Regional Engineer [Buildings & Civils]

Network Rail; Greater London; On-site; GBP 98,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel discount

Rail season-ticket subsidy

GWR passes

Healthcare & benefits package

Pension schemes

35h week contract

Armed Forces reserve leave

PROUD recognition scheme

Job summary

Network Rail is seeking a Chartered Engineer to provide professional leadership for Buildings and Civils engineering across Wales & Western, aligning regional strategy with network policy and asset standards. You will lead capability development, direct engineering assurance and manage safety, integrity and sustainability of the regional asset base, working with multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders.

The role requires Chartered Engineer status, extensive asset-management experience, and a

Qualifications

• Registered Engineer at CEng level with the Engineering Council.
• Proven experience of successfully managing a large complex and diverse asset base, particularly renewals, enhancements and system integration.
• Comprehensive knowledge of asset systems, engineering standards and process integrity.
• Demonstrate strong customer focus in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Proven experience in leading negotiations at a senior level and balancing stakeholder views.
• Proven knowledge of strategic management of safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional engineering leadership for Buildings and Civils asset engineering teams.
• Lead and develop capability of engineers and others involved in managing Buildings and Civils assets.
• Lead and direct the development of the Buildings and Civils engineering/asset management strategy for the region.
• Provide consistent advice and guidance to regional/route engineers and assure delivery of technical briefings.
• Define and direct the engineering assurance regime for asset safety, integrity and sustainability.
• Lead interface with the Technical Authority and development of national policy and standards.
• Review and approve derogations/non-compliances and manage responses outside delegated authority.
• Lead continuous improvement to asset policies and standards; feedback to Technical Authority.
• Lead assurance of asset-specific elements of the regional business plan.

Skills

CEng registration

Asset management leadership

Asset systems knowledge

Customer focus

Senior stakeholder negotiations

Safety management

Job description

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.

The buildings and Civils asset management teams manage the day to day activity along side the renewals programmes. The diversity and size of the asset base, brings competing demands which need effective and efficient management to provide an infrastructure that safely meets the needs of the customers and stakeholders.

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.

Provide professional engineering leadership for Buildings and Civils (B&C) engineering for Wales & Western including: individual and functional capability; strategy; technical advice and guidance; safety, assurance, derogations and non-compliances.

The successful candidate will discharge professional engineering support, enable and hold to account the engineering profession with the Wales route and Western. Therefore, you must be a Chartered Engineer (CEng), and ideally a member of the Institute of Asset Management

We are looking for someone who can leverage new diverse and alternative thinking around a large and complex portfolio, so needs to have experience of large civils infrastructure.

Your Main Responsibilities will be to

• Provide professional engineering leadership for Buildings and Civils asset engineering teams to deliver the correct application of the appropriate legislation, group and company standards.
• Lead and develop capability of engineers and others involved in managing Buildings and Civils assets.
• Lead and direct the development of the Buildings and Civils engineering / asset management strategy for the region, aligning it to network engineering and asset policy and standards and the regional performance strategy.
• Provide consistent advice and guidance to the regional/route engineers in the delivery of policy, standards and specifications and assure the delivery of technical briefings for staff engaged in Buildings and Civils engineering.
• Define and direct the Buildings and Civils engineering assurance regime for asset safety, integrity and sustainability, including the verification of asset condition, to manage long‑term business risk and optimise asset outcomes in line with regional and network policy. Advise the Regional Executive team on the extent to which this is commensurate with the level of business performance the region requires.
• Lead the relationship and interfaces with the Technical Authority including provision of regional expertise to facilitate development of national policy, standards, sharing of best practice and lessons learned nationally.
• Review and approve derogations and non‑compliances to standards in compliance with the delegated authority framework. Manage the response to applications outside own delegated authority.
• Lead the provision of continuous improvement to asset policies and standards; and provide feedback to the Technical Authority.
• Lead the assurance of asset specific elements of the regional business plan in line with regional and corporate strategy.
  

Pay and Rewards

Salary: This role is a Band 1.B: £97,850 to £116,101 per annum.

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

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, and enhanced family friendly support .
• 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.

More about the role and your application

Closing date: 21st September 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.

Interviews will take place 1st October 2026 in London Paddington.

We want to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. Therefore, s hould you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please do let us know by contacting Elisabeth Holmes on 07395 387432

Your experience and skills

You will ideally have

• Registered Engineer at CEng level with the Engineering Council
• Proven experience of successfully managing a large complex and diverse asset base, particularly related to renewals, enhancements and system integration
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant asset systems, engineering standards and process integrity
• Demonstrate strong customer focus in a multi-disciplinary team
• Proven experience of leading successful negotiations at a senior level and balancing the views of a range of stakeholders
• Proven knowledge of the strategic management of safety
• 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

• Level 7 under the Regulated Qualification Framework in a relevant engineering discipline
• Fellow of the Institute of Asset Management
• Proven experience in the management of engineering processes, assets and components

Key Information

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time

Location:

London Enterprise House, London

Geographical Area:

London (Inside M25)

Closing Date:

21-SEP-2026

Job Category:

Engineering and Asset Management

Function:

Organisation:

EA W&W Chief Regional Engineer (570841) G1