join Network Rail as an Asset Engineer within the structures team, where you will apply structures asset management processes for the West Coast North area. This role is crucial for ensuring the condition, value, and sustainable delivery of regulatory and corporate targets for our railway infrastructure.

About the Role

As an Asset Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the inspection, examination, assessment, and monitoring of vital structures such as bridges, retaining walls, and culverts.
• Providing essential engineering expertise on structures matters to the Building & Civils Asset Management team, as well as other functions and departments.
• Planning and overseeing the examination and monitoring of structural assets, ensuring all reports are evaluated in line with company standards.
• Taking action when management decisions are delayed and providing safety-critical engineering decisions for issues raised during asset management activities.
• Being part of a rotated on-call engineer rota to respond to urgent structural matters.
• Prioritising and managing responses to defects and issues, developing work plans, and overseeing the delivery of key maintenance and improvement tasks.
• Creating asset-specific management strategies and progressing any deferred actions.
• Conducting engineering evaluations and utilising data to inform maintenance, renewal, and risk mitigation plans.
• Supporting the development of enhancement schemes and collaborating with other teams to align with broader network goals.
• Assisting in shaping national standards and internal policies, maintaining accurate asset data, and contributing to strategic planning, including input into the FP1 bid process.
• Supporting incident investigations and reviewing proposals that may impact structural assets.

Please note that this role can be based in Manchester or Birmingham. There may be a requirement to work on-call and undertake different shift patterns, including night shifts and weekends.

What's in it for You

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Salary: Band 4C, starting at £43,588 and increasing to £53,167.
• 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days.
• Choice of pension schemes.
• 75% discount on leisure travel for you and your family.
• Private Healthcare.
• 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave.
• Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel.
• Gym Pass - access to gyms across the UK.
• My Benefits platform - offering national and local retail discounts.

We are committed to ensuring a positive candidate experience and will provide reasonable adjustments as needed throughout the recruitment process. Some roles may require face-to-face Drugs & Alcohol testing, with further details provided during the offer stage.