Associate OLE Rail Director

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Job Description
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An opportunity has become available for an Associate Rail Director within OLE Design at AECOM, to undertake the leadership and act as a CEM on multi-disciplinary rail schemes, working closely with the respective discipline Contractor's Responsible Engineers as well as with all key stakeholders associated with the projects.

Here's what you'll do:

• Lead: Undertake the multi- design co-ordination including signalling, overhead line, third rail, civils and power.
• Provide the checks of design deliverables completed by members of the team in accordance with company procedures.
• Provide Expertise: The role will require experience of OLE design and will include acting as the Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) for the delivery of multi-disciplinary schemes nationwide as well as in the capacity of a Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE)
• Collaborate: Lead the team briefings and apply technical initiatives to improve quality, standards cascade to teams and undertaking Performance Reviews for individuals. Keeping up to date with industry best practice and where appropriate apply best practice within the team environment.
• Ensure Quality: The emphasis will be on the delivery of projects to appropriate quality standards, whilst achieving excellence in technical quality and ensuring that an integrated multi-discipline engineering efficiency is achieved Specific tasks to be performed are inclusive of the following:
• Provide Excellence: Provide the multi-design co-ordination including signalling, overhead line, third rail, civils and power.
• Safety and Security: Ensure the technical quality of deliverables – undertaking checks of design deliverables completed by members of the team in accordance with company procedures. Timely delivery in accordance with design programmes. Manage personal / team budgets and resourcing to achieve financial targets. Ensure the design teams understand and apply a Safe By Design approach. Ensure the design teams understand, apply in design and are advocates for a Common Safety Method (CSM) approach on our projects.

Specific Skills Required
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• Previous experience in leading teams and undertaking performance reviews with staff
• Demonstrable experience in the performing the role of the Engineering Manager is high profile projects
• Knowledge of maintenance practices and construction methodologies and the ability to consider/define requirements within design development.
• Knowledge of system interfaces which impact on track design principles and demonstrable experience if the successful management of interfaces within design experience.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to develop and deliver presentations, preparation of technical reports and knowledge about project management.

Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what's possible?
Here's what we're looking for:

• Demonstrable experience and understanding of railway OLE throughout the engineering process from project inception to delivery, specifically on Network Rail Infrastructure.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work within teams as part of an Alliance arrangement whilst having a dedicated approach to working within and meeting strict project deadlines
• Good communication skills when dealing with clients, developers, consultants, elected representatives and the public
• Client focused approach to service delivery
• Previous Contractor's Engineering Management experience in rail projects within OLE

Additional Information
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