Technical Assurance Manager

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Job Description

Location: Birmingham or London. Salary: "Base salary: c. £40,750 - £50,950 pa (Birmingham) c. 43,750 - £54,650 pa (London) depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of 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 a Technical Assurance Manager at HS2 you will to responsible for ensuring that there is correct and consistent application of the technical assurance processes across one or more Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) and/or group of contracts. Supporting the application and review of the technical assurance regime, setting of processes and reporting on compliance from delivery perspective.

The role:

• Ensure consistent application of technical assurance processes by the supply chain and HS2 across one or more sets of delivery contracts.
• Ensure the supply chain adequately and progressively self-assures its own works within the IPT.
• Review and accept technical assurance completion evidence submissions from the supply chain.
• Review ongoing levels of capability and competency within the supply chain and HS2 and identify areas requiring support to de-risk the delivery of technically assured products.
• To own and present data-based reporting on IPT adherence to technical assurance; through the provision of analysis and control metrics such that the progress of the contracts and IPTs can be monitored, corrected and understood.
• Facilitate user feedback on HS2 procedures to the relevant technical group/author thus supporting continuous improvement of HS2 technical assurance ways of working.
• Produce HS2 assurance processes as required by the Lead Technical Assurance Manager.
• Oversee the HS2 application of additional verification activities ensuring that it is commensurate with a justifiable risk-based approach to ensure a fully assured product is received by HS2.
• Support the HS2 Head of Engineering and Environment & the IPT to manage additional verification activity processes and gathering of technical evidence.
• Support assurance activities and audits including identifying areas of concern, the preparation of content, collation of evidence and completion of reports.
• Liaise with other HS2 functions such as risk, requirements, configuration & change, information management (BIM) to ensure sharing of information and consideration of risks and issues.
• You will be expected to 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.

Skills:

• Authoring and review of technical documentation
• Delivery of educational briefings/presentations
• Competent in digital data and information analysis and trend reporting
• Quantitatively and qualitatively assess the performance of delivery organisations against of chain against objective requirements

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of problem solving and integration using systems engineering thinking within the infrastructural sector.
• Knowledge with the principles of change and configuration management.
• Understanding of the roles and responsibilities under CDM Regulations 2015, and have knowledge of the European Common Safety Methods guidance
• Knowledge of working within an NEC3 contract environment
• Knowledge of the principles of quality management e.g. ISO 9001

Experience:

• Experience of managing and implementing quality and assurance principles, systems and frameworks on large scale infrastructure projects.
• Experience within a technical background with the experience of liaising with contractors and designers.
• Experience of multi-discipline programmes incl. civils, M&E, architecture, rail systems, rolling stock.

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.

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.