Lead E&B Engineer Full Time

HS2
Job Description

Base salary: £63050pa to c.£78800pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top 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 Lead Earthing & Bonding (E&B) Engineer you’ll provide technical and professional leadership for E&B Engineering, leading on the development of standards and technical requirements for the discipline. They provide assurance that design and construction of E&B assets meet project requirements and work to resolve issues where appropriate.

About the role:

• Technical lead of the Earthing & Bonding (E&B) Engineering discipline;
• Lead the development of requirements, specifications and standards which deliver E&B engineering such that it delivers HS2 objectives, mitigates environmental impacts and ensures a safe system, compliant with legislation and standards within the programme budget;
• Provide technical expertise and advice relating to E&B systems to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders as required;
• Assure that the design for E&B systems 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 the Lead System Engineer in engaging and consulting as appropriate with internal teams impacted by E&B design, ensuring that all relevant disciplines are considered providing an integrated and holistic approach;
• Support the Lead System Engineer to ensure an integrated, consistent approach to delivering E&B design, delivering the range of activities associated with the advisory and client role of the Technical Authority;
• Ensure that HS2 Technical Governance arrangements are followed, carry out peer reviews and make recommendations for improvements where necessary;
• 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 delivery teams.
• 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

About You:

• 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 Expert or others.
• Capable of being a Standard Owner, working under the guidance of the Standard Discipline Owner.
• Can communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based largely on examples of application.
• Can evidence application of many principles relating to standards, safety and the environment and able to articulate the rest.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards, activity on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme.

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.

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. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

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.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.