Fire Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer

Purpose of the Job

To assist the Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer (IME) to ensure delivery of the Asset Maintenance Stewardship Plan providing fire systems stewardship, asset life performance and optimisation.

Principal Accountabilities

Responsibility for asset documentation review, safety inspections, asset monitoring and maintenance ensuring that the new Elizabeth Line railway can be brought into service and be maintained safely, efficiently and effectively delivering defined performance requirements

Act as the technical maintenance specialist ensuring safety and reliability for Fire systems on the Elizabeth Line.

Ensure compliance to applicable fire standards and operational requirements ensuring these deliver a compliant, safe, operable and maintainable railway.

Review and comment on the quality, completeness and accuracy of Operation & Maintenance documentation and fire asset data.

Oversee development and implementation of fire support contracts to ensure that requirements are correctly specified, procured and delivered.

Develop and implement processes and procedures in both the surface and subsurface railway for fire systems to deliver a safe, operable and reliable railway.

Support the Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer (IME) in leading the inspection of safety critical assets / systems, including self-assurance checks, quality checks, and audits.

Establish and lead the strategic intervention regime and the management of maintenance engineering stewardship to enable the defined Elizabeth Line standards, processes, procedures and performance to be delivered.

Ensure that the company fully address the specification, planning, execution and quality of the maintenance engineering and safety management requirements. This is part of the asset management strategy and plan to deliver the required asset whole life, Reliability Availability Maintainability (RAM) and Remote Condition monitoring.

Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to Target Zero principles.

Co-operate with in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times

Act as a role model for vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with Ways of Working. Encourage and support others to do so too

Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues

Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put information or information systems at risk

Main challenges of the job

To effectively manage a varying workload, maintaining a high level of flexibility when dealing with changing requirements.

To interface effectively with processes and procedures, ensuring that an appropriate approach is used for each situation.

To provide clear and robust management direction, being prepared to challenge individuals in a constructive manner and pursue sources of information in order to progress works to schedule.

To communicate and report progress in a concise, timely and accurate manner, keeping the IME well informed.

To carefully manage different teams and stakeholders and appropriately handle information of various sensitivities.

To identify issues and offer solutions that may be practically implemented within the environment.

Person Specification

Solid experience as a Fire Engineer or Fire Maintenance Manager.

Expert knowledge in fire and associated smoke control systems, with substantial knowledge of legislation, related standards (Network Rail and / or LU) and their application in railway, subsurface and underground railway environments.

Knowledge of railway systems and related engineering disciplines (M&E, Civil, Track, OHLE, S&T engineering).

A sound knowledge of railway operational processes as they affect fire safety.

Appreciation of Reliability Based Maintenance and its application to fire systems.

Extensive experience of providing professional engineering support to significant value programmes / projects for a large, complex, safety focussed and regulated organisation(s), where there are multiple complex interfaces.

Ability to analyse complex data, draw conclusions, produce reports and make recommendations to senior management.

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing and to build effective working relationships with people at all levels across the organisation and externally.

Ability to influence people at all levels across the organisation and outside, including negotiating and successfully facilitating joint decision-making.

Ability to plan, implement and manage projects to deliver to time, budget and quality.

Ability to use MS Office based computer packages, e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel.