Brief Description
The Operations Delivery Manager – Projects HS2 will be responsible for managing the safe and effective delivery of track access and isolation requirements for HS2 interfaces with Network Rail. This is a dynamic, real-time role supporting Possession, Worksite, and Isolation delivery activities. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with safety standards, coordinate with key stakeholders, and provide comprehensive reporting on all possession safety and delivery activities.
Note: This Role can be based at either Crewe, Birmingham, or Milton Keynes offices.
About the role (External)
Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:
1. Safety Leadership:
2. Lead a strong, challenging safety culture across all possession delivery activities.
3. Conduct Project Whiteboard briefings, competency assessments, and possession assurance audits to ensure adherence to the highest safety standards.
4. Promote proactive safety management, ensuring teams understand and adhere to all relevant safety protocols and policies.
5. Team Leadership:
6. Lead, direct, and manage both in-house and contracted possession management staff, acting as a role model and mentor.
7. Implement Network Rail policies professionally and efficiently while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
8. Incident Management:
9. Lead investigations into all possession-related incidents and operational close calls.
10. Work closely with Works Deliverers, operational staff, and possession delivery stakeholders to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
11. Possession Planning & Delivery:
12. Manage the safe and efficient delivery of all possession plans, ensuring compliance with industry and company standards.
13. Minimise exposure to Schedule 8 liabilities by overseeing possession delivery teams and ensuring right-time service start-up, including contingency planning.
14. Compliance Management:
15. Oversee compliance of possession management teams, buildings, vehicles, and equipment with all relevant company standards, rules, and regulations.
16. Ensure readiness and suitability of all resources required for possession delivery.
17. Engineering Access Planning:
18. Support the development and validation of the Route Engineering Access plan through the planning process.
19. Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to secure critical resources, including OTMs, engineering trains, and other assets via SCO.
20. Documentation & Reporting:
21. Produce all safety-critical and delivery documentation for possession management activities, ensuring optimal use of access opportunities.
22. Provide accurate and comprehensive possession reporting to Works Deliverers, operational staff, and stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.
23. Stakeholder Engagement:
24. Liaise with major HS2 Principal Contractors for Pre-DPPP and CPPP stages to ensure track access and isolation requirements are met effectively.
25. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve challenges and ensure smooth possession delivery.
26. Continuous Improvement:
27. Promote a proactive culture of continuous improvement, sharing knowledge and best practices across the industry.
28. Identify opportunities to enhance possession delivery processes and implement innovative solutions to improve safety, efficiency, and performance.
29. Resource Management:
·Manage possession timescales in alignment with project requirements and liaise with stakeholders to secure necessary resources.
·Ensure critical access and isolation needs are met to support HS2 project timelines effectively.
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
•Relevant successful experience in Possession and Worksite Delivery
•Demonstrable leadership, management, motivational and communication skills
•Knowledge of worksite, isolation and possession rules and regulations
•Knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability
•Analytical thinking and the writing of reports
•Knowledge of factors and activities critical to efficient access planning and delivery.
•Able to evaluate complex factors and produce business-led customer focused solutions
•Able to work well under pressure
•Able to engage with customers and build collaborative relationships with stakeholders
•Able to prioritise and organise workload to ensure deadlines are met
•Local / Formal incident and accident investigation competence
•PTS/IWA/COSS/PICOP/ES/ AOD duties
•Excellent communication skills and customer focussed approach
•UK driving license