Job Purpose

Job Title : Engineer

Advertised Salary : £36,000 - £41,500 (depending on experience) + car cash allowance (£4,680 p.a.) + benefits

Location : Remote, with regular travel across our required. See here :

We're the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays its part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer to join our  Asset Management  team in the Birmingham area of the West Midlandsregion.

As an Engineer you will work as part of the supportive West Midlands asset management team but also be given an area of the waterway network which will give you hands-on experience in managing our unique historic infrastructure. You will be responsible for inspecting and assessing the condition of our assets, prioritising repair and renewal works, and supporting the operations team on minor and reactive repairs. You will act as client throughout the project lifecycle and providing technical support to other Trust departments.

We are an ICE approved employer, providing structured learning and professional development support.

Location & coverage

Administratively based from our Birmingham hub, this vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. It is therefore essential that applicants are able and willing to work effectively from home.

This role will involve regular travel to and along the canals and river navigations of the network and occasionally you may also be required to work nationally too. The area is largely urban but the waterway network provides a green / blue environment which has been awarded Green Flag status in numerous areas.

See our network map here :

Knowledge, Skills / Qualifications & Experience

We're very proud to be the custodians of one of the largest collections of industrial heritage, covering 2,000 miles of the UK's canals and rivers and over 8,500 different structures, many of them listed. The majority of our canals and navigable rivers are over 200 years old, and they still work as they were designed to. This is quite remarkable and reflects the innovation and skill of the original engineers and the continuing dedication and expertise of our team today.

As Engineer you will work with colleagues across departments, and with a variety of partners internally and externally, to deliver works programmes and supports the implementation of the asset strategy for the Trust. You will support decisions on asset investment priorities which are driven by a risk management approach.

Key accountabilities :

• Asset management responsibility for a geographical area of canals, river navigations and reservoirs.
• Responsible for undertaking scheduled asset inspections, ensuring that they are completed on time and to a high quality.
• Investigate and prioritise defects on a risk based approach
• Define and support the maintenance, repair and renewal works for delivery by the Trust ‘s teams and contractors, taking account of all statutory, technical, operational and customer requirements.
• Contribute technical advice during the feasibility, design, construction and commissioning phases for projects to our internal delivery teams (Customer Operations & Direct Services), framework contractors and volunteers.
• Support internal and external enquiries associated with the assets. Respond as appropriate by reference to relevant information sources..
• Where required, provide suitable temporary works designs to support local minor maintenance teams.
• Build relationships with local representatives of partnerships, regulators, and stakeholders to protect, maintain, and continually improve levels of service and improve data held by the Trust.
• Where appropriate actively participate in the Trust‘s “Stand-by” and” Call-out rotas”.

About you

As you will work in a multi-disciplinary environment as part of your day to day work, it is important that you really enjoy being part of a team and that you have a collaborative approach to your work. You will, of course, work alone under your own initiative too, however engaging with others across all levels of the organisation and with a variety of external partners is how you will get the job done.

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What We Offer

In addition to your annual base salary of £36,000 - £41,500 , we also offer  Car Cash Allowance (£390 per month),  a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits we are also open to flexible working arrangements. These include :

At the Trust we care passionately for our waterways, and as importantly, for those who look after and use them. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do as a Trust. We are striving to represent the diverse communities that we are a part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community.