Project Engineer - Civil Works, Euston Station
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Euston, London |
| Area | London, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | £50 - 60,000 + 12:6% + Health Cost Plan |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 01242 802642 |
| Job Ref | HS961 |
| Job Views | 1162 |
- Description
- The High Speed 2 project is the new multi-billion-pound high-speed railway to directly link the city centres of: London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester completing in 2033.
Project Engineer is required to work on the very high profile Euston Station - this will be one of the iconic projects on the HS2 programme. In addition you will have a chance to really shape the project in conjunction with the Construciton Partner whom have recently been awarded.
1. JOB PURPOSE
Project Engineer role to undertake and support the targeted assurance of scheme design and detail design in conjunction with the HS2 station works at Euston, working in collaboration with the wider HS2 client team for the Enabling Works Contract, Station Design Services Contract and the subsequent Construction Partner contract which will carry out detailed design and construction of the HS2 Euston station.
Provide specialist professional and technical support on project engineering issues to the project team to ensure effective and efficient delivery of projects to time, budget and quality.
2. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
- Reports to the Senior Project Engineer for the Euston Station sector
- Functional reporting to the HS2 Head of Building Services.
- 3. ROLE OF DIRECTORATE/DEPARTMENT
The HS2 Phase One directorate is a matrix organisation with four delivery areas (South, Central, North and Railway Systems). These teams are expressly concerned with delivering the agreed proposed scope of works to cost and programme. To help deliver this objective they are supported by various functional groups, including Engineering, Environment, Health, Safety and Security, Commercial and Project Controls. This role falls within the Engineering team within the Phase 1 Directorate.
4. ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Support to the interface with other external technical stakeholders impacted by the Euston station and associated works.
- Provide technical advice to project teams within area of expertise, ensuring project deliverables meet quality requirements, are on time and to budget.
- As part of a project team provide engineering support ensuring that technical standards are being applied through critical examination of contractors design submissions throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure contractors’ compliance with applicable standards, specifications and procedures.
- Undertake detailed review of project quality plans and develop QICC documentation for presentation to the Senior Project Engineer and recommend the acceptance of assets into the business.
- Advise on method statements, interpretation of engineering standards and suggest improvements to the contractor, in particular where safety, reliability and risk issues are identified.
- Critically review and report on documents and activities such as work specifications, working instructions, operational safety plans, project engineering designs and commissioning plans and propose improvement where this is appropriate.
- Contribute to successful system integration through involvement of relevant disciplines and parties.
- 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.
5. REQUIRED CRITERIA
SKILLS
- Ability to plan, implement and manage projects to deliver to time, budget and quality.
- Good understanding of contract and risk management principles.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels across the organisation.
KNOWLEDGE
- An Engineering Degree and/or Higher National qualifications.
- Chartered Engineer Status or qualifications leading to Chartered Status together with membership of an appropriate professional institution.
- Knowledge of and ideally experience in CDM requirements.
TYPE OF EXPERIENCE
- Experience of the design or assurance of construction works associated with infrastructure works for Network Rail, London Underground or similar including acceptance criteria.
- Demonstrated experience of management of interfaces with other disciplines including MEP, civil and architectural and technical stakeholders. Ideally this would include experience in a rail environment, including NR, LUL or TfL interfaces.
- Experience of preparing and obtaining Asset Protection agreements for 3rd party works in the vicinity of Network Rail, London Underground/TfL infrastructure.
- Experience of providing professional and technical advice, guidance and support on project engineering issues.
- Experience of project engineering in one discipline area and working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Relevant experience of railway engineering systems and equipment, and implementation.
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Provide technical leadership.
- Act with integrity.
- Respect all stakeholder and actively listen to their views.
- Provide clear recommendations but take time to explain to stakeholders why their comments have not been incorporated.
- Collaboration and Relationship Management.
- Results Oriented.
6. DECISION MAKING
This role is responsible for engineering activity on a specific work stream within the specific stated geographical area only. Any unresolved technical issues will need to be referred to the Senior Project Engineer and Head of Project Engineering for the respective Area Delivery team.
7. DIMENSIONS
- No direct reports.
- No direct budgetary management responsibility.
8. KEY CONTACTS
This role will report directly to a Senior Project Engineer for the respective Area Delivery team. Consulting where appropriate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will be critical to assure that there is a consistent and integrated approach on technical issues across all Area Delivery teams.
9. COMPLEXITY
- Developing documentation which meets the requirement to be a “Right Sized Client”.
- Developing documentation which are non-structure specific.
- Assuring, on a risk based approach, that the Project will meet the Employers requirements.
