Assistant Asset Engineer (Buildings)

Assistant Asset Engineer | York | £27,000

Are you a Building Surveying or Civil Engineering graduate looking to kick start your career?  

Would you like to work at one of the UK’s largest and ‘Best Places to Work’ (Source – Glassdoor) in a role that can offer excellent developmental and career progression opportunities?

Situation:

The Civils & Infrastructure team at Ford & Stanley Recruitment are working in partnership with Network Rail to source a recent Building Surveying or Civil Engineering graduate to join their Route Asset Management team as an Assistant Asset Engineer, thanks to a recent promotion.

The successful candidate will be able to schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of assets and the evaluation of the reports in accordance with the policy, systems & standards.

You will be putting your knowledge of building fabric into practice to help prioritise and manage maintenance and renewal works across a portfolio of 3000 + assets including some of the most iconic stations in the UK.

The Opportunity:

You will be empowered to transform your educational background into impactful real-world applications. With support from the team, you will have to opportunity to develop yourself into a fully competent Asset Engineer, making dynamic engineering decisions and operating with a high level of autonomy.

This is an incredible opportunity to elevate your skills and make a meaningful difference in the field! This is a role that provides excellent opportunities for career advancement, as demonstrated by the recent success of the last Assistant Asset Engineer who achieved a promotion to Asset Engineer in just eight months.

Opportunity Information:

Job Role: Assistant Asset Engineer.
Working practice: 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
Salary: £27,000 per year.
Location: York, Yorkshire.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours (once fully trained).
• Highly competitive company pension (Railway Pension Scheme).
• 30 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• 75% reduction on UK rail travel (for work and leisure) - more below
• Reduced international rail travel
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Contributory defined benefit pension scheme
• Give As You Earn scheme
• Subsidised private medical care
• Healthcare cash plan scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme scheme
• Access to an E-learning portal offering a wide range of free training courses.
• 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (subject to eligibility)
• Personal Development Days
• Employees may sell up to a maximum of five days’ leave.  Employees can buy up to a maximum of five days’ leave.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support application of asset management processes in accordance with functional policy.
• Schedule examinations, inspections, monitoring and assessment of assets and the evaluation of the reports in accordance with functional policy, systems and standards.
• Specify and prioritise actions to address defects, comments and other issues raised in the reports.
• Oversee the development, implementation and handover of prioritised work items to enable required outputs to be realised.
• Undertake engineering analysis and risk assessments of assets or assets components to support the asset management process and scheme developments.
• Monitor and evaluate asset condition and capability trend data and failure precursors to examination, maintenance, strengthening, risk mitigation and renewal plans to efficiently achieve corporate objectives.

Candidate Essentials

• HNC/HND degree qualification in Building Surveying or Civil Engineering

Desirable

• Knowledge of relevant engineering policies and standards.
• Understanding of safety management & risk assessment techniques.

Closing Date: Thursday 21st November 2024

How the apply for the Systems Engineer role

If you are interested in the Assistant Asset Engineer role , then please apply via this job board. For more in-formation, please get in touch with the Consultant listed on this page.

Likely Job Titles: Graduate Asset Engineer, Junior Asset Engineer, Graduate Engineer – Asset Management, Graduate Building Surveyor

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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