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         Assistant Design Engineer- Geotechnics
        
       
       
       
         Location
       
       
       
        
          Stockport, GB
        
       
       
       
         Department Name
       
       
       
        
          AY Project Manager, Internal Design Team, Direct (850007) G5
        
       
       
       
         About Network Rail
       
       
       
        
         
           Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year.
           Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions. Watch our video to find out more!
           We're continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation which is representative of the passengers we serve. To do this, it's essential we become a more open, diverse and inclusive organisation, harnessing the skills and expertise of all our people and attracting the best talent to help us have a safe, accessible railway for everyone. We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
           
          Within this role, you will be part of the North West & Central Region, working for the Central Route.
         
        
       
       
       
         Brief Description
       
       
       
        
          To produce designs and specifications supporting the engineering development of allocated proposals, from clarification of remit (start of stage 2) to the completion of single option feasibility work and handover into detailed design (end of stage 4). Support in the role will be provided by the Senior Design Engineer. Please note that this is a hybrid role with working time spent between the office and working from home.
        
       
       
       
         About the role (External)
       
       
       
        
          What will you be doing? 
         1. Analyse development remits, to help maintain a robust challenge to sponsoring engineers and managers, and take part as required in value management and risk identification/ analysis activities. 
         2. Undertake the development of suitable engineering options for a proposal considering safety, reliability, operational capacity modelling, maintainability, ease of construction, and environmental/whole life issues. Engineering excellence is to be supported by: 
         a. Secure all relevant base data. 
         b. Review compliance with appropriate standards. 
         c. Use risk ID and evaluation methods (e.g. HAZOP, QRA, LRM, and the GK/RT/14200 suite), as suitable, to evaluate and compare options. 
         d. Use feedback from all relevant past projects across the UK rail network, lessons learned etc. 
         e. Liaison with Network Rail Internal Contractor and Project Management Teams. 
         3. Maintain strict change control on scope development; evaluate cost, time, and performance impacts in conjunction with development management. 
         4. Participate in the selection of a single option for further development. Prepare or monitor preparation of reports, papers, drawings, sketches, etc as necessary. 
         5. Manage single option design as above. 
         6. Prepare the full engineering data package required for commencement of the detailed design and participate in answering clarifications/queries as needed. 
         7. Support GRIP stages 2 to 4 in all associated duties and carry out cross-discipline engineering checks of all relevant aspects of the proposal, in association with engineers of other disciplines. 
         8. Undertake design calculations to relevant design codes to support scheme development. 
         9. Produce CAD design drawings and / or mange CAD technicians where required. 
         10. Manage site visits including the production of task briefing sheets 
         11. Identify where additional data gathering is required to develop a design scheme. 
         In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be: 
         
           IRSE Designer licence or equivalent for non-signalling assets.
          
         
           A demonstrable aptitude for option development.
          
         
           Strong evaluation and decision-making skills.
          
         
           A working knowledge of rail engineering; relevant successful experience working in the principal discipline and an adequate understanding of all other related disciplines.
          
         
           An ability to work and communicate effectively in a team context.
          
         
           An appreciation of all the life cycle stages of rail infrastructure.
          
         
           Construction design management, risk assessment and external audit competencies.
          
         It's not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have: 
         
           An engineering degree or equivalent industry-recognised training qualification.
          
         
           Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution.
          
         
           Experience in design, installation and maintenance.
         
        
       
       
       
        
          
         
          Salary and benefits: 
          Salary : Starting at £29,000 per annum dependent on experience 
          Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised. 
          
           28 days holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays) 
           My benefits – our discounted online shopping site 
           A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits 
           Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets 
           75% discount on leisure travel 
           A choice of contributory pension schemes 
           2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community 
           5 days volunteer leave 
          
          Want to look into the benefits further? Find out here
           
           
          Closing date: 8th of August 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. 
          We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. 
          Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
         
        
       
      
     
    
   
  
 

 



 
  
   
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                   Location
                 
                 
                 
                  
                    Stockport, GB
                  
                 
                 
                 
                   Department Name
                 
                 
                 
                  
                    AY Project Manager, Internal Design Team, Direct (850007) G5
                  
                 
                 
                 
                   About Network Rail
                 
                 
                 
                  
                   
                     Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year.
                     Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions. Watch our video to find out more!
                     We're continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation which is representative of the passengers we serve. To do this, it's essential we become a more open, diverse and inclusive organisation, harnessing the skills and expertise of all our people and attracting the best talent to help us have a safe, accessible railway for everyone. We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
                     
                    Within this role, you will be part of the North West & Central Region, working for the Central Route.
                   
