Lead OCS Engineer

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Identification: 220930
Job Category: Health, safety, security and assurance
Locations: 2 Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, GB
Posting Date: 02/08/2023, 01:35 PM
Apply Before: 03/09/2023, 11:59 PM
Job Schedule: Full time
Permanent or Fixed Term Contract: Permanent

Job Description

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 Lead Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Engineer provides technical and professional leadership for OCS Engineering, leading on the application of the standards and technical requirements for the discipline. He provides assurance that design and construction of the OCS assets meet the project requirements and work to resolve any related issues where appropriate

About the role:

• Technical lead of the Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Engineering discipline.
• Leads the implementation of requirements, specifications and standards which deliver OCS engineering such that it delivers HS2 objectives, mitigates environmental impacts and ensures a safe system, compliant with legislation and standards within the programme budget.
• Provides technical expertise and advice relating to OCS systems to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders as required.
• Assures that the design provided by the OCS Contractor is configured and installed in accordance with standards and technical requirements and where necessary support in resolving issues in accordance with HS2 Governance Procedures.
• Supports, engages, and consults as appropriate with internal teams impacted by OCS design, ensuring that all relevant disciplines are considered providing an integrated and holistic approach.
• Ensures that HS2 Technical Governance arrangements are followed, carry out peer reviews and make recommendations for improvements where necessary.
• Develops and implements the use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies, and processes, driving consistency and helping to identify opportunities for efficiencies across Phase 1 and Phase 2 delivery teams
• 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:

• Provides specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to those working directly with project development / delivery teams in area or phase.
• Ability to communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based largely on examples of application.
• Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from Subject Matter Expert
• Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
• The application of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment.
• 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

It is expected that you will 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.

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. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

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.