This role will enable you to apply the structures asset management processes for assets within the West Coast South Route. You will use your own Engineering Judgement and Decision along with sustainability principles to determine the best course of action for the Structure's assets based on condition, value and delivery of regulatory and corporate targets. You will manage the inspection, examination, assessment and monitoring of structures assets. Provide engineering expertise on structures matters to the wider business. You will be managing a diverse asset portfolio including Bridges, Tunnels, Retaining Walls and Culverts, some of which are over 150 years old.

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Our Route

The West Coast South route stretches from the south of Crewe to London Euston, carrying millions of passengers, and up to 10% of the country's freight traffic each year. Our route contains the West Coast main line which stretches over 1,000 miles of track and has 64 passenger stations. It's also the busiest mixed-use railway in Europe, forming Anglo-Scottish journeys between London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as providing commuter links to the capital through Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Buckinghamshire.

The West Coast main line was electrified in the 1960s, allowing for longer, faster train services for passengers and freight. This meant that London Euston Station has to be rebuilt to create space for the new overhead equipment and was the first station in London to provide express passenger journeys to distant cities.

Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

Examination Review and Management

• Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of structures assets and the evaluation of the reports in accordance with functional policy, systems and standards. Implement mitigation measures where proposed management actions are deferred.

Defect Identification and Remediation

• Specify and prioritise actions to address defects, comments and other issues raised in the reports, in accordance with standards and functional policy, for inclusion in work plans.

• Oversee the development, implementation and handover of prioritised work items to realise the required outputs. Produce route specific and asset type management regimes, and progress mitigations if items are deferred.

Asset Risk Assessment using Engineering Judgement

• Undertake engineering analysis and risk assessments of assets or asset components to support the asset management process and scheme development, including business cases and whole life cost analysis.

Long Term Asset Condition Monitoring and Renewal

• Monitor and evaluate asset condition and capability trend data, and failure precursors to inform examination, maintenance, strengthening, risk mitigation and renewal plans to efficiently achieve corporate objectives.

Expert Support to Wider Business

• Provide support to the specification and development of enhancement schemes and manage the interface with network capability programmes.

• Support the review and development of national standards relating to structures Asset Management.

• Review proposals from other disciplines or external organisations that could impact on the route structures assets and/or programmes of work to identify potential synergies or conflicts.

Shared Learning and Incident Investigation

• Liaise with the central structures team to develop and disseminate consistent best practice and in the review and development of functional policy and standards.

• Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents relating to structures.

Extreme Weather Management and Sustainability

• Determine mitigation actions necessary to reduce the impact of adverse weather on the performance of structures assets.

Asset Renewal Management

• Control the technical development of projects, ascertaining that renewal requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed with Route Asset Manager.

• Assist with the approval in principle of designs and manage acceptance of detailed design certification.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering

• Substantial relevant experience in structures or civil engineering

• A sound knowledge of structures engineering policies and standards

• Knowledge of Structures Assessment

• An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques

• Working towards membership of a relevant professional institution

We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:

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  Degree in a relevant subject

• Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer

• Member of a relevant professional institution.

Please note, there may be the requirement to work on-call and undertake different shift patterns (night shifts / weekends)