Overview

Assistant Asset Engineer – Network Rail

Location: London Stratford Place (this role is also being advertised to be based at Derby)

Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum (plus an Inner London Allowance of £3,270 per annum)

Role Type: Permanent, Full time

Department: Route Businesses

We connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. Network Rail is committed to diversity, inclusion, and a safe railway for everyone.

Closing date: 17th September 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.

Responsibilities

• Support the application of asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and output targets.
• Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of assets and evaluate reports; implement mitigations where actions are deferred.
• Specify and prioritise actions to address defects and issues raised in reports; oversee development, implementation and handover of prioritised work items to enable required outputs.
• Produce route-specific and asset-type management regimes and progress mitigations if items are deferred.
• Undertake engineering analysis and risk assessments to support asset management, including business cases and whole life cost analysis.
• Monitor asset condition and failure precursors to inform examination, maintenance, strengthening, risk mitigation and renewal plans.
• Provide support to the specification and development of enhancement schemes and manage interfaces with network capability programmes.
• Determine mitigation actions to reduce the impact of adverse weather on asset performance.
• Maintain asset data in company systems and provide engineering support, including investigations of incidents.
• Review proposals from other disciplines or external organisations to identify potential synergies or conflicts.
• Monitor technical development of projects, ensure renewal requirements are sufficient, and assist with design approvals and certification.

Essential Qualifications

• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline
• Significant experience in a relevant engineering discipline

Desirable

• Incorporated Engineer
• Knowledge of relevant engineering policies and standards
• Understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques

Other important information

Please note: Applicants must provide proof of essential qualifications and/or competencies where required, or demonstrate progress toward obtaining them, or evidence of applicable experience as a condition of employment.

Pre-employment checks include identity verification, right to work in the UK, and employment history checks as required by UK Government standards.

We are an employer that embraces flexible working and will support adjustments as needed during the recruitment process.

How to apply

Network Rail welcomes applications from all eligible candidates. If you require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact the Resourcing Partner listed in the job posting.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 75% discount on rail leisure travel for you and your family
• 75% subsidised Season Ticket for work travel (includes Underground)
• A range of pension options
• Annual Performance Related Pay package
• Flexible and agile working arrangements
• Healthcare package
• Discounts on shopping
• Discounted Gym memberships

Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum.