At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain and operate our network. Now is a fantastic time and join our team in Wales and Western region as we finalise the reforms to our maintenance organisation which will deliver:
- A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees - quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams.
- Individual rostering - enabling us to send the right number or people to fix a fault.
- Multi-skilling - investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves.
- Accelerated and improved technology deployment - we have a raft of labour and life-saving technology ready to be rolled out.
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Overview
To grow our Engineering and Asset Management capability in railway structures in Wales and Borders Route, we are looking for structural or civil structural engineers with several years of post-qualification experience, but you do not have to have a rail background.
Asset Engineer roles are focussed on the management of risk by specifying and prioritising maintenance, inspection and renewal work across a wide range of structures assets, including bridges, retaining walls, coastal defences, culverts, and tunnels. Our assets support the railway across Wales and Borders, from the cities to the coast, and include some of the most significant and historic railway structures in the country, including the Severn Tunnel and Conwy tubular bridge. This work supports the immediate and long-term availability of the railway and the other services we cross or are adjacent to (including roads, utilities, and coastal defences). Although you'll be office based, there are plenty of opportunities to get out to the structures, and no two days are the same.
To be successful in these roles you will have strong attention to technical detail and an ability to step back and see the bigger picture.
Your Main Responsibilities will be to
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Liaise with the central structures team to develop and disseminate consistent best practice and in the review and development of functional policy and standards.
- 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 the review and development of national standards relating to structures Asset Management.
- Support initiatives to develop the buildings & civils strategic direction and input to the Control Period (5 year funding cycle) bid process in the route and supporting negotiations with regulatory bodies.
- Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents relating to structures.
- 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.
- 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.
Pay and Rewards
Salary: This role is a Band 4.C: £43,588 - £53,167 per annum.
As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!
- Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel and includes family members.
- A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
- GWR ticket alliance, Heavily discounted all day passes for you and up to 3 friends and family to use across the GWR network (48 passes per year)
- Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare and online shopping site.
- A range of Pension schemes to choose from
- Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35hrs per week contract, hybrid working, flexible working, job share, flexible leave, and enhanced family friendly support.
- 5 days paid volunteering leave.
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
- In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.
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More about the role and your application
Closing date: 5th August 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.
This role requires working in the office in Cardiff or Shrewsbury for a least 60% of the working week
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We want to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. Therefore, s hould you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please do let us know by contacting Elisabeth Holmes on 07395 387432
Should you wish to have a chat about this role, please conta ct John-Luke Wilkinson on [email protected]
