Assistant Asset Engineer

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Scotland's Railway is part of this large family and covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross‑border services and rural services.

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We are looking for an Assistant Asset Engineer to join our Structures Engineering and Asset Management team based in Glasgow. As part of Scotland's Railway, the team is 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 and Glenfinnan Viaduct), tunnels, coastal defences, retaining walls and culverts.

The successful candidate will take critical decisions to ensure the effective management of these structures and develop and implement strategic intervention strategies. 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.

We are looking for a proactive and ambitious individual with a desire to develop themselves and work with others to help deliver a safe and efficient railway for our customers. Previous structures experience is desirable along with strong communication and numerical skills. The candidate should have a flexible and enthusiastic approach to working within a busy team. In return, you will benefit from a truly rewarding role with excellent opportunities for development and take responsibility.

• Evaluate and risk assess examination and assessment 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 with the asset, 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, and progress mitigations if items are deferred.
• Support development of asset specific renewal requirements, ensuring these are correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed.
• Monitor the technical development of projects, ascertaining that renewal requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed with Route Asset…