Head of Delivery

1 month ago

Bicester, United Kingdom HS2 Full time
Job Description

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.

The Head of Delivery role is an HS2 client leadership role accountable for the management of all client functions and the leadership of the client team within the MWCC IPT Area Team, acting as delegate and deputy to the MWCC Project Client. The role is responsible for discharging the client responsibilities within the MWCC IPT and the assuring the safe, compliant, on time and on budget delivery of the applicable civils delivery scope, as part of the overall MWCC IPT delivery programme. The role requires significant level of interface with MWCC and third party stakeholders. The role is required to undertake NEC3 Project Management duties within the MWCC IPT and sits on the IPT Area leadership team and the Client Spine leadership team, to support and enable delivery. In addition, the role is responsible for safeguarding client owned risks and leading HS2 client resources within the MWCC IPT, ensuring accountabilities are fulfilled whilst promoting a collaborative culture both within and across the MWCC IPT.

About the role:
  • Responsible for discharging the duties and obligations of the NEC3 Project Manager as defined by the contract.
  • Responsible for Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM) duties as delegated by the Client Representative.
  • Support establishing, monitoring and leading contract management performance for the MWCC IPT, including identification of emergent or systemic problems, leading to resolution.
  • Act as the HS2 Deputy Client representative for the MWCC IPT.
  • Client responsibility for reviewing and accepting programme schedules for the MWCC IPT.
  • Lead and coordinate the management and mitigation of HS2 programme client owned risks within the MWCC IPT scope.
  • Enable the delivery of client retained third party works (Utilities, On Network Works, and Enabling & Temporary Works) and services by managing interfaces with HS2 Client functions external to the MWCC IPT.
  • To be responsible for leading for HS2 IPT Client Team (Construction & Functions) integrated within the MWCC IPT.
  • Responsible for creating a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing both between and across HS2 and the supply-chain within the MWCC IPT.
  • Responsible for the workforce plan for HS2 resources integrated in the MWCC IPT and for achieving an efficient organisation that delivers value for money.
  • To lead and work with HS2 functional leaders to ensure matrixed MWCC IPT resources are appropriate, capable and performing to expected standards.
  • Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.

About You:

Skills:
  • Stakeholder management - the ability to manage diverse stakeholder groups which includes central government, local government, professional bodies, internal stakeholders and JV board stakeholders.
  • Building effective teams - Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; empowers people; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
  • Conflict Management - Reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can find common ground and get cooperation and constructive outcomes with minimum noise.
  • Decision Quality - Gathering and synthesising information, identifying options and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason, making use of a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data.
  • Clear Direction - Defining and prioritising objectives, analysing inputs, assessing and challenging data, defining strategies and supporting rationales.

Knowledge:
  • Best practice integrated programme delivery management principles within a partnership construct in a matrix client organisation.
  • Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
  • Understanding the elements of a project and programme, defining cost breakdown structures and their relationship to work breakdown structures.
  • Understanding the relationship between contract reporting, project cost reporting, programme and business reporting and the criticality of this to business performance.
  • Understanding risk and contingency management.

Type of Experience:
  • Delivering integrated infrastructure programmes of work, with multiple assets to time, costs and quality considerations.
  • Leading and managing teams across organisational boundaries, in collaborative partnerships, at a senior level, with decision making accountability.
  • Degree level qualification in engineering, construction or building science, commercial or project management, or the equivalent professional experience supported by an appropriate professional accreditation.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will 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.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

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.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

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