Asset MaintenanceEngineer

Job Description

Location: Birmingham

Salary Base salary: £40750pa to c.£50950pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As an Asset Maintenance Engineer at HS2 you will be responsible for the Engineering and Technical aspects related to HS2 Track Maintenance and Asset Management. This includes systems and assets for the Route Infrastructure, Network Integrated Control Centre and Hs2 Stations.

The ambition of HS2 Ltd, as the Infrastructure Manager, is to deliver the highest levels of customer experience in order to meet the sponsors performance requirement of an average of 30 seconds (Moving Annual Average) delay per train.

In order to achieve this the Asset Maintenance Engineer must ensure that Track assets are safe, fit for purpose, available for use and reliably enable the train service to run. The system shall be maintained in such a way that maintenance is invisible to HS2 users.

The role sits within the Infrastructure Maintenance team, which forms part of the Infrastructure Manager organisation which is responsible for the Operations and Maintenance of the HS2 Routewide Infrastructure and Stations.

The role during the project stages will entail delivering the technical related aspects of the Track Infrastructure Maintenance and Asset Management 10-year roadmap and project programme to ensure delivery according to time, cost, quality, safety & environmental specifications.

About the role:

• Act as the Track Technical Lead for the Infrastructure Maintenance team.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of the Track Asset Management strategies and plans. Standardise the cradle to grave asset management plans ensuring they are technically fit for purpose including the verification of the whole-life asset budgets.
• Lead the management and application of appropriate engineering maintenance regimes in accordance with company policies, standards and specifications.
• Determine, develop and establish the technical and non-technical competencies needed to inspect, maintain, renew and enhance the Hs2 Open Route and Station infrastructures. Verify that the competencies meet the requirements of the HS2 Infrastructure Manager Safety Management System.
• Specify and lead the development of Infrastructure Maintenance technical standards, specifications and work instructions.
• Technically lead the introduction of new processes and systems to deliver operational availability and maintenance standards for a new railway system.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• Ability to demonstrate safety leadership
• Project management skills with an understanding of project management principles and application
• Ability to review proposals for the supply of Track assets and systems
• Ability to write or review technical engineering standards, specifications and work instructions
• Ability to review of PQQ and ITT documentation, from a maintenance engineering perspective.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the rail industry and its operations.
• Knowledge of high-speed railway asset management.

Type of experience:

• Experience in leading or working in infrastructure maintenance or engineering teams.
• Experience leading Technical and Engineering teams within a maintenance operation.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

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