AddressBase salary: £47,450pa to c.£59,300pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
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.
As Senior Systemwide Engineeryou'll manage and deliver targeted and strategic multidisciplinary Systemwide Engineering projects to resolve key railway level integration challenges considering all technical, operation, cost, affordability and programme constraints. Delivery of this role will provide a critical contribution to ensuring the correct HS2 operational railway is delivered. through providing clarity and ensuring stakeholder consensus in system level solutions and contributions required from each sub-system.
About the role:
- Determine approach for resolution of assigned key integration challenges, establish multidisciplinary team and consensus in the plan to resolve.
- Lead, manage and successfully deliver targeted Systemwide Engineering projects with multidisciplinary teams.
- Lead and deliver Systemwide Engineering activities including engineering and options analysis and impact assessment.
- Lead and prepare objective and persuasive technical recommendation papers to gain approval for associated key decisions from Governance Panels.
- Lead engagement of a diverse range of stakeholders to establish consensus in options, impact assessment and project outcomes.
- Ensure complete and comprehensive evidence base for all key decisions.
- Monitor and report on progress towards gaining approval and completion of project implementation.
- Active participation in the Prime Systems Integrator integration forum ensuring that the integration topics requiring Systemwide Engineering support are identified and allocated appropriately.
- 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.
About You:
- Ability to problem solve in a railway integration context, understand the source problem and developing projects to resolve the challenges through engineering analysis, options and impact assessment.
- Critically evaluate stakeholder priorities to determine relative importance of integration issues to determine the correct order for resolution of integration challenges.
- Able to systematically build clear and robust evidence across all railway disciplines.
- Understanding Regulatory/Legislative Framework for High-Speed Railways in UK and Europe.
- Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
- Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering projects on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect
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.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.About Us
High Speed 2 (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.
