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About GBRX
The industry partnership for digital railway (IPDR) under the GBRx banner, is a national and cross-industry enterprise, with the mission of creating the next generation railway. This pioneering industry partnership will deliver a major transformation through the deployment of digital train control technology known as the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). At the forefront of this mission is the delivery of the East Coast Digital Programme, which is the first intercity railway to migrate to digital signalling and is the third phase of the digital railway masterplan.
Brief Description
We are recruiting for a Senior Project Engineer for Industry Partnership for Digital Railway. To support the development, design and construction activities across a portfolio of projects and initiatives.
To help achieve the industry's strategic objectives, we require an innovative thinker and problem solver with European Train Control System (ETCS) experience or understanding to support further ETCS development and deployment within GB. The role will support a number of projects and workstreams within the context of the wider network ETCS portfolio.
About the role (External)
Key Accountabilities:
1. Implement Network Rail systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation.
2. Engineer Projects to the standards and specification of Network Rail, allocated design and construction contracts include reference to and are compliant with appropriate Railway Group and Network Rail Company standards, formal specifications and procedures.
3. Manage all engineering activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality.
4. Maintain the use of relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to allocated projects and manage the environmental aspects of allocated projects in accordance with Network Rail's environmental policy.
5. Monitor design and specialist consultants and contractors.
6. Provide project management advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision.
7. Internal and contractors design/construction/specialist personnel are competent.
8. Undertake reviews of design and/or construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors monitoring safety, environment and quality of design, construction, testing and commissioning and management systems is adequate.
9. Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) for specific projects.
10. Identify and share best practice across the various project teams.
Essential:
* Successful relevant experience in signalling engineering, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
* Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level.
* Knowledge of quality assurance.
* An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
* CDM, risk assessment, engineering management competency.
Desirable:
* Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
* Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
* An appreciation of environmental issues in engineering works.
* Project safety management experience.
* CSM RA.
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