Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Known for working on major projects such as HS2 − the UK’s new high-speed railway, we are building, upgrading, and maintaining the country’s infrastructure for future generations.
Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.
We are looking for a Technical Assurance engineer to join us on our HS2 project. The Technical Assurance team are responsible for capturing, developing and demonstrating compliance to Client and Stakeholder requirements, facilitating configuration and technical change management. We provide the framework for managing technical assurance activities to achieve self-assured and contractually compliant delivery of the project.
The postholder will work closely with the Core and Area Technical Assurance Managers, Requirements Managers and key technical leads within the project team to ensure that project delivery (Design and Construction) is complaint to the process and procedures. The role will also support related activities such as Configuration and Technical Change Management; Project and Programme Management.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.
You'll be Responsible for :
1. Provide support and guidance on processes and procedures governing Technical Assurance and compliant delivery to project teams
2. Work with project teams, subcontractors and subject matter experts to ensure that certification requirements have been met
3. Define applicable requirements for each work package, and identify appropriate verification & validation evidence
4. Contribute to Technical Assurance activities required to achieve L3 Certification
5. Assist the Technical Assurance Managers with progress reviews of work package specific Technical Assurance deliverables
6. Assist with maintaining and monitoring technical changes, standards baselines and work package deliverables
7. Assist and facilitate with administrative activities (document reviews; collating information; attend meetings; minutes; reporting; etc.)
8. Understand the Client and Joint Venture Partners' Environment and Sustainability Policies, Processes and statutory requirements as they affect the company's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are implemented on the project
The Ideal Candidate
9. Formal education in an Engineering related subject would be advantageous
10. Exposure to, or an interest in Systems Engineering and Technical Assurance
11. Two years’ experience working within engineering
12. Experience within Civil Engineering or Rail would be advantageous
13. Familiarity with requirements management tools
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.