Technical Assurance Manager - Rail Systems Integration

RailwayPeople; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

RailwayPeople is seeking an Assurance Manager to join the HS2 Integration Directorate in London or Birmingham. Hybrid work model with two days WFH, leading technical assurance across major contracts and coordinating with contractors, designers and HS2 functions to ensure integrated, compliant outputs.

You will manage multidisciplinary interfaces, review assurance evidence, and deliver briefings while engaging with engineers, designers and HS2 teams to uphold high standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical assurance, design management, systems engineering or project engineering.
• Experience working with contractors and design organisations on major infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of assurance principles, systems and frameworks.
• Experience working across multidisciplinary programmes or projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical assurance across one or more delivery contracts.
• Liaise with contractors, designers and HS2 functions including Risk, Requirements, Configuration, Change and BIM.
• Oversee assurance activities, design reviews and engineering processes across multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Review and accept technical assurance evidence and documentation.
• Identify and escalate issues.
• Author and review technical documentation, reports and assurance processes.
• Deliver technical briefings and presentations to varied stakeholders.
• Support audits, verification activities and the collection of technical evidence.
• Monitor how different design disciplines and organisations interface and integrate.

Skills

Technical assurance

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Contractor oversight

Job description

RailwayPeople is seeking an Assurance Manager to join the HS2 Integration Directorate in London or Birmingham. Hybrid work model with two days WFH, leading technical assurance across major contracts and coordinating with contractors, designers and HS2 functions to ensure integrated, compliant outputs.

You will manage multidisciplinary interfaces, review assurance evidence, and deliver briefings while engaging with engineers, designers and HS2 teams to uphold high standards.