Job Title: Senior Signalling CEM Manager (South)
Contract Dates: ASAP - Ongoing

Location: Canary Wharf

*OUTSIDE IR35*

We are looking for a signalling biased CEM to work on Southern NR Signalling Projects.

Details

You will need to act as CEM on NR Minorworks Framework Project Portfolio & Signalling CRE on Multi Discipline projects.

Projects:
- NR Signalling Projects (typically £1.0m in value and e.gs include Level Crossings improvements, Operational Improvement schemes, Track circuits conversions & OMSLs)
- Engineering responsibility for Signalling Discipline within larger Multi Discipline Projects with wider BB

Scope of role:
• To provide support to signalling projects across the southern portfolio and to assist the Professional Head of Signalling with resolve signalling issues
• Deliver professional input to projects

Know-how: >10 years working in a rail signalling engineering environment, some at senior level

Key Result Areas

• Provide signal engineering technical support across the Signalling Division’s southern portfolio of projects
• Act as engineering manager on allocated schemes and as CEM or CRE as required
• Undertake technical liaison with clients and sub-contractors on signalling technical issues
• Ensure elements of work are delivered to the required standards or deviations from them are managed effectively
• Carry out risk assessments for elements of projects that may require them
• Understand the rail standards framework and review changes to standards and produce briefings as required
• Work towards gaining Engineering Manager (Projects) (7.8.110F) or Senior Engineering Manager (Projects) (7.8.230F) licence
• Carry out technical and safety audits on projects and of sub-contract organisations as required
• Maintain an IRSE logbook
• Monitor health & safety within sub-contractors to ensure Balfour Beatty requirements are met
• Safety statistics of sub-contract teams / number of close calls reported /number of technical incidents
• Attend team, technical and safety briefs.
• Undertake site visits
• Comply with and promote health, quality, safety and environmental instructions
• Attend contract reviews to represent project interests when requested
• Act as work package manager for allocated units of work Achievement to budget and plan
• Attend networking meetings internally and externally to promote the company’s capabilities
• Ensure the required elements of a project are included in the project Health & Safety file at project close out
• Manage the closure of any test logs raised during a project
• Ensure SMTH elements of a contact are carried out correctly and they comply with the relevant standards

Key Performance Indicators

• Performance review and achievement against plan
• Delivery of contract requirements and client / sub-contractor feedback along with attendance at IDCs
• Number of outstanding technical issues and client / sub-contractor feedback
• Compliance statements produced / deviation requests submitted to the client
• Number of risk assessments and their quality
• Number of briefs and their quality
• Training records, work experience records, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) records
• Number of audits completed and quality of findings
• Training records, work experience records, CPD records
• Safety statistics of sub-contract teams / number of close calls reported /number of technical incidents
• Meeting and briefing and attendance records
• Safety record (number of incidents/ accidents)
• Recorded attendance at reviews and contact performance against plan
• Achievement to budget and plan
• Meetings attended / briefs given / presentations made
• Timely delivery of the H&S file and quality of the elements
• Number of logs remaining open at project closure
• Delivery quality of SMTH by audit of work packages

Skills

Essential

• Customer liaison
• Computer operating skills with a good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to drive
• Planning and organisational
• Good communication
• Risk assessment
• Audit and questioning
• Ability to solve technical problems

Desirable

• Knowledge of Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Planner
• Financial and commercial

Qualifications

• IRSE licence Engineering Manager (Projects) (7.8.110F), Senior Engineering Manager (Projects) (7.8.230F) or working towards
• Valid PTS with AC/DC
• Working towards corporate membership of the IRSE
• Audit A1, A2 or V1 for internal & external auditing
• Batchelor or Masters degree in an engineering discipline
• Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer

Experience

• Railway systems and sub-systems at a complex level
• Knowledge of signalling design
• Commissioning of signalling systems
• Appropriate industry standards relating to signalling work
• Quality, health, safety and environmental Regulations and standards
• CDM Regulations
• Client contract and term & conditions
• Line & team management
• Event and condition monitoring systems
• Level crossing fundamentals