NOTE: This role can be based in either London OR Birmingham.

The Lead Earthing & Bonding (E&B) Engineer provides technical and professional leadership for E&B Engineering, leading on the development of standards and technical requirements for the discipline. They provide assurance that design and construction of E&B assets meet project requirements and work to resolve issues where appropriate.

Accountabilities:

• Technical lead of the Earthing & Bonding (E&B) Engineering discipline;
• Lead the development of requirements, specifications and standards which deliver E&B engineering such that it delivers client objectives, mitigates environmental impacts and ensures a safe system, compliant with legislation and standards within the programme budget;
• Provide technical expertise and advice relating to E&B systems to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders as required;
• Assure that the design for E&B systems is configured and installed in accordance with standards and technical requirements and where necessary support in resolving issues in accordance with client Governance Procedures;
• Support the Lead System Engineer in engaging and consulting as appropriate with internal teams impacted by E&B design, ensuring that all relevant disciplines are considered providing an integrated and holistic approach;
• Support the Lead System Engineer to ensure an integrated, consistent approach to delivering E&B design, delivering the range of activities associated with the advisory and client role of the Technical Authority.

Skills:

• 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 other Subject Matter Expert or others.
• Capable of being a Standard Owner, working under the guidance of the Standard Discipline Owner.
• Able to provide specialist technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support project development / delivery teams;
• Can communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based largely on examples of application.
• Can evidence application of many principles relating to standards, safety and the environment and able to articulate the rest.
• 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;
• Able to articulate reasonable understanding of many other disciplines.

Knowledge:

• Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
• The application of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience.

Type of experience:

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards, activity on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme.
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.