Deutsche Bahn

National railway operator for passenger, logistics

Expert Railway Infrastructure Maintenance and Asset Management

Operations & Supply Chain ConsultingUpdated on Nov 11

Full-timeAthens, GreeceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

At least 15 years of professional experience in the railway sector, including at least 7 years of relevant international professional experience with a main-line Railway Infrastructure Manager operating according to European railway standards and using ERTMS/ETCS.
Hands-on maintenance and asset management experience within a mainline Railway Infrastructure Manager.
Experience focused primarily on rolling stock, metro, or tram maintenance without relevant mainline railway infrastructure experience does not meet the position requirements.

Responsibilities

Assess and improve railway infrastructure maintenance and asset management processes.
Support the development of preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
Strengthen lifecycle management of track, signalling, electrification, telecommunications, and civil infrastructure assets.
Review asset registers, asset condition data, inspection regimes, and maintenance requirements.
Improve fault reporting, work-order management, and maintenance planning processes.
Support standardised maintenance procedures and consistent maintenance practices across the organisation.
Support performance-based maintenance through appropriate key performance indicators and Service Level Agreements.
Develop risk- and condition-based approaches for maintenance, renewal, and replacement prioritisation.
Support digital asset management, condition monitoring, and predictive maintenance approaches.
Strengthen interfaces between maintenance, network operations, safety, and infrastructure projects.
Support monitoring of infrastructure availability, failures, maintenance performance, and restoration times.
Provide practical guidance, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to the client’s maintenance and asset management personnel.

Responsibilities

Deutsche Bahn’s expertise is in high demand all around the world. As a leading engineering and consulting company in the rail sector, DB Engineering & Consulting offers that knowledge – starting with an idea and continuing all the way to operations. We advise our customers in Germany and around the globe, develop technically sophisticated and customized infrastructure and transport solutions.

Mandatory Experience Requirement:

Applicants must have at least 15 years of professional experience in the railway sector, including at least 7 years of relevant international professional experience with a main-line Railway Infrastructure Manager operating according to European railway standards and using ERTMS/ETCS.

Experience focused primarily on rolling stock, metro or tram maintenance without relevant mainline railway infrastructure experience does not meet the requirements of this position.

About the Project:

DB Engineering & Consulting (DB E&C) has been appointed as Technical Advisor for a major five-year railway transformation programme in Greece.

The programme supports a national Railway Infrastructure Manager in strengthening the safe-ty, reliability, efficiency and long-term performance of its railway network. It covers railway operations, infrastructure maintenance and asset management, project delivery, digitalisation, organisational development and governance, with a strong focus on European railway stand-ards, interoperability and ERTMS implementation.

Our international team works directly alongside the client organisation in Athens, providing technical advice, developing practical solutions and transferring know-how to support sus-tainable organisational and operational improvement.

For the Critical Area Railway Infrastructure Maintenance & Asset Management, we are looking for an experienced railway infrastructure professional with hands-on maintenance and asset management experience within a mainline Railway Infrastructure Manager.

Responsibilities:

Assess and improve railway infrastructure maintenance and asset management processes.
Support the development of preventive, corrective and condition-based maintenance strategies.
Strengthen lifecycle management of track, signalling, electrification, telecommunications and civil infrastructure assets.
Review asset registers, asset condition data, inspection regimes and maintenance requirements.
Improve fault reporting, work-order management and maintenance planning process-es.
Support standardised maintenance procedures and consistent maintenance practices across the organisation.
Support performance-based maintenance through appropriate KPIs and Service Level Agreements.
Develop risk- and condition-based approaches for maintenance, renewal and replace-ment prioritisation.
Support digital asset management, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance approaches.
Strengthen interfaces between maintenance, network operations, safety and infra-structure projects.
Support monitoring of infrastructure availability, failures, maintenance performance and restoration times.
Provide practical guidance, mentoring and knowledge transfer to the client’s maintenance and asset management personnel.

About the Company

Deutsche Bahn

National railway operator for passenger, logistics

Deutsche Bahn runs Germany’s rail transport network, including passenger services (DB Bahn), freight and logistics (DB Schenker), and rail infrastructure (DB Netze). Its products work by coordinating trains for people, cargo shipments, and access to tracks and stations, with digitalization and infrastructure renewal under the Strong Rail program to improve reliability. It stands apart from competitors through government ownership, a large multi-division system, and a long history of European integration focused on moving more traffic from road to rail. Its goal is to provide dependable rail-based mobility and logistics while modernizing the network to support sustainable transport across Europe.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 1994

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