This role is Hybrid working and can be based in London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester or York

The Civil Engineering team is responsible for holding Network Rail accountable for a broad spectrum of railway civil assets. These assets include Track, Structures, Operational Property, Earthworks, and Drainage. Our primary objective is to monitor Network Rail’s performance and ensure they meet the civil engineering output obligations set during the periodic review.

Our Civil Engineering team comprises experienced civil engineers, covering a broad range of civil disciplines (e.g. track, structures, geotechnics, etc.); but our regulation of Network Rail often extends outside of these disciplines. For example, we are interested in the following areas:

• The efficiency and sustainability of how railway stations, depots and fixed plant are managed and operated.
• Lifecycle strategies and policies including new and emerging technology areas for specialist building services in railway buildings.
• Accessibility of new and renewed station infrastructure, including vertical transportation such as lifts and escalators, for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.
• Pedestrian flows, e.g. designing for fire safety or overcrowding on special events.
• Complex station upgrades, involving railway infrastructure and 3rd party development (e.g. local government or private developers).
• Possible impacts of climate change on railway buildings.

We are recruiting a Building Services Engineer (M&E) to provide specialist expertise in this area. This role will work closely with the civil engineers, but also with other teams across ORR including safety inspectors, economists and railway operations.

We work with Network Rail on its journey towards achieving best practice in engineering and asset management. We encourage Network Rail to adopt best practice by using appropriate data to challenge decisions about maintenance and renewal of assets over their lifecycle. By achieving a more resilient and reliable network we can improve performance, efficiency and safety resulting in a better service for passengers and customers as well as value for taxpayers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist technical and expert advice for building services/ M&E portfolio across all ORR directorates.
• Identify key risks and issue for the portfolio , then plan and deliver reviews of Network Rail, with recommendations for improvements.
• Contribute to the planning and development activities for the next periodic review; including specifying and developing the monitoring regime for building services/M&E portfolio that will support the outcomes of this work.
• Review and evaluate strategies and policies of the infrastructure manager, train operating companies and freight operating companies.
• Review and monitor Network Rail’s regulated outputs, including strategic business plans, annual returns and progress with achieving best practice.
• Lead engagement and chair liaison meetings in relevant areas.
• Manage consultants or external advisors and develop proposals for Independent Reporter audits to investigate areas of concerns.
• Represent the ORR in external working groups and external research projects. The candidate is expected to co-ordinate their activities with the wider Railway Engineering & Investment and ORR team.