Senior Asset Protection Engineer - Rail Structures

Job Introduction

Reporting to the 3rd Party Asset Protection Manager, you will be responsible for managing designs to strengthen (or otherwise mitigate) NR assets, located adjacent to the HS2 railway, which will be adversely affected by ground movements occurring during construction of the new railway

Those structures identified as potentially requiring mitigation include: Railway Tunnels, Bridging Structures, Retaining Walls, OLE Structures, Permanent Way, and Signalling Gantries. Work is significantly underway with reports produced for structural surveys and structural assessments. A mitigation strategy is being finalized, and a plan to produce detailed engineering designs, drawings, and specifications, or other forms of mitigation is in preparation. The intent is for designs to be carried out in each instance, by our own Design House, or by external consultants, or by a design and build subcontractor

An understanding of the full range of NR disciplines is required to be able to interface / coordinate / integrate with other discipline specialists, including Assurance (Safety Case), System Requirements (Reliability, Interfacing, Coordination, Integration, Completions), Civil (including Buildings and Building Services), E&P (including OLE, SCADA, EMC, M&E, Traction Power, E&B), Track (Pway, Formation, Drainage), Signalling (Gantries, Signal Sighting), and Telecomm (Systems, Troughing)

Working with the Asset Protection Manager, and the Design Houses, you will take the outline plan and produce a detailed plan for design delivery to meet the construction programme; subsequently taking steps to ensure that no slippage occurs in the programme. Forecast dates should match the original scheduled dates unless a scope change to baseline is identified as being required, and has been authorized by the project.

You will manage day-to-day interactions with internal (eg Construction, Procurement, Logistics etc) and external interfaces, with the customer and third-party stakeholders (eg Network Rail, London Underground, Thames Water etc). You will ensure the production of the design deliverables by our design partners meets the correct quality, contract, safety, time, and cost requirements. You will also work closely with the other design managers, to ensure coordination of design elements throughout the contract and to identify change.

In association with others, you will accept completed designs, complete with assurance documentation. Assurance processes include those of HS2, SCS, NR, TfL, LBC, and Utility Companies

Role Responsibility

• Reviewing client documentation and providing timely input into the design process
• Planning, tracking, and reviewing design documentation
• Coordinating documentation review with the relevant SCS teams
• Assisting the Asset Protection Lead in the review of design resources and outputs
• Ensuring that relevant design management plans and assurance plans are adhered to, within area of responsibility
• Being familiar with, and committing to Health & Safety and Environmental Policies 
• Implementing requirements of the Safety Management System
• Ensuring that the Construction Team, Sub-Contractors and Suppliers receive or have access to copies of the Health and Safety and Environmental Policies, and are kept informed of all relevant developments and issues
• Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control
• External liaison with HS2, Subcontractors / Suppliers and Stakeholders, close co-ordination with the Asset Manager
• Managing, mentoring, and developing junior team members and graduate engineers

The Ideal Candidate

• University Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering or similar
• Professional qualification (CEng); or close to obtaining a professional qualification
• DPE or CRE minimum, working in a similar capacity for a contractor on a major project
• Strong understanding of Engineering Principles, demonstrated by design experience
• Extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
• Knowledge and Understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training
• Training in Health & Safety and Environmental management
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system).
• Relevant CSCS Card

Behaviours / Attributes

In addition to the above discipline role, the Design Manager must carry out their duties in accordance with the SCS JV Core Values

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