1.           ACCOUNTABILITIES (These are a series of statements that describe the main areas this job is accountable for. Most jobs have between six and ten statements. Each accountability should make clear what is done and the results that have to be achieved)

·    Lead the delivery of safe and affordable design solutions that meet requirements and ensure value for money at each stage of the HS2 development.

·    Manage and guide PSCs, drawing on expertise from within HS2 to inform and support PSCs in delivering design work that complies with HS2 contractual and commercial requirements.

·     Identify, assess and manage design risks within the project.

·    Ensure technical submissions comply with the accepted format and design requirements.

·    Lead the provision of expert technical and engineering input, designs, documentation and responses required to support the hybrid bill through parliament including additional provisions, freedom of information requests, and technical requests.

·    Attend public consultation and planning forums, working with local communities to identify priorities and meet with petitioners and affected parties to understand their concerns so as to develop the design.

·    Liaise with external stakeholders to fully capture their input and balance that with the overall HS2 business and technical requirements.

·    Explore opportunities for developing local community benefits and solutions.

·    Manage a team of Engineers ensuring objectives and personnel development targets are set and achieved.

·      Act as Principal Designer as defined by CDM.

·      Identify value engineering opportunities

·      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.

5.     REQUIRED CRITERIA (Please make clear the skills, knowledge, type of experience and behavioural competencies required in order to do the job in a fully effective way. Anything you put in this section must be capable of objective assessment)

SKILLS

·       Ability to carry out robust independent checks on a wide variety of designs and produce, interpret and assess specifications, standards and technical reports.

·     Ability to resolve complex design problems, demonstrating a tenacious approach to tackling problems whilst maintaining attention to detail.

·     Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with a range of multidisciplinary stakeholders, demonstrating influencing skills.

·     Ability to communicate, engage and influence a variety of external stakeholders at public forums.

·     Ability to communicate complex issues to stakeholders.

·     Literacy and communication skills

·     Interpersonal and influencing skills

·       Team management, planning and organisational skills

·       Ability to deliver to agreed deadlines whilst gathering input from other functions.

KNOWLEDGE

·      Knowledge of engineering design principles required to achieve optimal design outputs.

·      Degree in civil or mechanical engineering

·       Chartered engineer (or equivalent relevant experience).

TYPE OF EXPERIENCE

·     Experience of managing design and engineering, ranging from feasibility to detail design, working on a large, complex infrastructure project.

·       Experience of civil contractor management and compliance.