Asset Performance Engineer

Team / Directorate: Asset Performance North / Operations

Starting salary:  £36,246 rising to £39,942 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent 

Work pattern:  Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Interview Date: 29/07/2025

Post number: 200264

The role

Are you ready to take on a role that protects people, property, and the environment? Join Natural Resources Wales as an Asset Performance Engineer and help shape flood resilience across North Wales.

You’ll play a key role in managing vital flood risk assets – analysing data, assessing infrastructure, and helping to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that make a real difference to communities. Whether it’s planning long-term asset strategies, leading local engineering projects, or advising at flood and coastal groups, this is your chance to put your technical expertise into action with real-world impact.

You’ll work on a varied mix of capital and revenue projects, collaborate with internal and external partners, and represent NRW at community events and stakeholder groups. It’s a role that combines analytical thinking, hands-on engineering, and meaningful engagement.

We’re looking for someone with an engineering or asset management background, who’s passionate about resilience, sustainability, and innovation. If you thrive on making a difference through data-led decision-making and proactive project delivery – this is the role for you.

Join us and be part of a team that’s working every day to build a better, safer future for the people of Wales.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Gareth Evens at gareth.evens@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk.

Interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams. 

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you will do

• Manage the National Asset Management System (AMX) and associated data including collecting survey data. 
• Analyse asset information and flood risk data to determine current and future flood risk asset management need. 
• Support Health & Safety best practice by actively promoting awareness and ensuring the provision of safe working practices to comply with NRW’s policy and standards. 
• Assist the development of the Medium-Term Plan. 
• Carry out pre-feasibility studies from Flood Risk Management Plans and Shoreline Management Plans. 
• Undertake engineering assessments. 
• Project management of small/ medium value (up to £100K) capital and revenue projects. 
• Design, cost benefit, risk priority, project scopes, tender evaluation, and reporting for projects. Also act as Senior User.
• Monitor compliance with Reservoir Act 1975. 
• Supervise consultants and contractors on frameworks. 
• Representative as a professional partner on flood groups, coastal groups and community events. 
• Advise and support risk management authorities, communities and other stakeholders.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development  through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1.    Educated to degree level in Civil Engineering or equivalent in a scientific subject. 
2.    Good knowledge of ICT, including GIS systems and CAD (e.g. ARCGIS, AutoCAD). Good knowledge of AMX database would be an advantage. 
3.    Good awareness of Health and Safety and relevant regulations e.g Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM). 
4.    Knowledge of civil engineering design, construction contract practices. 
5.    Member of or demonstrate willingness to work towards membership of a relevant professional body such as ICE/CIWEM. 
6.    Project Management experience and PRINCE 2 would be desirable.

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential: Level C2 - Fluent in spoken and written Welsh 

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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