                  
                 
                 
                 
                   Brief Description
                 
                 
                 
                  
                    To produce designs and specifications supporting the engineering development of allocated proposals, from clarification of remit (start of stage 2) to the completion of single option feasibility work and handover into detailed design (end of stage 4). Support in the role will be provided by the Senior Design Engineer. Please note that this is a hybrid role with working time spent between the office and working from home.
                  
                 
                 
                 
                   About the role (External)
                 
                 
                 
                  
                    What will you be doing? 
                   1. Analyse development remits, to help maintain a robust challenge to sponsoring engineers and managers, and take part as required in value management and risk identification/ analysis activities. 
                   2. Undertake the development of suitable engineering options for a proposal considering safety, reliability, operational capacity modelling, maintainability, ease of construction, and environmental/whole life issues. Engineering excellence is to be supported by: 
                   a. Secure all relevant base data. 
                   b. Review compliance with appropriate standards. 
                   c. Use risk ID and evaluation methods (e.g. HAZOP, QRA, LRM, and the GK/RT/14200 suite), as suitable, to evaluate and compare options. 
                   d. Use feedback from all relevant past projects across the UK rail network, lessons learned etc. 
                   e. Liaison with Network Rail Internal Contractor and Project Management Teams. 
                   3. Maintain strict change control on scope development; evaluate cost, time, and performance impacts in conjunction with development management. 
                   4. Participate in the selection of a single option for further development. Prepare or monitor preparation of reports, papers, drawings, sketches, etc as necessary. 
                   5. Manage single option design as above. 
                   6. Prepare the full engineering data package required for commencement of the detailed design and participate in answering clarifications/queries as needed. 
                   7. Support GRIP stages 2 to 4 in all associated duties and carry out cross-discipline engineering checks of all relevant aspects of the proposal, in association with engineers of other disciplines. 
                   8. Undertake design calculations to relevant design codes to support scheme development. 
                   9. Produce CAD design drawings and / or mange CAD technicians where required. 
                   10. Manage site visits including the production of task briefing sheets 
                   11. Identify where additional data gathering is required to develop a design scheme. 
                   In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be: 
                   
                     IRSE Designer licence or equivalent for non-signalling assets.
                    
                   
                     A demonstrable aptitude for option development.
                    
                   
                     Strong evaluation and decision-making skills.
                    
                   
                     A working knowledge of rail engineering; relevant successful experience working in the principal discipline and an adequate understanding of all other related disciplines.
                    
                   
                     An ability to work and communicate effectively in a team context.
                    
                   
                     An appreciation of all the life cycle stages of rail infrastructure.
                    
                   
                     Construction design management, risk assessment and external audit competencies.
                    
                   It's not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have: 
                   
                     An engineering degree or equivalent industry-recognised training qualification.
                    
                   
                     Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution.
                    
                   
                     Experience in design, installation and maintenance.
                   
                  
                 
                 
                 
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                    Salary and benefits: 
                    Salary : Starting at £29,000 per annum dependent on experience 
                    Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised. 
                    
                     28 days holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays) 
                     My benefits – our discounted online shopping site 
                     A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits 
                     Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets 
                     75% discount on leisure travel 
                     A choice of contributory pension schemes 
                     2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community 
                     5 days volunteer leave 
                    
                    Want to look into the benefits further? Find out here 
                    All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of a range of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information 
                    Closing date: 8th of August 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. 
                    We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. 
                    Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
                     
                     
                   
                  
                 
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                
               
                
              
             
            
             
           
            
          
          
          
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Assistant Design Engineer- Geotechnics - Network Rail

Assistant Design Engineer- Geotechnics

You must excel in customer service, prioritize safety, communicate clearly, work well in a team, stay calm under pressure, make confident decisions, and have a strong willingness to learn.

You will ensure passenger safety, provide assistance, conduct security checks, and maintain a positive station experience while working shifts throughout the year.

