Infrastructure Change & Configuration Lead

SCS Railways; Euston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

SCS Railways is seeking an experienced Change and Configuration Manager to lead the development and continuous improvement of change and configuration processes across a major infrastructure programme. You will ensure controlled baselines, traceability, and alignment of engineering information, asset records and designs throughout the lifecycle.

Based in London with a minimum of 3 days per week in the Euston office, you will coordinate governance across engineering, construction and assurance,

Qualifications

• Professional membership of a relevant engineering institution, with Chartered status or actively working towards chartership
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Change Management, Configuration Management, Systems Engineering, Engineering Governance, or a similar discipline within a complex project environment
• Experience facilitating multidisciplinary technical reviews, governance processes, assurance activities, and stakeholder forums
• Strong understanding of engineering lifecycle management, configuration control, technical assurance, and governance principles
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment and statutory obligations associated with major rail infrastructure and construction projects, or other comparable highly regulated industries
• Experience using engineering information management systems and digital project environments (e.g. DOORS, BIM, CDE, EDMS), with the ability to efficiently identify, analyse, and extract key insights from large volumes of project information
• Good understanding of the disciplines involved in the delivery of major railway infrastructure projects, including their roles, responsibilities, and interfaces
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships and collaborate with project delivery teams, senior leadership, clients, subcontractors, regulatory bodies, and other key stakeholders
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information, reports, KPIs, dashboards, and project performance insights clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• 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

Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation and continuous improvement of Change and Configuration Management processes, procedures and standards
• Coordinate governance activities to ensure changes are appropriately assessed and controlled
• Facilitate change review forums and coordinate multidisciplinary decision-making activities
• Provide guidance and support to project teams on Change and Configuration Management requirements
• Promote the consistent application of engineering governance and configuration control processes
• Manage the end-to-end change management process from initiation through implementation and closure
• Ensure proposed changes are assessed for technical, operational, programme, commercial and risk impacts
• Coordinate multidisciplinary impact assessments and stakeholder reviews
• Monitor implementation of approved changes and ensure closure activities are completed
• Ensure changes are managed in a consistent, transparent and auditable manner
• Maintain technical and configuration baselines throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage the identification and control of Configuration Items and associated records
• Ensure accurate configuration status reporting and traceability
• Coordinate configuration audits, reviews and verification activities
• Ensure engineering information, asset information and project documentation remain aligned
• Support compliance with project, client and industry requirements
• Coordinate governance reviews, audits and assurance activities
• Maintain robust change and configuration records to support auditability and traceability
• Ensure change and configuration activities support wider systems engineering and assurance objectives
• Develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards and management reports
• Monitor performance trends and identify process improvement opportunities
• Report change and configuration status to the Change and Configuration Management Lead and project stakeholders
• Monitor risks associated with technical debt, overdue actions and baseline integrity, 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 2018 and UK GDPR) and will be reported to HS2. Degree in Engineering or a related discipline (preferred);

Skills

Change management

Configuration management

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Engineering or related discipline

Chartered engineer or working towards chartership

Tools

DOORS

BIM

CDE

EDMS

Job description

SCS Railways is seeking an experienced Change and Configuration Manager to lead the development and continuous improvement of change and configuration processes across a major infrastructure programme. You will ensure controlled baselines, traceability, and alignment of engineering information, asset records and designs throughout the lifecycle.

Based in London with a minimum of 3 days per week in the Euston office, you will coordinate governance across engineering, construction and assurance,