Assistant Asset Engineer

As part of Scotland's Railway, the team are responsible for ensuring the safety and functionality of a varied asset portfolio across the length and breadth of the country. The asset portfolio includes bridges, viaducts (including iconic structures such as the Forth & Tay Bridges), tunnels, coastal defences, retaining walls and culverts.

We are recruiting for an Assistant Asset Engineer within the East Area Team. The team are responsible for the day-to-day management of the various structures across the country, from urban environments in Glasgow & Edinburgh to rural locations in Wick & Kyle. In addition, you will support the application of the structures asset management processes in accordance with functional policy and standards to deliver a safe and reliable railway for our customers. This role in particular will have a significant involvement in supporting the management of the Forth & Tay Bridges. 

We are looking for proactive, ambitious people with a desire to develop themselves and help deliver a safe, reliable and efficient railway for our customers. Strong communication and numerical skills alongside a flexible and enthusiastic approach to working within a busy team would be advantageous. In return, you will benefit from a truly rewarding role with excellent opportunities for development and progression.

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

• Evaluate and risk assess examination reports for a varied asset portfolio in accordance with functional policy, systems and standards, to ensure their continued safety and performance.
• Determine, specify and prioritise actions to address defects, risks, comments and other issues raised in these reports, in accordance with standards and functional policy, for inclusion in work plans.
• Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of assets.
• Oversee the development, implementation and handover of prioritised maintenance work items to enable the required outputs to be realised. Produce route specific and asset type management regimes.
• Develop asset specific renewal requirements, ensuring these are correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed. Assist with the approval in principle of designs and support acceptance of detailed design certification.
• Determine and implement mitigation measures required following the structural assessment of the asset or where proposed management actions are deferred.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the optimal risk management solution is identified and implemented.
• Determine and implement mitigation actions necessary to reduce the impact of adverse weather on the performance of the assets.
• Maintain accurate asset data and information within the company systems and processes.
• 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. 
• Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents.
• Provide support to the specification and development of enhancement schemes and manage the interface with network capability programmes. 
• Assist with the review proposals from other disciplines or external organisations that could impact on the region / route assets and/or programmes of work to identify potential synergies or conflicts.
• Support the application of the asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.
• Undertake engineering analysis and risk assessments of assets or asset components to support the asset management process and scheme development.
• Engage in the development and implementation of technology to improve the how we safely and efficiently manage our assets.

What you will bring to the role: -

• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in relevant engineering discipline
• Significant experience in relevant engineering discipline.

It's desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

• Incorporated Engineer 
• Knowledge of relevant engineering policies and standards
• An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques.