Assistant Asset Engineer St Patrick's House

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Support the application of the structures asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support the application of the structures asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.
• Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of structures assets and evaluate the reports in accordance with functional policy, systems and standards.
• 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 ensure the required outputs are realised.
• Produce route specific and asset type management regimes, and progress mitigations if items are deferred.
• 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.
• 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 support to the specification and development of enhancement schemes and manage the interface with network capability programmes.
• Determine mitigation actions necessary to reduce the impact of adverse weather on the performance of structures assets.
• Maintain structures asset data and information within the company systems and processes.
• Support initiatives to develop the buildings & civils strategic direction and input to the CP5 bid process in the route and supporting negotiations with regulatory bodies.
• Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents relating to structures.
• Assist with the 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.
• Support the process for the review and approval of abnormal vehicular and rail loads.
• Monitor the technical development of projects, ascertaining that renewal requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed.
• Assist with the approval in principle of designs and support acceptance of detailed design certification.

• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in civil or structures engineering.
• Significant experience in civil or structures engineering.

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

Closing date: 10th March 2026 – Late applications will not be accepted. Click apply now to apply.

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