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Job Description
Salary: Base salary: £54,500pa to c.£68,150pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As a Senior Project Engineer - EK at HS2 you will execute legal and contractual technical duties on project engineering issues within the Integrated Project Team (IPT), leading risk-based assurance of asset design and construction, assuring that it is in accordance with HS2's technical requirements, standards and policies, in a timely and cost efficient manner.
About the role:
* Lead the risk-based engineering technical assurance within the IPT, as per the HS2 assurance requirements, through engineering review, checking and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates.
* Assure that the design and construction of assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications and procedures by supporting planned Technical Assurance Reviews and "spot-checks" of Contractor's deliverables, on and off-site.
* Discharge the duties of NEC3 Supervisor and Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) Representative as directed by Head of Engineering and Environment.
* Support Head of Engineering and Environment with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of engineering matters.
* Represent the Head of Engineering and Environment as requested in matters relating to CDM Principal Designer, NEC3 Supervisor or any other technical duty.
* Manage and communicate HS2 Engineering requirements to the IPT contractor.
* Provide guidance on design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and identifying opportunities for efficiencies within the IPT.
* Work alongside Heads of Commercial and Project Clients to determine the impact of trends, progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
* Work alongside other technical specialists, engineers and environmentalists to identify and develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions, contributing to successful system integration between station, railway systems and other delivery contracts.
* Assure the technical coordination and integration of the supply contracts with other neighbouring contracts, station contracts, railway systems contracts and others.
* Be the discipline engineer in technical areas for which they have the recognised technical competence.
* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.
About You:
Skills:
* Problem solving - Able to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
* Decision Making - Able to gather and synthesise information, identifying options and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason.
* Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on most discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles.
* Technical Communication - Able to communicate some discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues.
Knowledge:
* Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
* Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2.
* Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets.
* Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or equivalent experience.
Experience:
* Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards on large complex major projects/programmes.
* Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.
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 which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network, improving capacity and shortening journey times.
HS2 Ltd aims to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety.
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