Technical Assurance Manager London Or Birmingham Job In London

Technical Assurance Manager


London and Birmingham

We are currently working with a client organisation specialising in high-speed rail projects who are looking to expand their teams in both London and Birmingham by recruiting Technical Assurance Managers. As Technical Assurance Manager, you will be ensuring that there is a correct and consistent application of the technical assurance processes across one of more Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) and/or group of contracts. You will be supporting the application and review of the technical assurance regime, setting of processes, and reporting on compliance from delivery perspective.



As Technical Assurance Manager your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure consistent application of technical assurance processes by the supply chain and HS2 across one or more sets of delivery contracts.
• Ensure the supply chain adequately and progressively self-assures its own works within the IPT.
• Review and accept technical assurance completion evidence submissions from the supply chain.
• Review ongoing levels of capability and competency within the supply chain and HS2 and identify areas requiring support to de-risk the delivery of technically assured products.
• To own and present data-based reporting on IPT adherence to technical assurance; through the provision of analysis and control metrics such that the progress of the contracts and IPTs can be monitored, corrected and understood.
• Facilitate user feedback on HS2 procedures to the relevant technical group/author thus supporting continuous improvement of HS2 technical assurance ways of working.
• Produce HS2 assurance processes as required by the Lead Technical Assurance Manager.
• Oversee the HS2 application of additional verification activities ensuring that it is commensurate with a justifiable risk-based approach to ensure a fully assured product is received by HS2.
• Support the HS2 Head of Engineering and Environment & the IPT to manage additional verification activity processes and gathering of technical evidence.
• Support assurance activities and audits including identifying areas of concern, the preparation of content, collation of evidence and completion of reports.
• Liaise with other HS2 functions such as risk, requirements, configuration & change, information management (BIM) to ensure sharing of information and consideration of risks and issues.
• You will be expected to 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.

Job requirements:

• Authoring and review of technical documentation.
• Delivery of educational briefings/presentations.
• Competent in digital data and information analysis and trend reporting.
• Quantitatively and qualitatively assess the performance of delivery organisations against of chain against objective requirements.
• Knowledge of problem solving and integration using systems engineering thinking within the infrastructural sector.
• Knowledge with the principles of change and configuration management.
• Understanding of the roles and responsibilities under CDM Regulations 2015, and have knowledge of the European Common Safety Methods guidance.
• Knowledge of working within an NEC3 contract environment.
• Knowledge of the principles of quality management e.g. ISO 9001
• Knowledge of Design Engineering

Type of Experience:

• Experience of managing and implementing quality and assurance principles, systems, and frameworks on large scale infrastructure projects.
• Experience within a technical background with the experience of liaising with contractors and designers.
• Experience of multi-discipline programmes incl. civils, M&E, architecture, rail systems, rolling stock.

As mentioned, this role is based in either London or Birmingham. If this position is of interest dont hesitate to get in touch with Erin at Critical Project Resourcing.

Required Qualifications

• Technical Certification or equivalent