Hospitality & Retail

London

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you! About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.<h4>Brief Description</h4>You make all the difference...In the Southern region we manage some of the busiest stations in the country - London Bridge, Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Clapham Junction and Guildford, which combined see up to 350 million passenger journeys per year.They are vital to millions of people each year and as a Customer Service Assistant you will play a key part in keeping our station services running smoothly and safely. Every day is varied, and it's your ability to handle different situations that will help you shine.Full time opportunities available at Victoria and Waterloo. Please note vacancies at Waterloo are fixed term.About the role (External)Your operational and people skills matter.You'll help keep our passengers and station services moving. As a customer service assistant, you'll enjoy variety and lots of activity in your role - this really is a job where no two days are the same.Our passengers and station users matter, and you'll be out there to provide a safe, secure and positive station experience. Most days you'll be covering significant distances across the station as you conduct security searches, monitor the station concourse, and help passengers during their station experience. You will spend most of the working day on your feet being highly visible to the customer. It's your training and attention to safety and security that help keep our station users safe every day.You're able to build a good rapport with others, and your communications skills make all the difference with station users, retail staff and your station colleagues. And you'll always be thinking of a great customer experience as you provide help across the station.This role also involves shift working (days, nights, and weekends) and to you'll be willing and able to work on a shift basis which means that you may be asked to cover a variety of shifts 365 days per year.Your skills matterYou don't need any rail experience, but you do need to show that you have transferable skills in the following areas:<ul><li>People focus - you'll enjoy working in a role that requires you to deliver excellent customer experiences. You genuinely care about our customers and pride yourself on being able to build rapport with everyone, including our passengers and colleagues.</li><li> Safety and security – our safety vision is everyone home safe every day, and you'll be able to demonstrate vigilance and safe behaviours. You'll also have a good eye for detail, looking for anything that doesn't look quite right. You'll also need to be able to follow instructions, adhere to rules and ensure that others do the same.</li><li> Communication – every day you'll be helping passengers and working closely with colleagues, you'll need to be able to communicate clearly (both written and verbal), warmly and concisely in English.</li><li> Acting as one team – station operations depend on a high level of team working where you support each other to keep the station operating smoothly and safely. You'll need to be someone that others can depend on - you are responsible and play your part.</li><li> Staying calm under pressure – At times, you will be faced with stressful situations and you need to be someone who stays calm under pressure, even when faced with an angry passenger, or emergencies such as station evacuations.</li><li> Confident decision making – your decisions affect our passengers and other station users. You'll be able to show that you can make independent and informed decisions under pressure.</li><li> Willingness and capacity to learn – there's so much to learn and you'll work with many people, processes and equipment every day. You'll be keen and able to keep learning every aspect of the role.</li></ul>This role involves days, nights and weekend working and the job is crucial for the safe running of the railway and it's passengers.Whilst a rostered working environment may look like a challenge to working parents, we have many amongst our Southern Stations team who find this to be of benefit, due to the structure and commitment of a planned weekly roster they can plan childcare effectively!It's also important for our candidates to be aware that whilst we do have high expectations of our customer service assistants with regards to the safety of our station and the passengers, we equip you to be as safe as you can possibly be in every possible scenario.Everyone matters is our diversity strategy. By 2024 we will be an even more open, diverse and inclusive organisation that is better at reflecting the communities that we serve. By putting our passengers first, our strategy will help us to provide a more accessible and more inclusive experience for you.Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision.Salary and benefits:<ul><li>Salary £24,440</li><li>A London weighting of £3,270 pro-rata</li><li>Pro-rata annual leave entitlement</li><li>My benefits – our discounted online shopping site</li><li>A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits</li><li>Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets</li><li>75% discounted leisure travel</li><li>A choice of contributory pension schemes</li><li>2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community</li></ul>We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.Vacancy closing date: 23rd July 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.As part of the application for this opportunity, you will be asked a few situational judgement questions to determine your suitability for the role. If you answer those correctly, you will be sent an email with a link to complete two further tests online, this will be sent by 25th July 2024. The tests are really useful in understanding whether a Customer Service Assistant role at Network Rail is the right career for you.Following the tests, if successful, you will receive an invite to attend an assessment centre on the 6th August 2024 at London Puddle Dock. The day will consist of a group exercise, a role play and a short interview. This is a great way to learn about what could be expected of you as a CSA in one of our busy Southern Stations, you will also attend a station tour which will give you some real time exposure to the role! We appreciate your time and efforts as part of the application process and hope to see you at the assessment centre soon!

