VolkerRail Major Projects is an expert in collaborative working through joint ventures and alliance schemes. Collaborative working agreements are a proven strategy for delivering large, complex railway projects, and through its strong relationships with other major contractors, VolkerRail Major Projects has helped to deliver several of the biggest rail projects over the last decade.
The SID is a fully integrated team that will bring together the strengths, capabilities, and knowledge of the partners and Network Rail. It will own the renewals work bank, manage it at portfolio level and drive a transition to a production management ethos. The SID is commercially aligned and jointly incentivised creating a ‘share in success’ environment. Business partners within the alliance will generate profit through performance against the Final Determination. The four partners, VolkerFitzpatrick, Octavius, Atkins, and VolkerRail are aligned to the core asset disciplines with the fifth partner, Network Rail Minor Works, being multi- disciplinary for low complexity, low value works.
An opportunity has arisen for a Professional Head of ETE to join the Major Projects Business working on the Southern Integrated Delivery project based at Puddle Dock.
You will be responsible for:
Provide professional engineering leadership to engineers throughout VolkerRail, the Company, acting as the Company Technical Authority for engineering activities.
- Identify and specify the required competences and mentor/challenge engineers in all parts of the Company.
- Engage with the wider Central Engineering Team to identify, review, and agree non-discipline specific competencies for inclusion in the role profiles.
- Lead the formulation of Training and Development plans and support the technical development of graduate engineers/trainees through to professional qualifications via a structured programme.
- Engage with the learning and development team to determine suitable training courses and to ensure that they meet the requirements of the business.
- Assess suitability and endorse proposed engineers for nominated roles associated with engineering management.
ETE Operational and Regulatory Standards
- You provide a professional engineering service throughout VolkerRail, primarily focused in Southern Region.
- The Company identifies and complies with all statutory, mandatory, and contractual requirements in respect of its engineering activities.
- You review rail industry and client standards for commercial, safety and technical impact on the Company and ensure appropriate briefings are undertaken for VolkerRail staff and, where appropriate, its subcontractors.
- The identification, development, communication, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of company operational and technical standards, instructions, and procedures are undertaken to comply with legislation, rail industry and client standards.
- You assist, where appropriate, with the implementation of other discipline or non-engineering internal procedures and standards across VolkerRail.
- You engage with the delivery teams on a regular basis in order that the effectiveness of standard or process implementation can be determined; and to further develop internal standards and procedures where appropriate.
ETE Safety Validation
- Assist in the management and safety validation of change, in accordance with VolkerRail standards and procedures.
- Carry out site safety tours and category 3 audits, as required by the business.
Investigations
- Where trained and competent, and requested by the Designated Competent Person, act as lead investigator for investigations into safety or engineering related incidents.
- Offer support to investigations as technical lead for your discipline.
- Where the investigations are of an ETE/Conductor Rail topic, attend the quarterly Investigation Review Meetings or review the meeting output to provide feedback and collate learning for onward communication to your discipline engineering community.
Work Winning
- Support the complete bid/tendering process, as required, within the Company; advising on process, methodology and strategy to enhance the outcome of the bid.
Innovation
- Maintain contacts within the railway industry to ensure VolkerRail maintains a competitive position by use of best practice and innovative techniques.
- Ensure appropriate briefings are delivered to pertinent personnel on all appropriate engineering, business and HSQE matters.
About you
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Meets the educational requirements in UK-SPEC for registration with the Engineering Council for Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the relevant Engineering Institution.
- Relevant Degree.
- Chartered Professional with Fellowship of appropriate institution.
- Significant and demonstrable Senior Engineering Management experience in Rail.
- IOSH accredited Safety Management training.
- IOSH accredited Risk Assessment training.
- IOSH accredited Safety Management training,
- IOSH accredited Risk Assessment training
- IOSH accredited Accident Investigation training.
- Full UK driving licence
If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerRail is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerRail are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
