Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer

Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom

12/17/2024

Location

Eastleigh, GB

Department Name

CX IMDM, Basingstoke (Outer), Indirect (881031) G1

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Brief Description

To lead and direct the Engineering team in the efficient delivery of inspection, maintenance and project related works for all Infrastructure assets to meet relevant standards. To drive culture transformation for safety and asset performance creating continual improvement and deliver safety, compliance and performance strategies, following business processes in order to deliver a compliant, well performing asset through a safe large multi-disciplinary team.

About The Role (External)

Key Accountabilities –

• Create a customer focused, high performing team and provide professional leadership and direction in values, behaviours and the application of engineering practises and techniques. Create a strategy for developing a succession of competent engineers to provide service continuity (safety, compliance and performance) and support continual professional development.
• Act as engineering professional lead to develop and manage implementation of the annual maintenance business plan, ensuring that work is correctly prioritised and volumes delivered to plan, and within agreed budgetary constraints.
• Lead and manage the engineering team to deliver holistic asset management, identifying deterioration rates, effectiveness of maintenance intervention, and optimal renewal timescales to reduce overall asset costs.
• Lead and direct the continuous improvement cycle. Identify and implement safety, asset performance, reliability, productivity and efficiency improvement initiatives. Coordinate asset renewals proposals and in conjunction with the Route Asset Management team monitor timescales for delivery against asset condition including deferred renewal sites.
• Lead and manage the engineering team to be compliant to the management assurance process, create a review strategy that identifies and prevents non-compliance to standards. Check that inspection and maintenance activities are completed in line with policies, procedures and standards, with non-compliances identified, submitted and appropriate action taken where required.
• Lead the engineering team in the delivery of health and safety, creating a plan of inspection and monitoring to continually improve safety performance and influence culture change. Managing the arrangements for staff safety, training and competence and delivering compliance with competency assessment systems.
• Develop and manage the engineering team, monitoring adequate resources are available to deliver a flexible, competent, skilled and effective workforce at all times and manage staff welfare, use of equipment and fatigue levels. Undertake appropriate safety tours, staff surveillance, work quality and asset condition checks.
• Undertake formal investigations and investigate and report on accidents/incidents.
• Develop and improve relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers. Lead as the ORR Interface for safety/maintenance/compliance issues.
• Identify and manage the introduction of new systems on the network, where applicable, including systems/safety approvals and monitoring so that processes and documentation exist for sustained network usage.
• Direct the timely assignment of, and thereafter, discharge of, Construction Design Management (CDM) duties for all maintenance activities.
• Discharge the relevant duties assigned under the NR Engineering Management Plan to include the role of Construction Engineering Manager (CEM).
• Create a strategy for developing and evolving weather preparedness plans and lead and direct the team in the safe delivery of the plan.
  
  
  

Essential

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Chartered engineer
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• NEBOSH certificate
• Detailed knowledge of rail engineering discipline and other rail engineering functional disciplines
• Successful experience in maintenance management, processes and techniques
• Detailed knowledge of compliance management processes and relevant standards and procedures
• Formal Accident & Incident Investigation
• Knowledge of operational railway environment
• Knowledge of CDM regulations and procedures.
• Successful experience as a people manager
• Proven interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisation skills
  
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in Oracle (BMIS)
  
  
  

How To Apply (External)

Salary: £85,395 - £96,070 per annum, pro/rata £6k car allowance and many more benefits.

Closing date: 23rd December 2024. - Late applications will not be accepted.

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Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

Depending on the role, candidates that are made a conditional offer, may be a required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your offer will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results will be securely held on Sentinel database and a five year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.

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