What is the purpose of this role?

To lead and direct the Building & Civils Engineering team in the efficient delivery of inspection, maintenance and project related works for all CVL Building and Civils 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 multi-disciplinary team.

What will this role involve?

• As Building & Civils engineering professional develop and manage implementation of the annual maintenance business plans, ensuring that work is correctly prioritised and volumes delivered to plan, and within agreed budgetary constraints.
• Lead and manage the Buildings & Civils 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 CVL Asset Management team monitor timescales for delivery against asset condition including deferred renewal sites.
• Lead and manage the Buildings & Civils 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 Buildings & Civils 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 Buildings & Civils 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.
• Develop and improve relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.
• 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 CVL 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.

What are we looking for?

Essential Skills, Qualifications and Training:

• Have strong communication and inter-personal skills. You will relate well to colleagues, customers and suppliers at all levels
• Be a self-starter, able to take responsibility and work with minimum supervision, at times under pressure with excellent organisational skills; be able to multitask and re-prioritise to meet changing needs and project deadlines in a team environment
• Experience, knowledge and understanding of the technical specification and standards for the structural examinations , maintenance or assessment within the railway industry
• Degree in Civil or Structures Engineering and hold the equivalent professional qualification
• Computer literate with a full working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite
• PTS
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable Skills, Qualifications and Training:

• Knowledge of Network Rail's Building & Civils assets and how they are managed
• Relevant experience of working in an engineering role in a railway operating environment
• Familiar with an Enterprise Asset Management System.