Assistant Engineer

Salary: £26,000

Hours: 40 per week

About the role

We are looking for a motivated Assistant Engineer to join our Monitoring, Survey and Design team. This role is ideal for an engineer who has built solid field experience and is ready to take the next step in technical responsibility, independence and professional development.

You will support the delivery of survey, monitoring and setting-out activities across rail and infrastructure projects, while continuing to develop your technical competence under the guidance of senior engineers. This is an operational role requiring regular travel to project sites nationwide.

Key Responsibilities

·       Independently carry out routine and complex optical monitoring tasks, including the use of total stations

·       Assist with, and increasingly take responsibility for, baseline setup of optical monitoring sites

·       Install, configure and troubleshoot remote condition monitoring systems

·       Support engineering setting out and take ownership of discrete setting-out tasks

·       Work closely with project engineers to plan survey and monitoring activities

·       Maintain accurate technical records and ensure quality control of collected data

·       Support and mentor Trainee Engineers in basic field tasks

About you

·       Typically, 1–2 years’ experience in a related engineering, monitoring or survey role, or equivalent practical competence

·       Strong working knowledge of total stations, monitoring systems and field data collection

·       Comfortable working independently in site and rail environments

·       Willing to work towards further vocational qualifications (e.g. HNC/HND) if not already achieved

·       PTS certified (essential)

·       Safety-focused, organised and keen to develop technically

What you will get in return

·       A clear development pathway within a growing engineering team

·       Exposure to a wide range of rail and infrastructure projects

·       Ongoing technical training and support

·       The opportunity to build responsibility and autonomy in a safety-critical engineering role

Working with Protech, you will get the support and encouragement you need to grow from people who share your ambition. You will find leaders who give you the space to explore new things and a team where knowledge is shared openly. We are an organisation with a clear vision, mission, and values. We are ambitious and want you to be too.

As well as competitive salaries we offer some great benefits including:

·       33 days Annual Leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays)

·       Contributory Pension Scheme

·       Family Friendly Policies

·       Smart Tech - get the latest tech at the best price and spread the payments over your salary, interest free!

·       Cycle to Work Scheme

·       Quarterly company team building events

·       A fun and friendly culture

How to apply

If you are ready to take the next step in your engineering career and want to work in a technically focused, safety-led environment, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV to HR@protechinfrastructure.com by 10am on Monday 19th January 2026.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Protech is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community who are suitably qualified and experienced. It is our policy to ensure that no applicant for employment at Protech receives less favourable treatment than another on grounds of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or domestic obligation, or is disadvantaged by requirements or conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable irrespective of the age, disability, gender, marital status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or domestic obligation of the person to whom it is applied.

Please note that as per Protech’s policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Protech will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity.