Asset Engineer in Rugby

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be at home. You'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close‑knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

About Us

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure. At Colas Rail we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on‑track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years of experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Leading by Our Values

• Respect – We respect our employees, celebrate diversity, and foster a culture of safety, care, and respect.
• Commitment – We commit to our customers, teams, and colleagues with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics, and transparency.
• Pioneering – We push boundaries, imagine the unknown, innovate with ambition, and find solutions.
• Sharing – We share knowledge, celebrate achievements, and nurture talent.

Purpose of the Role

To ensure safety, compliance, and performance of all Colas Rail Freight Class 37, 43 and 56 vehicles through effective management of monitoring systems, engineering change, legislative change, and improvement initiatives. The role holder will manage the assets to ensure we provide enough locomotives to run services.

Location

The role will be based in Rugby with travel to Derby up to once per week and visits to sites when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse job risks and ensure the safety of people and protection of the environment by complying with legislation, regulations, and internal rules in the fields of Health, Safety and the Environment.
• Guarantee the execution of the job and organise it by making necessary resources available (human and hardware requirements), transmitting useful information and documents to the Site Foremen; responsible for all aspects of the project lifecycle – planning, scope definition, design, execution, and delivery.
• Monitors financial and contractual management: establishes and monitors the budget, ensures the relationship with the customer, manages subcontractors/suppliers, invoicing and monitoring of customer overdraft, identifies and manages risks and opportunities, etc.
• Controls the job's performance and implements corrective measures if necessary: presents the site foreman with performance objectives, monitors the associated indicators and reports to line management.
• Provides added value in the optimisation of operations: demonstrates creativity in searching for innovative solutions (variants, reduction of deadlines, etc.).
• Manages teams: organizes, manages training, participates in recruitment, assesses performance, etc.

Person Specification

Essential

• Minimum Level 3 Qualification in an engineering based subject.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Able to commute to Rugby and Derby.
• Experience in maintaining and/or managing assets.
• Good organisational skills.
• Analytical skills – spot what others miss.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Awareness and understanding of engineering standards and compliance.

Desirable

• Level 5 Qualification in an engineering based subject.
• Professionally registered with an engineering body.
• In‑date personnel track safety (PTS).
• Experience in project management.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• 26 days annual leave.
• Industry leading life assurance.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Wellbeing employee assistant programme.
• Pension scheme.
• Eye care vouchers.
• Long service award.
• Season ticket loan.
• Occupational health service.

Inclusive and Diverse Workplace

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, and we actively seek to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, heard, valued and respected. Regardless of background, disability, age, race, religion, or gender, everyone is welcome at Colas Rail. We strive to promote equity and eliminate discrimination, actively seeking to create a workforce reflective of the communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, offering flexible and inclusive adjustments to the interview process. As part of a positive action drive to address under‑representation we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. We are proudly part of the Disability Confidence Scheme, and as such we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme if you meet the minimum requirements. On joining Colas Rail you’ll have access to our growing Employee Network Groups including Railbow (representing the LGBTQ+ community), BeyonDisability (representing those with disabilities) and Cross Culture (representing people from ethnic backgrounds). Everyone is welcome to join our network groups whether you are part of the community or an ally. Work life balance is important to us; flexible working options are available where feasible and dependent on the role. Please discuss this during the interview process.