Job Title: Principle Engineering Manager

Location: Wessex - Travel to site as and when required

Job Description and Safety Responsibility Statement -

Purpose

The Principal Engineering Manager will be nominated to NR as Contractor’s Engineering Manager, and will have overall accountability for all engineering activities on their projects.

The role will include to manage and develop the Project Engineering / CRE teams within Rail signalling, supporting contracts and projects across Amey Rail, and to achieve targets and project objectives in respect of growth and staff utilisation.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with statutory, contractual, legal and special requirements.
• Responsible for Engineering Assurance and technical delivery within delivery of schemes.
• Provide professional and technical advice throughout the areas in which operating.
• Promote professional development for the business area.
• Have experience and understanding of delivering new signalling technologies onto the Network and have a broad understanding of ETCS.
• Set and maintain high standards and ensure Clients are satisfied with performance.
• Develop, maintain and own client relationships in order to promote long-term partnerships.
• Embrace and control compliance with Company procedures, policies and delivery plans.
• Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental issues are given the highest priority.
• Develop and drive forward innovation and new business initiatives.
• Ensure necessary scheme consultation, liaison, co-ordination and interface with stakeholders are carried out.
• Be an ambassador of the Amey Values.
• Day to day activities will be generally office based in either one of the Amey Rail project offices or other business division’s offices / depots
• From time to time site visits to construction sites will be required at part of site supervision support and leadership depending on the projects the team is involved in.
• Champion best practice and innovation, provide Work Winning bid support and make reports or recommendations to business stream meetings as appropriate.

As a Contractor’s Engineering Manager, your main responsibilities will include:

• The engineering organisational structure on the Project is deployed and fit for purpose;
• Manage and administer all engineering deliverables on the Project;
• Undertake Client Liaison activities to support Network Rail’s Technical Requirements;
• Compliance with applicable standards, legislation, contract requirements/specifications;
• Lead for Quality management and driving quality initiatives on Projects and feed into Regional data collection;
• Control of quality assurance, document control and asset management process;
• Management of Systems Safety Engineering (CSM-RA, EIS, T&C, Systems Integration);
• Design delivery is integrated with construction to meet programme and budget;
• Management and demonstration of health, safety and sustainability by design;
• Ensure effective design & engineering risk management on Projects;
• Accountable for the submission of all Project designs for acceptance;
• Endorse AFC documentation prior to use, and issue Permission to Commence Construction to site team;
• Satisfactory application and compliance of Temporary Works Management;
• Issue of Engineering Compliance Certificates - designs, build, testing/commissioning;
• Regular design progress reviews are held and recorded;
• Management of design delivery and provision of regular design status reports to the Project lead;
• Design/s are assured to the correct level of checking independence and approved;
• Engineering resource and any mentoring training and briefing requirements are carried out;
• All site-engineering controls are planned and delivered to facilitate construction;
• Approve/or set up delegated signatories for the issue of Construction Phase Plans & Work Package Plans;
• Ensure the safety integrity of all activities undertaken by the staff you are responsible for;
• Deliver the design to specification and programme;
• Develop & foster right first time approach within the team against relevant standards and project specification;

Relevant Key Processes:
• NR/L2/INI/02009 Engineering Management for Projects

Competence Profile
Essential Skills, Qualifications and Training:
• Multi-disciplinary technical experience in Rail Projects;
• Proven experience and understanding of industry engineering management standard NR/L2/INI/02009;
• Thorough knowledge of railway engineering and operations;
• Knowledge of statutory railway requirements such as CSM-RA, CDM2015, ROGS, RiR etc;
• Good skills in Relationship Development aligned to customer focus, communication, influencing, Risk Management, Problem Solving /Decision Making, Leadership, Achieving Results, Managing People and development, and Partnering & Collaborative working.

Desirable Skills, Qualifications and Training:
• Chartered/Incorporated Engineer
• Hold or be working towards IRSE licence category, Engineering or Senior Engineering Manager
• Environmental awareness Tool Box talk
• Knowledge and experience of systems auditing requirements

Safety Responsibility Statement
Deputises for: insert post if applicable Safety Critical (ROGS Regs): No
Deputy: insert post if applicable Medical Fitness Level requirement: 1
(NR/L2/OHS/00124 – normally Level 1)
Specific Safety Responsibilities

• Participate in regular team and safety meetings as required
• Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental issues are given the highest priority
• Management of Systems Safety Engineering (CSM-RA, EIS, T&C, Systems Integration)
• Management and demonstration of health, safety and sustainability by design
• Ensure the safety integrity of all activities undertaken by the staff you are responsible for

Personal Safety Equipment
• Full PPE (including Hard hat, eye protection, safety footwear and high visibility clothing) to Amey and Network Rail standards
• Other relevant personal protective equipment to be made available to post holder as & when required by risk assessment

Safety Publications
Personal issue Non-Personal issue

All safety documentation to be made available to the post holder via web based applications, libraries & Notice Boards
Required Safety Training
• Personal Track Safety is desirable (if required frequency of use cannot be achieved to maintain the competence, attendance at 2 yearly refresher training is desirable, albeit outside Sentinel)
• CITB Site Safety, IOSH Safety, or similar
• Be familiar with RSSB publication ‘Taking Safe Decisions’