Rail - Technical Assurance Co-ordinator - Westferry

There is a requirement for a Technical Assurance Co-ordinator on the Crossrail project for at least 12-months on a contract-basis in East London.

Role Brief:

• To manage and co-ordinate all aspects and activities associated with concession applications submitted by contractors when the design/construction does not meet Engineering Standards, and to support the Technical Assurance planning and coordination for the Project.
• Implement the process for recording and gaining acceptance of all concessions against agreed Standards with the relevant Standard owner.
• Support the Chief Engineer, Delivery Teams and contractors to ensure concession requests are of the appropriate quality to facilitate timely approval in support of the overall programme.
• Maintain the mechanism for recording and tracking concessions through to acceptance by the Standard owner and where appropriate suggest improvements to the process.
• Run appropriate reports to communicate the status of concessions to key stakeholders and produce these with the required frequency.
• Supporting the Head of Technical Assurance in day to day team activities.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Professional qualification in engineering or an associated discipline (Desirable).
• Experience/Knowledge of working in an engineering environment.
• Good working knowledge of eB or other EDMS.
• Experience of document control best practices.
• Ability to run reports, review statistics and monitor metrics.
• Knowledge of Technical Assurance activities for major project eg. Standards/Concessions Management in the context of major infrastructure projects, preferably within the rail industry.
• Ability to interface with railway domain specialists, design managers and construction project managers, in a competent professional manner.
• Proficiency in Excel and Good working knowledge of other Microsoft Packages.