Associate Consultant / Associate Director / Technical Director - Rail Asset Management & Maintenance

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A little more about your role…

We are looking for an experienced rail asset management and maintenance professional to be based in Dublin and support the continued growth of our Asset Management & Maintenance team in Ireland. This role is suited to a Chartered Engineer, or equivalent senior professional, with significant experience across the rail industry, including asset management, maintenance, operations, engineering assurance, systems integration, renewals, performance improvement and strategic advisory work.

You will bring a broad understanding of multiple rail disciplines and the ability to advise clients on complex, whole-system challenges across the Irish rail market. This may include infrastructure, signalling, stations, traction power, rolling stock, depots, operational readiness, digital asset management and maintenance transformation. You will provide technical leadership, shape strategic recommendations and help clients improve safety, reliability, maintainability, asset performance and long-term value.

As a senior member of the team, you will work closely with clients, partners and senior stakeholders in Ireland to understand their priorities, build trusted relationships and provide clear, practical advice. You will help grow our local capability, lead multidisciplinary teams, oversee the delivery of consultancy assignments, support business development and contribute to the expansion of our rail asset management and maintenance services.

This role offers the opportunity to help shape and strengthen our Irish rail advisory presence, support major rail programmes, develop people, build long-term client relationships and contribute to more resilient, efficient and future-ready rail operations in Ireland.

Our Services:

• Asset Management Strategy and Planning
• Maintenance and Renewal Planning
• Design Review, Assurance and Operational Readiness
• Performance Improvement, Risk Management and Innovation

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across rail asset management, maintenance and advisory projects in Ireland.
• Advise director-level clients and senior stakeholders on strategic, technical and operational asset management challenges.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate input from engineering, operations, maintenance, commercial, digital and project delivery specialists.
• Oversee the delivery of complex consultancy assignments, ensuring quality, value, safety and technical integrity.
• Develop asset management strategies, maintenance and renewal plans, whole-life cost approaches and performance improvement recommendations.
• Use knowledge of standards, good practice and rail operations to support confident, evidence-based decision making.
• Identify and develop business opportunities in Ireland, lead or support bids and proposals, and strengthen client relationships.
• Coach, mentor and develop colleagues, helping to build and sustain local asset management and maintenance capability.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications:

• Significant experience in rail, transport, asset management, maintenance, engineering, operations or consultancy.
• Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent senior professional registration and demonstrable technical authority.
• Broad technical understanding across a range of rail disciplines, such as infrastructure, signalling, rolling stock, stations, traction power, depots, systems engineering or digital asset management.
• Strong knowledge of asset management principles, lifecycle planning, maintenance optimisation, renewals, risk management and performance improvement.
• Experience leading teams, managing people and developing capability in a consultancy, client or delivery environment.
• Experience working with, influencing and advising director-level clients or senior decision makers.
• Ability to lead complex assignments, manage competing priorities and communicate clear recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Commercial awareness, including experience supporting business development, bids, proposals or client account growth.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience in one or more of the following rail disciplines; light rail, signalling, communications.
• Experience leading rail asset management or maintenance transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of ISO 55000, ISO 55001, ISO 55002, IAM guidance or other relevant asset management standards and frameworks.
• Experience developing value propositions, service offerings or market strategies in rail advisory or asset management.
• Experience working across client organisations, delivery partners, operators, maintainers, manufacturers or infrastructure managers, ideally within the Irish rail or wider transport market.
• Interest or experience in sustainability, resilience, digital transformation, data analytics or future-ready rail operations.

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