Senior E&M Engineer
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | London Euston & Hybrid |
| Area | London, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | £75 - 81,760 + Pen(6:12) + health + 25 days |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 07881022741 |
| Job Ref | HS200106 |
| Job Views | 419 |
- Description
- Senior Mechanical & Electrical (Electrical Bias) Engineer is required to working for the Client Organisation (HS2) responsible for the New High-Speed Rail project in the UK this is a multi-billion-pound high-speed railway to directly link the city centres of: London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. The role sits within the Chief Engineering Group (Central Engineering) working in specialist, highly regarded M&E and Power department.
The Senior Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) Engineer provides technical and professional support for M&E Engineering, developing standards and technical requirements for the discipline. They provide assurance that design and construction of M&E assets meet project requirements and work to resolve issues where appropriate.
Reporting to the Head of Power and M&E Engineering, you must be a Subject Matter Expert in E&M (Electrical LV Power) Systems and have the ability on occasion to step into the Technical Authority role for meetings. The Mechanical & Electrical Systems requirements have largely been finished specified & defined. Currently the Mechanical & Electrical Systems is out to tender with tender award this year. Once awarded the role will provide assurance that the design, construction, and indeed testing & commissioning phase meet project requirements, ensure integration with the other disciplines and work to resolve issues where appropriate.
The winner of the £498m Tunnel and Lineside M&E package will be a Principal Contractor, delivering the design, supply, manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance (until handover) of the Phase One and Phase 2a Tunnel and Lineside M&E systems. This includes the tunnel services within the shafts, tunnels and cross-passages, low voltage power services and distribution in the open route. The following organisations have bid for the tender: Alstom Transport UK Ltd and Costain Group PLC.
The post holder can decide the following:
- Makes decisions with respect to planning, prioritising and delivering Mechanical & Electrical systems work for self and others.
- Makes strategic decisions based on sound technical judgement to offer robust, cost effective solutions to meet HS2 requirements.
- Make recommendations to governance panels on the best technical, cost effective solution to meet HS2 requirements
Dimensions
- Job holder will have a significant impact on the specification and award of contracts associated with HS2 Mechanical & Electrical systems, proportionally worth up to £500M across all phases of the project. This represents a significant proportion of the scheme’s total value in terms of capital expenditure and will have a significant impact on the potential operational cost.
- The job holder will shape the technical solutions to meet the operational, technical and functional requirements of HS2 Mechanical & Electrical systems.
- The jobholder will influence whole life costs through works carried out while developing and specifying the system and through activities such as value engineering.
Working Situation – Hybrid
Role is based from Euston London coupled with Hybrid working – company expectation is to work 2 days a week from the office and the rest of the time at home. Overall this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from, however, if you wish to be based front the office more you can.
London £75 – 80,760 + Pen (6:12) + Health + 25 days
Duties & Responsibilities
Support development of requirements, specifications and standards which deliver M&E systems such that they meet HS2 objectives;
- Support the development of requirements, specifications and standards which delivery M&E capability, while mitigating environmental impacts, within the programme budget.
- Provide technical expertise and advice relating to M&E systems to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders as required;
- Support in assuring that the design for M&E systems on the HS2 Railway is configured and installed in accordance with standards and technical requirements and where necessary support in resolving issues in accordance with HS2 Governance Procedures;
- Support engagement and consultation with internal teams impacted by M&E design, particularly Infrastructure Management and Systems Delivery teams, ensuring that all relevant systems and sub-systems are considered providing a holistic approach;
- Support the definition and the management of interfaces between M&E systems and other infrastructure systems including those owned and operated by London Underground Ltd, Network Rail and utility companies;
- Develop and implement 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;
- 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.
Required Criteria
Overview:
Looking for a qualified Senior M&E Engineer with an Electrical Bias youwill need experience & knowledge to enable you to be a Subject Matter Expert in M&E Systems, especially Electrical LV power systems. Your experience could be from Contractor, Client or Consultant, but understand the assurance role required as a Client. In addition, you must be a confident communicator with strong leadership skills. Must have experience within the delivery stage (Detailed Design & build) on Railway infrastructure could be Network Rail, Transport for London, Crossrail, HS2, CTRL … & understand integration with other railways systems.
Skills:
- Able to provide specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to project development / delivery teams but knowing when to seek further guidance from other Subject Matter Experts or others.
- Capable of being a Standard Owner, working under the guidance of the Standard Discipline Owner.
- Able to provide technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support project development / delivery teams, working under supervision of line manager (or delegate).
- 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 many other 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.
