Tester In Charge (TIC)

Position: Tester in Charge Division: Infrastructure

Location: UK Mobile

Safety Critical Status: Yes

Purpose of the Role

To define and satisfactorily undertake the management, control and completion of testing activities in a timely and compliant manner to ensure the system meets the requirements and is fit for entry into service.

Key Success Measures

• Safety- Support the implementation of the Colas Rail Limited Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) strategy, associated actions and resulting initiatives, to deliver continuous improvement in all areas.
• Profitability- Ensure work is carried out with a continuous view to profitability and efficiency and look after our shareholders by guaranteeing that they see value for money and a profitable business.
• Quality- Quality is key to competitiveness. Take responsibility for delivering on time and on budget a high-quality product or service, which Colas Rail can take pride in.
• Respect- Demonstrate respect for colleagues, our clients and the environment in all areas of work.

Key Areas of Responsibility & Accountability

• The planning and management of testing on the projects for which they are appointed in accordance with NR/L2/SIG/30014, relevant company standards and IRSE requirements
• Liaison with the Project Manager, designers, installation, construction and third parties involved on a scheme. Manage interfaces to ensure compliant and timely handovers from other functions.
• Reviewing & approving testing staff used on the project in accordance with NR/L2/SIG/30014/B410.
• Ensuring that all testing staff used on a project holds a valid NR certificate of competence or a recognised company CofC endorsed for use by Colas Rail.
• Ensuring that staff are only used for activities covered by their CofC.
• Ensuring that all staff receive a briefing on the testing activities they are to carry in a timely manner and in accord with NR/L2/SIG/30014
• Ensuring all test equipment used on a project is correctly calibrated & controlled and that the detail of individual test equipment is recorded on the briefing sheet.
• Production, review and amendment of testing documentation
• Ensuring that all equipment to be tested is done so in accord with the approved Testing Specification.
• Undertaking audits on testing records and surveillance of testing activities in accordance with NR/L2/SIG/30014 and relevant company standards.
• Ensuring that the obligation to report any occurrences of undue pressure or coercion within the testing process is understood and exercised by the testing staff.
• Reviewing the timescale and resource plans for work under their control.

Person Specification

• The minimum requirement necessary upon entry to the role is an HNC, HND, NVQ or equivalent. The applicant must hold an IRSE licence in the following categories: 1.3.170 or 1.3.180 and 1.3.190 .
• The minimum Signalling work experience necessary to perform the job is typically 5-7 years testing experience preceded by suitable design, construction or maintenance experience or evidence of substantial experience in a similar role.
• The role requires that the following certificates and/or licences be held or working towards: PTS AC, DCCR, ICI, COSS/SWL, Driving Licence, Emergency Life Support, Fire Awareness, Asbestos Awareness, Manual Handling, IOSH Working/Managing Safely, SPWEE, OLEC 1. Various Modular Testing Certification including MOD 1 and or Mod2, 3B, 3C, 4 and 5.

About Us

Joining Colas Rail UK provides the opportunity to not only establish yourself within one of the rail industries biggest and most prestigious, multi-disciplined contractors, providing you with a springboard that can take you career to new heights.

We take pride in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for you to unlock your potential at whatever stage you are in your career. We encourage cross-collaboration and innovation and if you are interested in learning Colas Rail will enable that.

Everyday we work together safely to solve real problems, with a shared goal of enhancing the Infrastructure and Logistics which is key to the UK Rail Network and wider Supply Chain. Everyone here has a voice and we encourage all to speak up, discuss their ideas and implement them.

We are always looking for passionate people to join our business and with several bases across the UK, there are plenty of opportunities to join our vibrant, creative, and diverse teams.

Colas Rail hold three core values: Caring, Sharing and Daring. We take care our of our employees, always ensuring safety is a top priority and we nurture our collective wellbeing. We share a passion for what we do, celebrate our achievements and value high standards like nowhere else. We dare to take on new challenges, we are one of the international leaders in our industry. We keep on innovating, expanding, and conquering new markets.

The performance of Colas Rail UK is dependent upon improving and developing the skills and abilities of all employees, and our Equal Opportunities Policy, above all else, aims to achieve this objective.

Behavioural Skills

• Energy- Get up and go attitude of a leader
• Energise- Lead, manage and inspire my team
• Edge- Maximise my personal edge
• Execute- Make things happen
• Engage- Stay close to the client

Colas Rail in the United Kingdom values and encourages diversity in our workforce, regardless of background, disability or gender. As part of our aim to deliver quality services, we are committed to promoting equality and eliminating discrimination. Recruitment agencies Colas Rail currently works with a number of approved recruitment suppliers. We will therefore not consider CVs or speculative proposals from any other agencies.

Recruitment agencies not currently approved as preferred suppliers are kindly requested not to submit speculative CVs to any part of Colas Rail.