Job purpose
This role is to support the Lead Senior Project Engineer - Principal Designer Coordination in providing Principal Designer coordination and assurance across the various contracts within Phase 1 and 2.

Accountabilities
(These are a series of statements that describe the main areas this job is accountable for. Most jobs have between six and ten statements. Each accountability should make clear what is done and the results that have to be achieved)
* To support in the coordination of the Principal Designer Representatives across Phase 1 and 2;
* To provide consistent support to the Lead Senior Project Engineer - Principal
Designer Coordination including providing standard processes and templates;
* To assist in assuring that the duties of the Principal Designer Representative as mandated within the CDM Regulations 2015 are being discharged across Phase 1 and 2;
* Raise Principal Designer related concerns and issues to the Lead Senior Project Engineer - Principal Designer Coordination and ensure decisions are made in a timely manner.
* Report periodically on Principal Designer activities including digital metrics.
* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.

Required criteria

SKILLS
* Complex problem solving - identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. This includes the management and planning of multiple workstreams and the competing demands of stakeholders
* Decision Quality - Gathering and synthesising information, identifying options and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason, making use of a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data
* The ability to provide technical support on discipline-specific analysis, problem solving and design techniques
* The ability to confidently communicate some discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based on examples of application.
* Technical Leadership - 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
* Technical skills - ability to apply digital engineering to HS2 Principal Designer duties.

KNOWLEDGE
* Applicable UK construction regulations including UK Construction Design Management legislation
* 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.
* Near 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
* Experience of working with Construction Design Management legislation and the Principal Designers duties.
Behavioural Competencies
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with HS2 company values.
The HS2 Behavioural competency Framework can be accessed here.
Leadership Competencies (include for all roles Grade 19+ only)
* Inspirational Leadership: Demonstrating leadership flexibility, motivating and inspiring people from diverse functions and cultures.
* Execution: Stretching the performance of people with a wide range of skills and capabilities.
* Influence: Cross-matrix influencing, using a range of interpersonal approaches to persuade people with differing perspectives and interests.
* Collaboration: Collaborating across boundaries, to establish reciprocal relationships and alliances across the organisation.
* Direction: Co-ordinating cross business teams, creating a shared sense of purpose and keeping diverse teams focused on the same HS2 goals.
* Business Judgement: Ensuring values for money, making judgements on what will ensure commercial viability, appropriately balancing risk and return.
* Innovation: Inspiring differentiation, innovating and encouraging early adoption of new ideas and 'pushing the boundaries'
* Growing Talent: Fast-tracking talent, taking risks with growth opportunities for high potential performers to 'raise their game.'