Assistant Engineering Manager - Job Description

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CROSSRAIL

JOB

DESCRIPTION

Title of Post:

Assistant Engineering Manager (Railway Systems)

Department:

Chief Engineer

Directorate:

Technical

Reports to:

Engineering Manager

Band:

CRL 2

Date:

July 2015

1. Purpose of the Job To provide engineering leadership to the Tier 1 Systemwide multi-disciplinary Contractor, to facilitate resolution of interface issues, to check quality and delivery to schedule of contractor submissions. 2. Principal Accountabilities 

As part of the Chief Engineer’s Group and supporting the Engineering Manager and the Project Manager on a frequent and detailed basis, expediting sign off to the Contractor’s designs, maintaining the integrity of the project requirements and the project programme.

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Assisting with the coordination, facilitation and management of interfaces, including third party interfaces , both internal and external.

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Monitoring workflow, supervising and tracking progress and supporting the change control process.

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Assisting with the optimisation of all engineering and development activities to result in schemes that meet programme requirements for time, cost and quality.

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Inputting to the development and maintenance of quality-assured design office processes and procedures, coordinated with other contracts and other relevant CRL groups.

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Maintaining communications and process links (in accordance with agreed process maps and communication matrices) to optimise design development.

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Working with the Engineering Manager to ensure the Contractor develops and maintains the necessary Design Logs and Hazard Logs to form part of close out handover documentation.

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Assisting with reviews of Contractor’s progress and compliance including Contractor technical submissions.

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Providing guidance, direction and briefing to the Contractors.

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Supporting production of, and responses to, Early Warning Notices (EWN) / Request For Information (RFI) and Non Conformance Reports (NCR) as required.

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For any agreed changes, assisting with monitoring and reporting on the design and deliverables such that the design is delivered on time and to budget meeting Crossrail requirements.

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For any agreed changes, assisting with managing the interface arrangements such that other disciplines are supplied with information to allow their progression.

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Providing input to reports on Contractor performance on cost, progress and technical issues.

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Assisting with the review of the Contractor’s compliance with their responsibilities, as designers, to satisfy Employer’s Requirements and Standards, including Undertakings & Assurances, Environmental requirements, CDM obligations.

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Discharging its duties under the CDM Regulations 2015, complying with the CRL management arrangements for CDM, within their area of responsibility.

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Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to the Crossrail Target Zero principles.

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Co-operate with Crossrail in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times.

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Act as a role model for Crossrail’s vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with Crossrail’s Ways of Working. Encourage and support others to do so too.

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Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues.

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Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put Crossrail’s information or information systems at risk.

3. Main challenges of the job 

The volume, speed and variety of the issues to be addressed

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Maintaining the design configuration

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Complying with the project programme

4. Dimensions & Interfaces (both internal and external) Key working relationships: 

Engineering Manager

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Manager of Engineering

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Chief Engineer

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Heads of Discipline

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Project Manager

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Project Field Engineers and Field Engineers

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Contractors Designers

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5. Person Specification 

Degree qualified engineer (or equivalent experience)

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Has, or working towards a professional qualification in a railway systems discipline, or mechanical or electrical engineering

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A good knowledge of development, design and construction of major projects

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A good knowledge of project design delivery systems and processes on major projects

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Understanding of project controls processes

Signature of Job Holder : ...…............................................

Date: ...........................

Signature of Line Manager: ................................................

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