Birmingham - Senior Rolling Stock Engineer

Birmingham United Kingdom

Base salary £ 47 450pa to c £ 59 300pa depending on skills and experience In addition we offer flexible benefits fund of 20 which is paid on top of 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

• Support finalisation of initial rolling stock tender evaluation and contract including negotiations with Tenderers
• Ensure that appointed rolling stock contractor delivers rolling stock to the technical aspects of the contract
• Develop and validate the requirements for future rolling stock
• Engage with external stakeholders (including client train operator Network Rail approval bodies rail user groups) throughout the procurement and delivery of the fleet to ensure stakeholder needs are understood and managed to successful conclusion
• Develop the rolling stock maintenance depot and stabling strategy and requirements
• Provide overall programme assurance for the rolling stock following a systems engineering approach as appropriate to a major complex engineering programme
• Provide from a rolling stock perspective strategic direction within the business to ensure successful programme outcomes and integration of the rolling stock with the wider system programme
• Develop and contribute to development of the system strategies and policies which will deliver the railway capability while mitigating the environmental impacts within the programme and budget
• Provide leadership of specialist and consultancy resource
• Commission and oversee the delivery of studies to enable robust system design decision making
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work Support and comply with all organisational initiatives policies and procedures on EDI

• Systems Engineering and Requirements
• Able to develop and manage rigorous traceable technical requirements to facilitate successful execution of engineering contracts
• Able to use best practice systems engineering principles and tools to facilitate the integration of the railway system and management of its interfaces
• Communication Skills able to communicate complex issues to a broad and diverse audience in a range of formats including reports briefings and presentations
• Capacity to learn and develop knowledge of a wide range of rail systems engineering processes and tools and railway operational principles
• Influencing and negotiation skills able to develop relationships with stakeholders and negotiate complex agreements
• Planning and management skills for development and delivery of programmes requiring the contribution of multiple individuals inputs and any other resources
• Skills for the commissioning of work packages able to prepare clear remits for the specification governance of external work

• Degree-qualified in relevant engineering subject (e g mechanical electrical software) ideally a chartered engineer or similar level of experience
• Technical knowledge of the breadth of train design including some knowledge of
• Operational functionality train con