Brief Description
As part of the Regional Systems Engineering Team, the purpose of this role will be to lead the Region on engineering assurance and the associated risk management activities and to co-ordinate the related engineering improvements across all four Routes and the Region and its maintenance and delivery functions, addressing critical safety and operational needs.In particular, this role will be to:
·Provide a focused approach on assurance across Building & Civils (B&C), Signalling & Telecoms (S&T), Track, Electrical and Plant (E&P), and Systems Engineering disciplines collectively.
·Oversee and integrate assurance activities across all disciplines, ensuring that Level 2 regional assurance plans are comprehensive and that Level 1 assurance plans at the route and delivery levels are effective in controlling risks.
·Drive initiatives to evolve and simplify assurance management processes, working collaboratively with the Technical Authority (TA) to align frameworks with future requirements.
About the role (External)
Key Accountabilities –
1.Lead the provision of expert advice, input and support associated with the provision of services for our customers and suppliers.
2.Provide professional leadership for the development of engineers aligned to the engineering discipline and undertake professional mentorship of engineers in support of their achievement of professional registration to their relevant Engineering Council.
3.Lead the technical input to accident and incident investigations and CIPs for safety verification.
4.Lead the setting of policy and standards, operational processes and systems. Manage the design and delivery of Programmes for the development of technical capability required within Network Rail, including competence frameworks and effective training materials.
5.Lead the technical input to the development of the standards, specifications, means of compliance (including applications for derogations and non-compliance) and KPIs for Asset Management, including system risk and Product Acceptance process and vehicle/infrastructure interface.
6.Set strategy within the technical engineering area in liaison with experts internally and externally including regulatory bodies.
7.Identify opportunities for technical and business process improvement and innovation, developing business cases and Investment Papers where required.
8.Represent Network Rail externally to the industry and input to European issues as required, speaking on and publishing in relevant platforms.
9.Integrate and co-ordinate activity across different engineering disciplines and contribute to the development of engineers within the Practice.
10.Support the development and implementation of competency frameworks and specify the engineering discipline training needs.
Essential
•CharteredEngineerordemonstrateequivalentexperience (Level 7)
•A soundknowledgeof applicablepolicies,standardsandnational legislation
•Experienceof developingtechnologyandproductstrategies
•Knowledgeof thesafetymanagementand risk assessmentprocess
Desirable
•Formal ProjectManagementqualification (e.g.APMP,PRINCE2,PMIP,MSP)
•Strong commercial awarenessandfinanciallyastute
•Broadandextensiveexperienceinthedevelopmentof engineeringtechnology
•Experienceof workinginrailwayinfrastructuremanagementorasimilarsafetycritical environment
•Working knowledge of BowTie modelling.