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you! About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.Brief DescriptionYou make all the difference...In the Southern region we manage some of the busiest stations in the country - London Bridge, Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Clapham Junction and Guildford, which combined see up to 350 million passenger journeys per year.They are vital to millions of people each year and as a Customer Service Assistant you will play a key part in keeping our station services running smoothly and safely. Every day is varied, and it's your ability to handle different situations that will help you shine.Full time opportunities available at Victoria and Waterloo. Please note vacancies at Waterloo are fixed term.About the role (External)Your operational and people skills matter.You'll help keep our passengers and station services moving. As a customer service assistant, you'll enjoy variety and lots of activity in your role - this really is a job where no two days are the same.Our passengers and station users matter, and you'll be out there to provide a safe, secure and positive station experience. Most days you'll be covering significant distances across the station as you conduct security searches, monitor the station concourse, and help passengers during their station experience. You will spend most of the working day on your feet being highly visible to the customer. It's your training and attention to safety and security that help keep our station users safe every day.You're able to build a good rapport with others, and your communications skills make all the difference with station users, retail staff and your station colleagues. And you'll always be thinking of a great customer experience as you provide help across the station.This role also involves shift working (days, nights, and weekends) and to you'll be willing and able to work on a shift basis which means that you may be asked to cover a variety of shifts 365 days per year.Your skills matterYou don't need any rail experience, but you do need to show that you have transferable skills in the following areas:People focus - you'll enjoy working in a role that requires you to deliver excellent customer experiences. You genuinely care about our customers and pride yourself on being able to build rapport with everyone, including our passengers and colleagues. Safety and security – our safety vision is everyone home safe every day, and you'll be able to demonstrate vigilance and safe behaviours. You'll also have a good eye for detail, looking for anything that doesn't look quite right. You'll also need to be able to follow instructions, adhere to rules and ensure that others do the same. Communication – every day you'll be helping passengers and working closely with colleagues, you'll need to be able to communicate clearly (both written and verbal), warmly and concisely in English. Acting as one team – station operations depend on a high level of team working where you support each other to keep the station operating smoothly and safely. You'll need to be someone that others can depend on - you are responsible and play your part. Staying calm under pressure – At times, you will be faced with stressful situations and you need to be someone who stays calm under pressure, even when faced with an angry passenger, or emergencies such as station evacuations. Confident decision making – your decisions affect our passengers and other station users. You'll be able to show that you can make independent and informed decisions under pressure. Willingness and capacity to learn – there's so much to learn and you'll work with many people, processes and equipment every day. You'll be keen and able to keep learning every aspect of the role.This role involves days, nights and weekend working and the job is crucial for the safe running of the railway and it's passengers.Whilst a rostered working environment may look like a challenge to working parents, we have many amongst our Southern Stations team who find this to be of benefit, due to the structure and commitment of a planned weekly roster they can plan childcare effectively!It's also important for our candidates to be aware that whilst we do have high expectations of our customer service assistants with regards to the safety of our station and the passengers, we equip you to be as safe as you can possibly be in every possible scenario.Everyone matters is our diversity strategy. By 2024 we will be an even more open, diverse and inclusive organisation that is better at reflecting the communities that we serve. By putting our passengers first, our strategy will help us to provide a more accessible and more inclusive experience for you.Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision.Salary and benefits:Salary £24,440A London weighting of £3,270 pro-rataPro-rata annual leave entitlementMy benefits – our discounted online shopping siteA range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefitsSubsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets75% discounted leisure travelA choice of contributory pension schemes2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces communityWe're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.Vacancy closing date: 23rd July 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.As part of the application for this opportunity, you will be asked a few situational judgement questions to determine your suitability for the role. If you answer those correctly, you will be sent an email with a link to complete two further tests online, this will be sent by 25th July 2024. The tests are really useful in understanding whether a Customer Service Assistant role at Network Rail is the right career for you.Following the tests, if successful, you will receive an invite to attend an assessment centre on the 6th August 2024 at London Puddle Dock. The day will consist of a group exercise, a role play and a short interview. This is a great way to learn about what could be expected of you as a CSA in one of our busy Southern Stations, you will also attend a station tour which will give you some real time exposure to the role! We appreciate your time and efforts as part of the application process and hope to see you at the assessment centre soon!

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