Requirements Engineer
London
Competitive salary

As a Requirements Engineer at HS2, you will ensure that the HS2 requirements are successfully developed, instructed, and complied with through application of a good quality requirements management process which is applied by HS2 Ltd and the delivery organisations for their parts of the HS2 scope.

About the role

• Work to the HS2 Requirements Management Plan and any associated process and procedures throughout the HS2 Programme Lifecycle.
• Support the communication and understanding of the Requirements Management Plan throughout HS2 and check that the Requirements Management Plan is being implemented and participate in audits of this when necessary.
• Work within a robust and practical framework for capturing, disaggregating, and disseminating requirements from a top-down perspective into the technical and delivery organisations.
• Work within a digital environment for Requirements Management (DOORS) and support others to ensure its effective use within HS2 and with suppliers.
• Responsible for delegated elements of the production and management of the project requirements in order to comply with external regulations and standards as well as meet the project objectives (outputs, timescale, and cost).
• Engage with stakeholders and third parties in agreeing their technical requirements and acceptance activity.
• Engage with the Technical and Delivery teams to oversee definition of the acceptance criteria for the requirements including design approval, demonstration of capability, acceptance of equipment and operability as appropriate.
• Engage with the Integrated Project Teams and other parts of the supply chain for the delivery HS2 to support the implementation of the HS2 Requirements Management Plan.

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:

• For requirements management, able to apply principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security, basic understanding of data creation and visualisation, working under supervision of line manager or in liaison with relevant the Subject Matter Experts.
• Able to provide specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specific scientific, technical, and engineering principles to project development / delivery teams but knowing when to seek further guidance from Subject Matter Experts or others.
• In-depth knowledge of requirements management and engineering.
• Good knowledge of practical systems integration and systems engineering.
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications on any engineering projects/ programmes.
• Experience of managing requirements databases in a multi-disciplinary project environment.

About Us:
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

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.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

Closing date: 13 September 2022.