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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. 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.
About the Role: Assistant Asset Engineer
In the Assistant Asset Engineer role, you will support the application of the asset management processes in accordance with functional policy to achieve financial and safety output targets.
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 of 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.
Essential Criteria:
- HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in relevant engineering discipline.
- Significant experience in relevant engineering discipline.
Desirable Criteria:
- Incorporated Engineer
- Knowledge of relevant engineering policies and standards
- An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques
Please note: Applicants must provide proof of essential qualifications and/or competencies where required, or demonstrate active progress toward obtaining them, or evidence their applicable experience as a condition of employment.
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 us. We positively embrace flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work with their family and home life.
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. All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
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.
Benefits & Salary
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. Plus an Inner London allowance of £3,270 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
3rd 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.
Additional Benefits:
- 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 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.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Your Experience and Skills:
- Soft skills – excellent communication skills working in a multi-stakeholder community.
- Competencies – sound understanding of building life cycle and maintenance management.
- Exam and survey report interpretation and analysis.
- Qualifications – ideally degree qualified and working towards chartership.
- Experience – working within client-side or supplier and experience of high-volume repairs environment with SLA and KPI management.
