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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.\nHS2 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.\nJob Purpose\nAs a Technical Assurance Manager at HS2 you will be responsible for managing the assurance of technical outputs for schemes that form part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme. To be responsible for consistent application of technical assurance processes and collations of evidence across multiple workstreams and contracts, managing and providing professional and technical assurance of design information in accordance with organisational and sponsor requirements, standards and policies. This will be undertaken in accordance with company policies and procedures to achieve the outcomes specified by the Department for Transport (DfT).\nAbout the Role\nFacilitate 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.\nFacilitate 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.\nLikewise 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.\nAssist with the development of the department’s own business as usual and process improvements workstream planning.\nMaintain 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.\nAssist 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.\nMonitor 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.\nOversee 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.\nLiaise 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.\nSupport 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.\nAssist the Technical Audit Team with preparation, planning and undertaking of technical assurance reviews/audits, and the recording of observations and action.\nTo be responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing.\nActively 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.\nAbout You\nSkills\nPossess technical competency in one or more engineering discipline or inter related engineering support discipline.\nPossess a good understanding of system engineering, quality assurance control, configuration management, technical governance techniques, safety hazard and risk analysis and practices as applied to major infrastructure and/or railway transportation projects.\nCompetent in working within a digital data and information environment.\nAbility to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and able to manage input from SMEs, providing specialist technical support and leadership.\nCapable of defining and developing strategy, and authoring technical process, procedure and planning documentation.\nAbility to deliver educational briefings/presentations.\nPossess general commercial awareness and ideally possess NEC3/4 contract management experience/knowledge.\nAble to provide technical support and take ownership of technical assurance aspects of multiple contracts but also knowing when to seek further guidance from department management, SMEs or others support role personnel.\nResponsibility for collation of technical assurance evidence from appointed Delivery Organisation Contractors and/or HS2 workstream discipline engineers and project teams.\nAbility to work effectively in a team, able to supervise others, mentor and guide other Technical Assurance Managers working with/for you.\nKnowledge\nKnowledge of problem solving and integration using systems engineering techniques within major infrastructure or railway transportation sectors.\nKnowledge of both qualitative and quantitative assessment techniques.\nKnowledge of system V lifecycle approach to planning, designing, implementing, managing, operating, and decommissioning complex systems.\nAn understanding of CENELEC EN 5012x series of standards covering railway functional safety and software related objectives and processes.\nKnowledge of the principles of ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems.\nKnowledge with the principles of change and configuration management, such as ISO 10007.\nAn understanding of the roles and responsibilities under Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations and of the European derived Common Safety Methodology (CSM) legislation.\nKnowledge of working within an NEC3/NEC4 contract environment.\nKnowledge of technical governance, safety hazard and risk analysis practices as applied to major infrastructure and/or railway transportation projects.\nKnowledge and experience in undertaking technical requirements compliance verification and validation management of design and construction on infrastructure or railway transportation projects.\nUnderstanding and application of system-domain integration, test and commissioning of hardware, software and application data configuration management and change control.\nType of Experience\nExperience in using desk-top application tools HS2 utilise, such as: Microsoft Office / 365 suite, Microsoft Teams, Bentley AssetWise ALIM or eB, Bentley Project Wise, IBM DOORS, Relatics, CEEMAR, Xactium-Riskonnect, and AIMS.\nExperience in implementation and delivery of technical assurance within a data-centric environment demonstrating the evidence captured meets the criteria of the delivery plans and needs of key stakeholders that will use the information for the authorisation of the railway, in particularly for interoperability and safety, among of user case needs.\nExperience of managing and implementing quality assurance and/or system engineering principles on large scale infrastructure or railway/transportation projects, with emphasis on applying principles relating to requirements and standards compliance, safety and the environment, and the ability to articulate others.\nExperience within a technical environment liaising with Contractor’s design, construction and project management personnel.\nExperience of managing competing project and engineering demands and deliverables with cost and schedule implications.\nExperience of multi-discipline programmes within any of the following fields.\nCivils, Mechanical & Electrical, Signalling, Control systems or system engineering and integration.\nExperience in process and procedural improvements development.\nExperience in preparing technical assurance evidence cases.\nWe 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. 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