Utilities Handover Manager
Job Introduction
The Utilities Handover Manager, reporting to the Utilities Director, is responsible for ensuring that all handover requirements for Utility works are defined, agreed, progressively monitored and delivered to the client and other stakeholders in line with programme and contract requirements.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours 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
- Liaison with Utility area teams, Enabling Function team and client teams to clarify, define, agree and develop discipline specific handover and completion requirements, templates, timescale and progress dashboards.
- Actively lead Utilities teams in all matters relating to handover and define clearly to them what is required and when, while providing detail of precisely what is required in terms of documentation, the types of document and exactly what the content should entail. This needs to be taken to the point where anyone new to the project can understand the requirements.
- Liaise with other handover managers and area construction teams to ensure that area team understand SCS Plan for Completion requirements; progressively manage and report on status of snag, outstanding works, H&S files, O&M manuals, redline drawings, Asset information, BIM deliverables.
- Review completion and handover related deliverables as necessary and provide comments to area teams
- Establish third party specific handover requirements for Utility works and ensure that requirements are identified in advanced, agreed with stakeholders & client, informed to area teams, monitored progressively and submitted for completion and handover.
- Liaise and interface with SCS & client’s Technical assurance, Quality, Interface, BIM, U&A, Asset and other relevant teams to ensure that all completion, handover requirements are identified, progressively managed and completed for handover/completion. Any detail missing from other stakeholders must be produced by the Utilities Handover Manager, working with the Utilities EF team including the Design, Quality and Construction leads.
- Identify area transfer and asset handover contract milestones and ensure that required transfer readiness review meetings and PC transfer certificates are planned and scheduled to meet required handover milestones.
- Raise awareness – raise the profile of completion and handover as a real project goal through presentations to the project team and other communication. Update the team on progress from development of a handover system through progressive assurance to final project handover.
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience of handover management including practical Utility handover, As-builts, records and technical interface requirements
- Strong Utility background with experience of SU requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in management of own team and liaising with construction teams, client and third parties for progress update and reporting
- Advanced excel, data analysis skills, preferably experience of preparing own dashboards in power-bI
- Relevant CSCS Card
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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