Rail - Rolling Stock Assurance Delivery Manager - NW London

There is a requirement for a Rolling Stock Assurance Delivery Manager on the Crossrail project for at least a year on a contract-basis in North-West London.

Role Brief:

• To manage and support the delivery and acceptance of technical assurance submissions in order to demonstrate compliance of the Crossrail rolling stock with defined regulations, standards and requirements.
• Support the achievement of compliance of the Rolling Stock for Stage 3 (Sponsor, Crossrail Project Functional Requirements (CPFR) and Operating Concept requirements and Assurance requirements and relevant standards and legislation) by application of a Technical Assurance process complementing the Crossrail Technical Assurance Strategy.
• To support delivery of Rolling Stock assurance activities in respect of achieving the Earliest Opening Programme (EOP) for passenger service, for stages 2 and 3 and subsequently stages 4 and 5.
• Co-ordinate the assurance related interfaces of the Rolling Stock with all other Crossrail disciplines and 3rd parties, including Infrastructure Managers and the Crossrail train operating company - MTRC.
• Support the identification and management of Rolling Stock assurance and overall railway systems assurance risks.
• Develop testing strategies for the integration of the Rolling Stock with the Central Section and Network Rail infrastructure.
• Create appropriate assurance progress trackers, dashboards and visual-reporting metrics:
  • for reporting the status of assurance to senior management;
  • for driving the progress of assurance deliverables from the supply chain and interfacing teams.
• Develop and implement processes to demonstrate assurance across system interface boundaries.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience of the application and use of the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSM RA).
• Experience of undertaking assurance / compliance activities within the UK rail industry.
• Awareness of Interoperability Regulations, Railway Group Standards and other laws and standards applicable to rolling stock and infrastructure interfaces.
• Project management experience including knowledge of schedule management, risk/issue management, approvals & acceptance, quality, safety matters, programme and reporting.
• Experience of rolling stock engineering within the railway operating or manufacturing industries.
• Familiarity with working in a major railway project environment.
• Educated to Degree level in a mechanical, electrical discipline or equivalent level of practical experience.
• Membership of a professional engineering institution holding Chartered status.
• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders and deal with competing interests in an inclusive and pragmatic manner.