Lead Technical Assurance – Rail Systems

HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

Birmingham

On-site

GBP 49,000 - 60,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund (20%)

Personal and professional development

Inclusive working environment

Job summary

HS2 Ltd is seeking a Technical Assurance Manager to lead the assurance of technical outputs across schemes within the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme. You will ensure consistent application of assurance processes, manage evidence across workstreams and contracts, and provide professional, technical assurance in line with DfT requirements.

You will coordinate with safety, risk, configuration management and other SMEs while supporting continuous improvement and embedding a collaborative,

Qualifications

Possess technical competency in one or more engineering discipline or inter related engineering support discipline.

Responsibilities

Facilitate a consistent application of technical assurance processes by the supply chain, HS2 project teams, and system integration design, test & commissioning management teams, across multiple contracts, workstreams and delivery phases.
Facilitate adequate Supply Chain planning and progressive self-assurance of their own works, undertaking review and acceptance of technical assurance completion evidence submissions made at stage completion milestones.
Likewise facilitate progressive self-assurance of activities undertaken by HS2 project teams and discipline subject matter experts (SMEs) in relation to their own deliverables, as well as planned reviews and acceptance of technical assurance stage completion submissions made by the Supply Chain Contractors.
Assist with the development of the department’s own business as usual and process improvements workstream planning.
Maintain reporting metric against key performance indicators and provide regular progress reports on contracts and aspects of system integration responsible for receiving acceptance of technical assurance.
Assist the Lead Technical Services Manager in undertaking additional department tasks instructed by the Head of Engineering and Development, such as supporting continuous improvement through the further development, improvement, or communication throughout the business of technical assurance process, procedures, and guidelines in use.
Monitor and review ongoing levels of resource capability and competency within the supply chain and HS2, identifying areas requiring attention to de-risk the delivery of the works and associated technical assurance products.
Oversee the HS2 application of mandatory and additional verification activities undertaken by HS2 and their delivery partners of the contracted works ensuring that it is commensurate with a justifiable risk-based approach to ensure a fully assured product is received by HS2.
Liaise with other HS2 functions, such as safety, risk, requirements, configuration management, documentation control, information management (BIM) and inter‑related engineering discipline SMEs to ensure sharing of information, the acceptance of technical assurances and the resolution of issues.
Support the HS2 Head of Engineering and/or Environment or other Technical Lead appointed in reviewing and accepting Contractor’s L3 self‑assurance evidence and the management of additional L2 system level verification activities.
Assist the Technical Audit Team with preparation, planning and undertaking of technical assurance reviews/audits, and the recording of observations and action.
To be responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing.
Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.