Network Rail
Assistant Asset Engineer
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Who We Are
Join Network Rail! Where People and Connections Matter
At Network Rail, we're dedicated to keeping passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently across the country. When you join us, you're not just part of a team—you're part of something that matters to millions. We believe that our people are at the heart of what we do, and every role plays a vital part in building a better, more connected railway.
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments click here. We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process.
Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision.
About The Role
The Structures Route Asset Management team is responsible for the safe and effective management of a diverse portfolio of structures across the East Midlands Route, including bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, and culverts. Working as part of the wider Asset Management function, the team plays a vital role in ensuring the railway remains safe, reliable, and available for passengers and freight operators.
The team works closely with colleagues across maintenance, renewals, operations, and project delivery to ensure assets are managed effectively throughout their lifecycle. With ongoing investment in the railway infrastructure, the team contributes directly to delivering a safe, sustainable, and efficient railway for customers and communities across the region.
This role is central to the day-to-day safety of the bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, and culverts in the East Midlands Route. By helping the Asset Engineers manage these assets, there is the opportunity to gain diverse asset management skills and structures knowledge through the varied construction types and materials that are in day-to-day use. The post is based at the Derby Control Centre.
Key Accountabilities
- Support the application of the asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.
- Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring, and assessment of 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 enable required outputs to be 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 the assets.
- Maintain asset data and information within the company systems and processes.
- Provide engineering support and participate in investigations of incidents.
- Assist with the review proposals from other disciplines or external organisations that could impact on the region/route assets and/or programmes of work to identify potential synergies or conflicts.
- 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.
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Essential Criteria
- HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline
- Significant experience in a relevant engineering discipline
Desirable Criteria
- Incorporated Engineer
- Knowledge of relevant engineering policies and standards
- An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques
- Holds a valid UK driving licence, or eligible and willing to learn
External How To Apply
Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor.
We are a Disability Confident Leader employer! We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
We are here to support you through every step of the recruitment process and to enable you to perform to the best of your ability. If you require any adjustments or modifications, please contact Mark Holt (Resourcing Business Partner) at mark.holt@networkrail.co.uk. You can also visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available.
We positively embrace flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work with their family and home life.
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here.
Network Rail is required to comply with UK Government standards when carrying out pre-employment checks for all new starters; this includes a basic criminal record check. In addition to the basic criminal record check, in accordance with the UK Government, we are also required to verify your identity, right to work in the UK, and previous three years' employment history.
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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information. Please ensure you have the appropriate Right to Work status when applying for this role.
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness of our safety vision.
Network Rail can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits, including a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, a bonus scheme, and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets costing up to £3,333 (to a maximum amount of £2,500). You will also be entitled to 28 days' annual leave.
Salary: circa £29,000 per annum.
Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel, this includes off-peak and super off-peak tickets*
Some of our roles require face-to-face Drugs & Alcohol testing. Further details will be shared with you as part of your formal offer.
Closing date: 17th August 2026. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
What's In It For You
Here are a few of the benefits we offer:
- 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
- Choice of pension schemes
- 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
- Private Healthcare
- 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
- Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
- Gym Pass—access to gyms across the UK
- My Benefits platform—giving national and local retail discount
Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know, and we'll do our best to assist you.
Some of our roles require face-to-face Drugs & Alcohol testing. We will share further details with you as part of your formal offer.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information.
Your Experience And Skills
The ideal candidate would have a relevant engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related discipline, and hold Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status or be working towards professional registration. They will have experience within the railway industry and/or asset management, with a sound understanding of engineering and asset management principles. The successful candidate will be competent in the use of IT systems, including Microsoft Office and asset management software, and be confident in using digital tools to support decision-making and business processes. They will demonstrate a positive and proactive approach to learning, with a willingness to develop new skills, embrace new technologies, and adapt to changing business and engineering requirements.
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