Senior Asset Engineer - Network Rail

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'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.

Brief Description
Are you an experienced geotechnical engineer with a passion for monitoring and safeguarding critical infrastructure? Join our team and take the lead in managing the performance and condition of geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation across earthworks, drainage, and associated assets.

In this role, you'll provide expert guidance to stakeholders and customers, ensuring our assets are safe, reliable, and resilient. If you're looking to make a tangible impact on infrastructure that keeps people and communities moving, this is the opportunity for you.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the monitoring and instrumentation, assessment and risk management of geotechnical and drainage assets.
• Undertake the review of geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation of schemes specifying necessary maintenance and renewal work.
• Monitor trends for asset condition, failures and failure precursors and maintenance and renewal work. Confirm that geotechnical and drainage risks are mitigated, and if necessary, appropriate action is specified and undertaken and that comprehensive records are maintained.
• Develop route specific plans monitoring and instrumentation of assets including all maintenance and renewal activities and asset strategies, providing the prioritised investment work bank. Manage the inclusion of all investment items into appropriate programmes and track through to completion including approval of changes.
• Support the RAM in providing the business case and sponsoring geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation of renewals and enhancement projects.
• Act as engineering authority for technical approval and acceptance of deliverables associated with monitoring and instrumentation activities, and Designer under CDM where appropriate. Review technical development of projects, checking that the monitoring and instrumentation requirements are sufficient, correctly interpreted and any changes are agreed.
• Support investigations into significant failures that affect the safety and performance of assets. Implement actions to mitigate the risk of reoccurrence.
• Support the RAM in providing geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation support to senior management of Operations and Customer Services and Maintenance.
• Liaise with other members of the asset management groups or external organisations to review monitoring and instrumentation projects, and 3rd party / outside party proposals to optimise engineering activity across the railway infrastructure system, resolve critical technical issues and understand and manage imported risks and conflicts.
• Undertake the production of route specific asset management plans.
• Lead the engineering input to the geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation contracts. Investigate and resolve technical and quality issues with suppliers.

• Incorporated Engineer
• Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent
• Membership of relevant professional institution
• Substantial experience of railway civil engineering, with proven abilities in geotechnical and drainage asset maintenance and renewals
• A sound knowledge of geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring principles and practices.
• Solid experience with installation of monitoring instruments, data collection, and trouble shooting.
• Sound knowledge of data acquisition systems, analysis, and interpretation.
• Experience of usage of total station surveying units and various monitoring read out units (e.g. inclinometer, strain gauges, tiltmeters), in geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques.
• Experience in Construction Design and Management Regulations.
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent geotechnical qualification.
• Understanding of INSAR / Satellite capabilities for monitoring.
• Experience in the use of GIS Software systems.

What we offer

Salary: £55,596 to £65,966 plus Inner London Office Location Allowance of £3,270.

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

This role requires working in the office 3 days per week.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.