Asset Protection Engineer

Who We Are

At Network Rail, We're Part Of a Large Family Serving Millions Of Passengers And Freight Users Throughout The UK Every Day. Our Service Impacts Millions Of People And We Strive To Become More Efficient As We Enhance, Maintain And Operate Our Network. Now Is a Fantastic Time And Join Our Team In Wales And Western Region As We Finalise The Reforms To Our Maintenance Organisation Which Will Deliver

• A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees - quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams.
• Individual rostering - enabling us to send the right number or people to fix a fault.
• Multi-skilling - investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves.
• Accelerated and improved technology deployment - we have a raft of labour and life-saving technology ready to be rolled out.
  
  

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 your part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions. Watch our video to find out more!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We look for opportunities to offer great opportunities to learn and grow through personal and professional development. And, if you make the grade then you can look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that joined the top 50 in the Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work.

We want to help deliver a railway which is safe, reliable, affordable and that provides great customer service to everyone. For more information about Network Rail click here

Overview

About the role

To provide the professional engineering and technical interface with outside and third parties and manage the engineering and safety specification for the safe delivery of outside and third party activities so that cost, time and quality objectives are met and delivered within corporate guidelines and engineering risk is identified and mitigated. To deliver competent engineering assurance in compliance with engineering standards and legislation.

Your Main Responsibilities Will Be To

• Lead compliance with Network Rail engineering driven safety requirements and provide technical advice, conditions and approvals consistent with Network Rail policies and standards on allocated schemes. Identify opportunities for shared value. Prioritise risk and provide assurance of robust engineering management for allocated outside and third party schemes.
• Manage the mitigation of engineering and safety risk to the railway associated with proposed and real time outside and third party activities. Provide technical advice in respect of all engineering design, safe by design, technical specification and construction activities for safe delivery, including testing and commissioning and site supervision.
• Apply the concept of Requirements Engineering on applicable schemes, liaising with internal stakeholders and providing advice to the Project Interface lead.
• Assess and review all outside and third party schemes for compliance with current legislation, including Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations. Review engineering design and/or construction proposals and activities.
• Monitor, assess and review all outside and third party schemes for compliance with Network Rail standards, procedures and requirements, route specifications, systems and procedures to deliver a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities. Manage the engineering approvals and consents required for the design and implementation of projects
• Facilitate outside and third party scheme change, with analysis of risks and contingency within the specific project life cycle on the basis of engineering detail, to enable project authorisation.
• Manage relevant engineering activities so that schemes support programme requirements for outside and third party customers in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality to deliver the safety and integrity of railway operations and infrastructure.
• Apply relevant techniques and procedures of quantitative and qualitative risk assessment and hazard identification and analysis techniques to allocated schemes.
• Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) for specific projects.
• Undertake technical reviews of clearance proposals for the route, external planning applications and land use changes by external parties whilst safeguarding Network Rail's infrastructure and operational requirements.
• Undertake reviews of external party applications for discharge of planning conditions and manage the review of engineering consents to works on ex-railway land, subject to restrictive Covenants in benefit of Network Rail.
• Monitor internal and external design / specialist consultants and contractors for outside and third party schemes in respect of competence of contractor's design, construction and specialist workforce.
  
  

Pay and Rewards

Salary: This role is a Band 4C £43,588 to £53,167 per annum.

Location: Swindon, with flexibility across the Western region.

As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!

• Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel and includes family members.
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
• GWR ticket alliance, Heavily discounted all day passes for you and up to 3 friends and family to use across the GWR network (48 passes per year)
• Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare and online shopping site.
• A range of Pension schemes to choose from
• Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35hrs per week contract, hybrid working, flexible working, flexible leave, and enhanced family friendly support.
• 5 days paid volunteering leave.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
• In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.
  
  

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More About The Role And Your Application

Closing date: 13th November 2026. Late applications will not be accepted. This vacancy is also being advertised externally.

This role requires working in the office for a least 60% of the working week.

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We want to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. Therefore, should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please do let us know by including within your application.

Your Experience And Skills

You will ideally have

• Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level
• Previous experience in the management of outside and third party activities and mitigation of risk
• Successful relevant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas
• Significant knowledge of technical, safety and performance standards and their application to asset protection activities
• Clear understanding of CDM, with the ability to recognise CDM duties, and associated requirements under Health & Safety legislation
• Knowledge of safety management including the concept of safe by design principles
• Understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work
• Knowledge of quality assurance
• Knowledge of risk assessment, including auditing internal and external engineering competency
• 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 demonstrate your personal dedication to safety within your application.
  
  

What Could Set You Apart

• Membership of a relevant professional body working towards incorporated or chartered status
• Knowledge of project management
• Track safety (PTS)
• Project engineering authority to work (ATW) in civils or associated discipline.
• History of communicating with outside parties.
• Knowledge of asset protection.
  
  

Not sure if you meet all the requirements? Let us decide. Some of these criteria may be learnt in role. Therefore, if you do not meet all the criteria, please submit your application. We will screen your application against these criteria to assess the best match.