We are currently recruiting for a Handover Manager to join the heart of the Crossrail project.

As the Handover Manager you’ll be responsible to mitigate the risk of delays to Handover, by providing a clear plan for achieving Handover of the Crossrail works to Infrastructure Managers (IMs).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide the strategic overview of Handover for CRL.
• Produce, update and implement a Handover Strategy document for CRL, including acceptance by IMs.
• Be the single point of contact for Handover, liaising with all CRL directorates, LU and RfL.
• Agree key strategic objectives (with owners and time frames) to achieve Handover, and monitor/report progress from working groups.
• Create and lead a Handover Working Group (HWG). The working group will monitor progress from other working groups, and make key decisions as required. Other working groups include for example -

1. Asset information governance group
2. Maintenance steering group
3. Operations steering group
4. Testing and commissioning planning group (to be formed)

• Produce, maintain and manage the following:

1. HWG ToR; and
2. Periodic HWG meetings, including invitations, agendas and action trackers.

• Form new working groups to address specific issues/opportunities as they arise, for example:

1. Caretaker/maintenance of assets between contract completion and handover to IM
2. Definition of conditions for achieving Handover of a station to LU prior to completion of System wide activities

About You:

• Bachelor Degree in relevant discipline.
• Detailed knowledge of LU, RfL and NR environment and relevant processes and procedures.
• Good understanding of the concepts of efficient information systems and transfer.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracting environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work collaboratively to achieve common goals across different organisations.
• Ability and determination to devise and follow procedures and challenge others to do so rigorously.
• Self-starting, including a drive to propose and implement process improvements.
• Fluent in use of relevant IT tools to develop and maintain trackers for assurance documentation etc.
• Analytical skills and ability to identify and present key messages and risks arising from that analysis

Location: Endeavour Square

Rate:

• Daily Rate Negotiable (role falls inside IR35 so any successful candidate will have to operate via an umbrella solution)
• FTC available

Duration: 12 Months contract