T&C Manager X2

Location - London

Project - Crossrail

Day Rate - £500-550 per day

My client is one of the development partners brought on board to help close out the Crossrail Project. They are currently looking for two T&C Managers to join their team.

Purpose of the job:

The Testing & Commissioning Manager will be the prime focal point for all T&C activity between Crossrail and the many other parties that interface with Crossrail, from a design, planning, safety, construction, T&C and assurance perspective. This critical, senior leadership role will be responsible for holding the Crossrail Main Contractor to account and ensuring that our strategic and detailed T&C plans, and corresponding reports/metrics, are in place, are robust and evolve as required over time.

The Crossrail Testing & Commissioning Manager will be responsible for navigating the Crossrail teams through the complex phases of testing, pre-com and commissioning, then ultimately into handover. The Test and Commissioning Manager will work extensively with the many interfacing entities involved, to ensure detailed organisational structures, schedules, skylines, T&C ITP's, resource-loaded programs, approvals, training plans handover plans (O&M's) are in place and being progressed to plan. Many of these items will be developed by others, but it will be the responsibility of the Testing & Commissioning Manager to ensure the robustness, quality and submittal timeliness, of all such deliverables.

Principle accountabilities:

Accountable to ensure that Crossrail:

• Accountable for providing technical expertise and know-how to all parties, anticipating potential issues ahead of time, providing trouble-shooting knowledge in the field
• Review and input to major safety critical areas, energisation protocols, managing works adjacent to live HV through stations and in the trace, LOTO.
• Input to the work streams reviewing transition of temporary to permanent services, to ensure robust processes in place for E&B, stray currents.
• Review planned T&C resource levels (and type) against level 4 & 5 plans, and CommLot skylines - and then verify competence once in the field
• Spend time on site to witness key testing hold points, and support teams with any major diagnostic fault finding challenges, injecting precious experience
• Responsible for maintaining and issuing T&C and Handover Dashboards each period, and working with the team to ensure progress remains on track
• Liaise with all relevant parties and act as the prime point of contact for all T&C activities for Crossrail.
• Take reasonable care of your own and others' health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to the Crossrail Target Zero principles.

Requirements for the job:

• Extensive technical knowledge and practical experience of testing, pre-commissioning and commissioning large industrial systems, preferably within the rail industry
• Substantial knowledge of precedents in the T&C and operations areas and a broad knowledge of principles and practices of related areas.
• Broad knowledge of industry and regulatory standards and criteria pertinent to Rail T&C, maintenance, operations, and testing.
• Highly desirable to have practical experience with design, development, configuration, testing of SCADA, fieldbus, PLC, DCS system, and management of such projects.
• Demonstrated skill in leadership, collaboration and making things happen
• Member of a relevant professional institution. Chartered Engineer preferred.
• University degree in an engineering or construction related sub

If this is a position that interests you than aply now or for more information contact Sam Wilson on <phone number removed> .

We look forward to hearing from you.