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Job Description
Location: Podium -Euston, London
Salary Base salary: c£63,050 pa to £78,800 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential.
As a Senior Project Engineer - Temporary Works at HS2 you will control risk and ensure implementation of HS2 and third-party requirements for the technical assurance and technical approval of the design, checking, approval, provision, installation, loading and unloading, maintenance and removal of temporary works by the Principal Contractor.
About the role:
* To discharge the duties of Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) Representative for Temporary Works as directed by HS2 Head of Temporary Works (TW) and IPT Heads of Engineering & Environment.
* Manage and communicate HS2 Temporary Works requirements to the IPT/Principal Contractors.
* To assure that the design and construction of Principal Contractor (PC) temporary works comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable TW standards, specifications and procedures by undertaking risk based engineering reviews, checking and submission of assurance evidence for state gate reviews.
* Update the temporary works register and implement the relevant controls from the procedure accordingly.
* Conduct assurance and technical approval meetings with the PC's Temporary Works Coordinators (TWC), including being the HS2 Technical Approval Authority and third-party specialists and stakeholders as necessary.
* Establish and manage processes for the classification of design complexity risk and categorisation of level of independence of design checks.
* To represent the Head of Temporary Works and Heads of Engineering & Environment with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of Temporary Works matters.
* Provide professional engineering guidance on temporary works design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques.
* To assure the technical co-ordination and integration of the supply chain contracts with other neighbouring contracts, station contracts, railway systems contracts and third parties.
* Approve and monitor temporary works schemes at contract interfaces.
* Work alongside Project Clients to determine the impact of temporary works progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
* To support the Head of Temporary Works in the provision of training on temporary works within HS2 project teams.
* Provide temporary works incident and industry wide lessons learnt and dissemination of technical support to Phase 2.
Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.
About You:
Skills:
* Ability to apply engineering principles to solve engineering issues and exercise independent engineering judgment when necessary.
* Effective communication skills, both oral and written, to communicate information effectively internally and externally.
* Negotiation skills and ability to prioritise and to resolve conflicts among project and external stakeholders.
* Ability to plan and organise workload independently to ensure delivery programme is not compromised.
* Analytical skills with the ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources.
* IT literate with the ability to apply and integrate digital technologies to optimise safe working methods.
Knowledge:
* Knowledge of Codes of Practice BS5975, PAS 8811, PAS 8812, CDM Regulations 2015, CIRIA C760 and other relevant temporary works standards.
* Knowledge of safety assurance engineering procedures and approval standards of third parties.
Types of Experience:
* Significant experience in the design, checking, erection, inspection, loading and unloading of complex temporary works schemes.
* Significant engineering experience in temporary works acting for a Contractor.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
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