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As part of our Examination team based in Glasgow, you’ll have the unique opportunity to be part of the team that examines the condition of railway civil engineering assets across Scotland to ensure their safety in continuing in use.
The Civils Examinations Framework Agreement (CEFA) team provide insight to enable Network Rail to continue the safe, efficient and optimal management of the capability of its earth structures assets. By gathering intelligence around the condition of them and how they are developing and changing, this will form the basis of decision making for future intervention and safety of the structure to prevent functional failure. These assets are part of the heritage of our country, and we need to ensure that they are safe to meet today’s needs as well as tomorrow’s.
Your involvement matters. Keeping our railway running on time, maximising track access capacity, whilst ensuring the safety of our trains and travelling public makes a genuine difference to people’s lives, often in the very community where you live.
The railway sector has always been one of our core sectors and because of our success in building and maintaining the railway, we’re an industry leader in Rail services, passionate about using our skills to make a difference and continuing to win further exciting projects for you to get involved with.
We’re proud of what we do, that’s what makes a career with us unlike any other.
What will you bring?
As a Graduate, other than your relevant degree, we don’t expect you to bring prior experience of engineering or the Rail industry with you when you join us; we will give you all the skills and opportunities to become a technical expert that you could hope for. However, we want you to share our passion for these and demonstrate your desire to develop yourself within this exciting area.
We therefore keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few things needed to qualify for our programme:
- Minimum 2:2 BEng in either Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering or Geology
- Available to join the programme in September 2022
- Passion for developing your skills both professional and personally
- Strong analytical, written, communication and presentation skills
- Good interpersonal and team working skills, with evidence of problem-solving ability
- Self-motivated with the ability to plan and prioritise time
- Ability to travel and occasionally stay away from home
- Commitment to work nights when required
- Full driving licence
In return
We place great value on all our people and the contribution they make to our business, so it’s important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. If you’re happy, you’ll think better. It’s a simple formula but one that puts your wellbeing as a top priority, that’s why we recognise individual needs and offer a flexible reward and benefits package that puts you first, including:
- Starting salary of £26,500
- Exceptional development and progression plan
- 24 Days annual leave + Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme
- Choices: Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
- Save with Amey: Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on days out, or nights in
- Social Value: You’ll get a Community Involvement Day each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives for CRUK, or where eligible, participate in the DoE Gold Award
Why Amey?
Amey is one of the top five support services suppliers in the UK. We employ 14,000 people, have a turnover of £2.1bn and a strong forward order-book. Every household in Britain benefits from the work we do. We maintain the UK’s road and rail infrastructure, keep schools safe and clean, manage the UK’s defence estate, safely escort prisoners and keep prisons and courts secure. We also collect and process waste, as well as deliver utilities services. All of this is underpinned by our leading consulting capabilities which uses engineering design and data analytics to better manage the services we all use and rely on.
At Amey Rail, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset. We believe true diversity of backgrounds and skills, create the best environment and opportunities. It means we ask the right questions to arrive at smarter solutions because we learn from each other’s perspectives. And this means smarter outcomes for our clients, our communities and ourselves. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.
