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About the Role

Control risk and ensure implementation of HS2 and third-party requirements for the technical assurance and technical approval of the design, checking, approval, provision, installation, loading and unloading, maintenance and removal of temporary works by the Principal Contractor. Ensure temporary works requirements and temporary conditions of the permanent works and third-party assets are identified and controlled during all stages of the project from design development and detailed design through to planning and delivery.

Responsibilities

Discharge the duties of Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) Representative for Temporary Works as directed by HS2 Head of Temporary Works (TW) and IPT Heads of Engineering & Environment.
Manage and communicate HS2 Temporary Works requirements to the IPT/Principal Contractors.
Assure that the design and construction of Principal Contractor (PC) temporary works comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable TW standards, specifications and procedures by undertaking risk based engineering reviews, checking and submission of assurance evidence for state gate reviews.
Update the temporary works register and implement the relevant controls from the procedure accordingly.
Conduct assurance and technical approval meetings with the PC’s Temporary Works Coordinators (TWC), including being the HS2 Technical Approval Authority and third-party specialists and stakeholders as necessary, and provide timely assurance and technical approval of construction operations that rely upon highly complex temporary works schemes.
Establish and manage processes for the classification of design complexity risk and categorisation of level of independence of design checks.
Audit competency checks of the PC’s permanent works designers and temporary works designers and design checkers.
Represent the Head of Temporary Works and Heads of Engineering & Environment with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of Temporary Works matters.
Provide professional engineering guidance on temporary works design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and identifying opportunities for efficiencies within Client Services and IPTs.
Assure the technical co-ordination and integration of the supply chain contracts with other neighbouring contracts, station contracts, railway systems contracts and third parties and make sure that the approval interfaces with other engineering and operational disciplines are robustly defined.
Approve and monitor temporary works schemes at contract interfaces.
Work alongside Project Clients to determine the impact of temporary works progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
Support the Head of Temporary Works in the provision of training on temporary works within HS2 project teams.
Provide temporary works incident and industry wide lessons learnt and dissemination of technical support to Phase 2.
Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

Requirements

Ability to apply engineering principles to solve engineering issues and exercise independent engineering judgment when necessary.
Effective communication skills, both oral and written, to communicate information effectively internally and externally and over all hierarchy levels to sponsors, stakeholders, PCs, project managers and technical staff.
Negotiation skills and ability to prioritise and to resolve conflicts among project and external stakeholders.
Ability to plan and organise workload independently to ensure delivery programme is not compromised.
Analytical skills with the ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources with good attention to detail.
IT literate with the ability to apply and integrate digital technologies to optimise safe working methods and deliver operational excellence enabled by 2D CAD, 3D modelling, BIM, GIS, data validation, digital instrumentation and mobile technology.
Knowledge of Codes of Practice BS5975, PAS 8811, PAS 8812, CDM Regulations 2015, CIRIA C760 and other relevant temporary works standards, codes of practice and industry best practice guides produced by bodies such as Temporary Works forum (TWf).
Knowledge of safety assurance engineering procedures and approval standards of third parties such as Network Rail, London Underground and Highways England.
Significant experience in the design, checking, erection, inspection, loading and unloading of complex temporary works schemes including underground High-Speed Rail works, having previously been in the role of either Temporary Works Designer and Checker or Temporary Works Coordinator.
Significant engineering experience in temporary works acting for a Contractor as Temporary Works Coordinator or a similar Client based temporary works role within Rail projects.
Must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.
Applicants must have satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

Skills

Engineering principles
Independent engineering judgment
Oral communication
Written communication
Negotiation
Prioritization
Conflict resolution
Workload planning
Workload organization
Analytical skills
Attention to detail
2D CAD
3D modelling
BIM
GIS
Data validation
Digital instrumentation
Mobile technology

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Significant experience in the design, checking, erection, inspection, loading and unloading of complex temporary works schemes including underground High-Speed Rail works, having previously been in the role of either Temporary Works Designer and Checker or Temporary Works Coordinator.
Significant engineering experience in temporary works acting for a Contractor as Temporary Works Coordinator or a similar Client based temporary works role within Rail projects.

Education Level

Education checks

Salary/Compensations

Base salary: c£70,713 pa to £83,191 pa
Flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable

Benefits

Flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable
Range of competitive benefits

About the Company

HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

Equal Opportunity

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
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.
It is expected that you will 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.