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ReferenceIRC429303
RecruiterNetworkrail
Industry SectorDocument control, Environmental jobs, Heath & Safety Engineer, Advisor, Other Quality, Health&Safety, Environment, Other Railway Construction jobs, Other Signalling jobs, Rail Construction jobs and Site works, Rail Construction Manager, Director vacancies, Rail Safety, Quality, Environment jobs, Signalling jobs
SalaryNegotiable
Benefits£44,000 - £55,000
LocationsLondon, Rail jobs in UK
Contract TypePermanent
Date Posted08 September 2010

Job Description

Department & how it relates to the role

Key Duties

1. Manage the development of proposal remits to describe engineering requirements, capabilities, scope and operational performance targets adequately. Challenge sponsoring engineers to optimise the business case by monitoring and value managing business and technical remits.

2. Manage all engineering and development activities and interfaces to deliver schemes that are affordable, meet safety & environmental requirements, are delivered on time and satisfy cost and quality requirements including carrying out independent checking of safety critical signalling design documentation.

3. Manage the development of suitable engineering options for a proposal giving full consideration to safety, reliability, capacity, maintainability, ease of construction, environmental/whole life issues and compliance to standards. Participate in selecting a single option. Adopt risk ID and evaluation methods (e.g. HAZOP, QRA, LRM, and the GK/RT/14200 suite). Prepare or monitor preparation of reports, papers etc as necessary.

4. Monitor that designers are up to date regarding training, briefings, etc.

5. Confirm that change control is maintained, evaluating cost, time and performance impacts.

6. Manage, and undertake where necessary, the preparation of the full engineering data package required for detailed design. Participate in responding to issues and queries, as required.

7. Support the Construction Design Management (CDM) planning supervisor. Monitor, and undertake where necessary, cross-discipline engineering checks of all relevant aspects of the proposal.

8. Manage the quality and quantity of Network Rail and supplier staff resources for the feasibility stages of project development.

9. Manage Project Engineers to deliver approved method statements for site works and surveys to required standards. Undertake the Project Engineer role, if necessary.

10. Monitor and audit consultants and contractors during GRIP stages 2-4.

About the role (External)

The successful candidate will manage all engineering and design development activities resulting in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. You must manage the development of suitable engineering options for a proposal giving full consideration to safety, reliability and maintainability. You will use risk ID and evaluation methods (HAZOP, QRA, LRM and GK/RT/14200 suite) to evaluate and compare options. Your experience will enable you to confirm whether strict change control is maintained on scope development by evaluating cost, time and performance impacts in conjunction with development management.

A key part of this role will be to manage the preparation of the full engineering data package requirement for commencement of the detailed design. You must also carry out independent checking of safety critical signalling design documentation. You’ll have an ability to support the construction design management (CDM) planning supervisor in all associated duties and carry out cross-discipline engineering checks of all relevant aspects of the proposal.

Do you have …. ?

IRSE Principles Designer licence or equivalent relevant to the discipline?
A demonstrable aptitude for option development?
Strong evaluation and decision-making skills?
A working knowledge of rail engineering and relevant successful experience?
An appreciation of all the life cycle stages of rail infrastructure?

Are you … ?

A good communicator?
Enthusiastic about creating a world-class railway infrastructure?
Able to thrive within an ambitious team?
Able to influence people at all levels?
A good team player?

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