Asset Performance Engineer

Team / Directorate: Asset Performance South West / 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: 15/08/2025

Post number: 202748

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team developing and delivering long term flood risk asset management plans.  These plans help identify the need and opportunities for new assets and ensure that existing critical flood risk assets are managed appropriately now and into the future. Flood risk assets include coastal and tidal defences, river side flood walls and embankments to sluices, penstocks and pumping stations.

We are looking for suitably qualified individuals to collect and analyse asset data and flood risk information to produce briefing notes, business cases, reports, and contracts to inform actions and projects that will reduce the risk of flooding to communities across South Wales.

The ideal candidate will have gained relevant experience in a range of roles and/or organisations and have developed a good understanding of the technical nature of the function as well as organisational policy and procedures.

This role is primarily office based but may entail travel between different NRW locations, as well as working at partner organisations and other premises.  It will also require work out in the field which will entail working at different sites and locations, requiring you to take relevant equipment with you.

NRW is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).  This means all staff may be required to undertake activities, at a level commensurate with the skills and experience required by their role, to assist in ensuring this duty is undertaken.

This role is suited to a technical person with a passion for working with the environment to make a difference to the lives of people in South 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.

For informal enquiries, please contact Gareth Richards at
gareth.richards@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.

About us

 The Asset Performance Team sits within the Flood Risk Management Function.  We collect data, analyse and evaluate the information to make informed priority based decision to reduce the risk of flooding to the Welsh communities.

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 B2 – Upper intermediate level (able to discuss work matters)

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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