Details:
- Salary: £420 - 427 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: Swindon Wiltshire
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
This contract with our rail client is for a Geotechnical Asset Engineer for 6 months in Swindon with travel to Bristol / Cardiff when required. The pay rate for the role is £427 Umbrella / £313 PAYE.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead the requirements for examination and undertake evaluation, assessment and risk management of geotechnical assets.
- Manage compliance of examination and evaluation of geotechnical assets against requirements of standards.
- Provide engineering input to the standards and specifications for earthworks examinations and assessments.
- Maintain comprehensive and accurate asset records.
- Direct the implementation of monitoring systems and undertake the review of monitoring results and other control measures.
- Support the development of route specific plans including all maintenance and renewal activities and asset strategies, providing the prioritised investment work bank.
- Support the inclusion of all investment items into appropriate programmes and track through to completion including approval of programme changes.
- Provide support to the production and prioritisation of the route business plan.
- Support the Senior Asset Engineer (Geotechnics) in producing remits for investment schemes.
- Monitor trends arising from examinations and evaluations, assessments, asset capability and failure precursors and confirm that action is specified and taken and participate in investigations of incidents.
- Liaise with community relations to support the resolution of geotechnical and drainage issues impacting on neighbours and third parties.
- Provide engineering input to the specification and management of geotechnical and drainage examination contracts.
- Investigate and resolve technical and quality issues with suppliers.
Requirements:
- An Engineering Geology or Civil Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
- Membership of relevant professional institution (Institute of Civil Engineers and / or The Geological Society of London) and actively working toward Chartership.
- Experience of railway civil engineering, with knowledge of geotechnical and drainage asset maintenance, refurbishment and renewals.
- A sound knowledge of geotechnical engineering policies and standards.
- An understanding of safety management systems and risk assessment techniques.
- Excellent team work skills.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
- Ability and willingness to travel across Western Route.
- Personal Track Safety (PTS) competence.
- Full UK driving licence