Lead OCS Engineer in Birmingham

Base salary: £61,622pa to c.£83,191pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

Location: London or Birmingham

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 Lead Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Engineer you’ll provide technical and professional leadership for OCS Engineering, leading on the application of the standards and technical requirements for the discipline. You will provide assurance that design and construction of the OCS assets meet the project requirements and work to resolve any related issues where appropriate.

About the role:

• Technical lead of the Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Engineering discipline.
• Leads the implementation of requirements, specifications and standards which deliver OCS engineering such that it delivers HS2 objectives, mitigates environmental impacts and ensures a safe system, compliant with legislation and standards within the programme budget.
• Provides technical expertise and advice relating to OCS systems to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders as required.
• Assures that the design provided by the OCS Contractor is configured and installed in accordance with standards and technical requirements and where necessary support in resolving issues in accordance with HS2 Governance Procedures.
• Supports, engages, and consults as appropriate with internal teams impacted by OCS design, ensuring that all relevant disciplines are considered providing an integrated and holistic approach.
• Ensures that HS2 Technical Governance arrangements are followed, carries out peer reviews and makes recommendations for improvements where necessary.
• Develops and implements the use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies, and processes, driving consistency and helping to identify opportunities for efficiencies across Phase 1 and Phase 2 delivery teams.
• Actively promotes and embeds Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and supports and complies with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• Provides specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to those working directly with project development/delivery teams in area or phase.
• Capable of being a Standard Discipline Owner / Subject Matter Expert for area or phase.
• Able to provide specialist technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support project development/delivery teams.
• Ability to communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based largely on examples of application.
• Ability to apply many principles relating to standards, safety and the environment and able to articulate the rest.
• Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from Subject Matter Expert.

Knowledge:

• Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
• The application of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2.
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Understanding of other railway system and civil disciplines.
• Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience.

Type of Experience:

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards, activity on large complex major projects/programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme.
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.

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.

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.