About the role

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement renewal schemes aligned with Network Rail’s goals, including the formulation of project requirements and production of Client Remits.
• Evaluate and prioritise renewal proposals for inclusion in the E&P engineering work bank, contributing to the regional E&P business plan and supporting strategies.
• Collaborate with other asset disciplines to optimise engineering activities across the railway system and identify critical technical issues and requirements.
• Specify acceptance criteria for E&P engineering works, from design to handback, ensuring adherence to acceptance processes.
• Conduct engineering analysis and risk assessments of assets or components to support long term strategy development, scheme development, and business cases.
• Ensure timely delivery of accurate and comprehensive records related to project delivery, maintaining high standards of as-built handback documentation.
• Undertake risk assessments and establish required mitigation measures for deferred renewal proposals.
• Assist in reviewing and endorsing Approval in Principle designs and managing acceptance of detailed designs.

Your experience and skills

Essential:

• HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Relevant experience in railway electrification and plant engineering, with a focus on renewals and enhancements or broader asset management, and solid knowledge of railway policies and standards related to Electrification and Plant.
• Alternatively, a demonstrable ability to drive personal development to meet relevant experience requirements in a non-railway context.
• Working towards membership of a relevant professional institution.
• Awareness of key challenges facing Network Rail within Electrification and Plant.

Desirable:

• Membership of a relevant professional institution with Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status.
• Bachelors or Masters degree, or equivalent, in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Awareness of environmental and sustainability issues in engineering.
• Understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques.
• Knowledge of investment processes and procedures.
• Appreciation of project management techniques/processes.
• An understanding of minimal viable product and it’s implementation in E&P renewals