We currently have an opportunity for a Designated Project Engineer for our Rail client.
Job role:
- Implement client systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other technical activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation. Liaise with regulators and others as appropriate.
- Engineer Projects to the standards and specification of the client, allocated design and construction contracts include reference to and are compliant with appropriate Railway Group and company standards, formal specifications and procedures.#
- Manage all engineering activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost and quality.
- Maintain the use of relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to allocated projects and manage the environmental aspects of allocated projects in accordance with the clients environmental policy.
- Monitor design and specialist consultants and contractors to assure the quality of supply chain outputs.
- Provide project management advice in respect of all construction activities, including testing and commissioning and site supervision. Manage the design and/or construction elements of relevant projects meet the requirements of current legislation, including construction design management (CDM) regulations.Monitor the competency of both internal and contractor’s design/construction/specialists personnel are competent to assure the quality of supply chain outputs.
- Undertake reviews of design and/or construction activities. Arrange audits of contractors monitoring safety, environment and quality of design, construction, testing and commissioning and management systems is adequate
- Carry out the duties of designated project engineer (DPE) to fulfil the requirements of Network Rail engineering management standards and procedures.
Required:
- Successful relevant experience in engineering disciplines, ideally with involvement in construction and design projects across multi discipline areas.
- Technical qualifications to HNC/HND or equivalent GNVQ level in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Knowledge of quality assurance.
- An understanding of the arrangements required for the independent assessment of work.
- CDM, risk assessment, engineering management competency.
- Demonstrable skills in initiating and building positive working relationships with customers, their team and stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of effective team working, helping and supporting others and sharing knowledge skills and experience
- Demonstrable ability to make timely decisions and to think ahead
- Demonstrable experience of being focussed on their own and others safety and in understanding the implications of their behaviour and the safety rules
- Demonstrable experience of seeking ways to improve ways of working, being open to change and doing things differently
Thsi role can be based in either London or York and is inside IR35 (NO CIS or Ltd company)