Lead Project Engineer
Salary - £54,500 - £68,150
Full time - Birmingham

Depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefit

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.

As Lead Project Engineer – CCS you’ll execute legal and contractual technical duties on project engineering issues within a Railway Systems Project delivery team, leading progressive risk based integrated assurance of railway system design, construction and handover into operations; enabling configuration management, providing information exchange and facilitating technical co-ordination in a timely manner, in accordance with HS2 technical requirements, standards and policies.

The role supports the Head of Control, Command, and Signalling as directed in fulfilling the duties of Principal Designer Representative under CDM 2015, where co-ordination and interface management assurance is required to be evidenced.

About the role:

• Working within a multi-discipline organisation:
• To lead the risk-based engineering technical assurance of Railway System as per the HS2 assurance requirements, through engineering review, checking and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates.
• Lead the acceptance of the design, construction and commissioning contract for Railway Systems and interfacing assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications and procedures.
• To discharge the duties of Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) as defined in the Engineering and Environment Management Plan for Railway Systems.
• To discharge the duties of the NEC3 Supervisor as defined in the Engineering and Environment Management Plan for Railway Systems.
• Responsible for communicating the HS2 Engineering requirements to the Railway Systems contractors and provide responses to technical queries.
• To support Head of Control, Command and Signallingm with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of engineering matters.
• 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 Railway Systems.
• Work alongside Commercial and Project Managers to determine the impact of trends, progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
• Provide technical direction with the identification and development appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
• Lead the technical coordination and integration of the Track contracts with other interfacing contracts, station contracts, railway systems contracts and others.
• Lead the engagement on the Environmental, Planning and Consenting deliverables with the relevant teams.
• Actively manage and communicate engineering issues or change affecting Railway Systems.
• 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:

• Complex Problem solving – ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Integration – the ability to manage multiple interfaces of a complex system and bring together the various components of the system successfully to achieve the required outcomes.

• Technical Leadership - Ability to provide specialist technical support and leadership (based upon required competency and delegated authority levels) on most discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles; and knowing when to seek further guidance from Subject Matter Expert or others

• Knowledge of Railway Systems design, construction and handover challenges within complex delivery programmes

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards, assurance activity on large complex major projects/ programmes

• Relevant domain experience in CCS including design, installation and Testing & Commissioning.

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.