Senior Technical Assurance Engineer
Job Introduction
The Technical Assurance (TA) team are responsible for capturing, developing and demonstrating compliance to Stakeholder requirements, facilitating configuration and technical change management, and managing technical assurance activities to achieve self-assured delivery of the project.
The Senior TA Engineer will be responsible for leading on the TA delivery of their assets and reporting this to Area TA Managers. You will be responsible to support, train, and develop TA Engineers with regards to asset familiarisation and compliance to processes and procedures required to be compliant with Contract Requirements and Works Information.
The Senior TA Engineer will liaise with key technical leads within the project team to manage and monitor work package requirement sets, along with planning the appropriate verification & validation methods to demonstrate compliance. You will regularly meet with the delivery team to ensure a full understanding of their TA commitments and will undertake any training identified to ensure that this knowledge has been delivered and understood. You will also be responsible for attending subcontractor pre-start meetings and to provide training for their compliance to the Subcontractor Works Information.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time or remote working for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.
Role Responsibility
- Responsible for the delivery of TA Certification for your assets for peer review at each Technical Lifecycle Stage
- Ensure that TA requirements are at the forefront of any planning and delivery for Design or Construction activities by ensuring that the TA Timeline is fully understood and maintained.
- Asset/sub-asset programme reviews ensuring that panels and reviews are maintained in line with the Clause 32 programme and TA Timeline.
- Work with Design Teams, Delivery Teams and Subcontractors offering guidance, support and training
- Managing the quality of SAP submissions
- Managing scorecard reviews
- Liaising with SMEs as required and raising any risk items requiring mitigation
- Reviewing SAP submissions and providing mentoring and training for TA Engineers in post to ensure that standards are upheld.
- Project familiarisation training for new TA Engineers in post
- Providing training, support and guidance to Construction Delivery Leads and their Teams to ensure that progressive assurance is achieved as set out in the Works Information, the Technical Certfication Management Procedure and other guidance documents, and in line with current HS2 standards and specifications.
- Deputising Area TA Manager as required, in particular with regards to annual leave cover
- Understand the Client and Joint Venture Partners' Environment and Sustainability Policies, Processes and statutory requirements as they affect the company's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are implemented on the project.
The Ideal Candidate
Required qualifications, skills, behaviours and attributes
- Previous experience working within Systems Engineering or Technical Assurance environment within a complexed project environment
- A healthy work ethic that places value on performing at your best.
- Goal oriented and able to set and measure achievable tasks
- Diligent, with strong analytical ability and problem solving skills
- Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook a must
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
Desirable qualifications, skills, behaviours and attributes
- Previous supervisory experience in a Construction Assurance field
- Formal education in an Engineering related subject, such as a Degree or Apprenticeship
- Exposure to, or an interest in Systems Engineering and Technical Assurance
- Experience within Civil Engineering or Rail would be advantageous
- Experience within tunnelling, shafts and/or asset protection & utilities would be advantageous
- Good attention to detail
About the Company
The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services
The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.
You’ll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).
Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.
HS2 – working with Skanska, Costain and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.
It is an SCSJV requirement that all employees, Design House, and Supply Chains must implement and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System with guidance for use”, OHSAS 18001:2017 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System, Policies, Plans, Procedures and Processes, and statutory requirements as they affect the Joint Venture ‘s operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are effectively implemented on the project. Develop a culture of safety on the project through the absolute commitment to the Zero Accidents target and ethos, and develops a wider awareness of quality, environmental issues and demonstrates commitment to achieve continual improvement and Zero tolerance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
SCS Railways is a Disability Confident Leader. We want to encourage disabled people to apply for our roles and have an opportunity to display your skills, talent, and abilities. We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.
Please see the disability confident commitments:
To be considered for an interview under this scheme you have:
- A physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
- Demonstrated in your application and pre-interview stage that you meet the minimum job criteria and person specification for the role
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