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Within this role, you will be part of the North West & Central Region, working for the Central Route.
The Central route covers a major part of the national rail network, with hundreds of thousands of passengers, and thousands of tonnes of freight carried within our route each week. Within our route is the Chiltern Main Line between London Marylebone and the West Midlands, the Snow Hill line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester, the Cross City line in Birmingham, and lines to other cities including Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, and Oxford.
We also have big plans under way in the Central route. The planned HS2 railway includes stops in Birmingham and Solihull, providing much-needed additional capacity on the rail network and faster journeys for passengers. East West Rail will also re-establish a rail link between Cambridge and Oxford and improve connectivity within the region.
Brief Description
This role is for a Senior Project Engineer (buildings): Manage the use of appropriate engineering standards in relation to design and construction, on all projects within the national programme and check whether they comply with legislation, Railway Group and Company standards. To monitor whether suitably qualified and experienced staff are employed to control engineering aspects of all projects within the functional discipline. Lead the Building Project Engineers in delivering the engineering assurance of the wider Works Delivery internal and external delivery of works. This will include both renewal schemes and minor maintenance to the region's stations, depots, signal boxes, etc.
About the role (External)
1. Implement digital railway systems and procedures to deliver a cost effective, high quality and safe approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects. Review all relevant legislation and liaise with relevant governmental departments.
2. Monitor the competence of all Project Engineers working on projects associated with Digital Railway Programme outputs and provide functional guidance, direction and briefing.
3. Apply engineering controls and procedures to all projects and check whether all design and construction contracts include reference to appropriate Railway Group and Company standards applicable to their discipline.
4. Apply relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to all projects and check whether the environmental aspects of all projects are managed in accordance with Environmental Policy.
5. Monitor all projects for compliance with Railway Group and Company standards and Digital Railway Programme project control procedures.
6. Advise project and programme management in respect of all construction activities, testing and commissioning, and site supervision. Monitor whether the design and construction elements meet the requirements of legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.
7. Assure whether contractors' design, construction and specialist personnel are competent.
8. Undertake reviews of design and construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors to monitor whether safety and quality of design, construction testing and commissioning and management systems are adequate.
9. Undertake the duties of nominated design and construction / design construction engineer.
10. Undertake accident investigations when remitted to by the relevant designated competent person.
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
* Significant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas
* Technical qualifications to at least HND level or equivalent
* Membership of a relevant professional institution
* Experience of major contracting
* Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects
* Knowledge of safety management and quality assurance
* Understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of works
* Accident investigation experience
It's not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have:
* Six Sigma Yellow Belt
* Chartered status or equivalent in the particular discipline
* Appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works
How to apply (External)
Salary and benefits:
Salary range starting from £55,596 and raising to £62,546 per annum.
Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.
* 28 days holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays)
* My benefits - our discounted online shopping site
* A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers - cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits
* Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets
* 75% discount on leisure travel
* A choice of contributory pension schemes
* 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community
* 5 days volunteer leave
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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of a range of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Closing date: 17th December 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced. #J-18808-Ljbffr