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Change and Configuration Management Lead

Electus Recruitment Solutions
Posted 17 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

London, Greater London W3 6UU, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Systems / Change and Configuration Management Lead role requires in-depth knowledge of change management within the rail industry and an understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.
  • This position is responsible for managing the technical change process across the HS2 project, focusing on the Southern portion of the Main Works Civils, including tunnels and bridges.
  • Candidates should have extensive experience in configuration/change management processes for major projects and ideally be a Chartered Engineer or possess equivalent experience.
  • The role offers a competitive salary and is a contract position for an initial 6 months, with flexible working arrangements including some home working.
  • Key responsibilities include maintaining change management processes, conducting configuration audits, and liaising with various teams to ensure effective change assessment.

Your in depth understanding of change and configuration management within the rail industry and an appreciation of the systems engineering lifecycle will help you to support major works and changes carried out by the on HS2. As a Systems / Change and Configuration Management Lead, you will be responsible for leading the change and configuration management team to manage the technical change process across the project and maintain configuration management.You will have the opportunity to work for a joint venture that brings together an industry-leading combination of tried, tested and successful partnerships, world-wide high-speed rail and civil experience and extensive national and regional knowledge. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.   About the job: This role will be responsible for the Southern portion of the Main Works Civils for the HS2 Project, including Tunnels, Portals and Headhouses, Bridges and Earthworks associated MEP Highways and Utility Works from Euston to the western outskirts of London.The size and complexity of the project requires particular attention to ensure compatibility is maintained in light of emergent changes to the many various elements of work, changes to the clients requirements and the impact of these on the many interfaces to third party stakeholders and the other HS2 works.As the Systems Engineering Lead (Change and Configuration Management), you will be responsible for leading the change and configuration management team to manage the technical change process across the project and maintain configuration management. Key Responsibilities•    Maintain Change Management process.•    Manage the technical change resulting from external and internal change requests through the Change Management Process•    Coordinate and run the Engineering Change Panels to facilitate effective review and technical endorsement of proposed and instructed technical changes. •    Maintain a register of technical changes including the actions and their status to progress through the assessment and implementation process.  •    Liaise with the various design and construction leads, various specialists and subcontracts to ensure changes are assessed from all relevant perspectives, activities are planned and undertaken. •    Review change impact assessments to ensure sufficient quality.•    Undertake configuration audits and produce the Configuration Status Reports for all design and construction packages.•    Maintain change and configuration registers and deliver regular training.•    Maintain registers of the project and subcontractors’ technical baselines, and undertake regular review of the document and contract management systems to identify changes to the baselines;•    Prepare and deliver briefings to promote awareness of the change management process and activities within the project team. •    Contribute to the continued improvement of the change management processes and systemsAbout you: As a Change and Configuration Management lead, your skills and qualifications will include:•    Chartered Engineer or significant experience of working at equivalent level in a project environment.•    Extensive Experience of the application of configuration / change management processes in major projects;•    Knowledge and experience of the regulatory environment and statutory obligations relating to major rail infrastructure / construction projects or equivalent;•    Capable of working collaboratively and effectively with project delivery teams, management and the project leadership, clients, sub-contractors, regulatory bodies and other major stakeholders, credible in building relationships with all levels of internal and external stakeholders;•    High standard of verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, able to effectively communicate technical concepts to variety of audiences;•    Awareness of the various disciplines involved in delivering major railway projects, their roles and responsibilities.•    Good information management and analytical skills, able to quickly and efficiently seek out the relevant and pertinent points from large volumes of project information.Systems Engineering Lead (Change and Configuration Management)London (with some home working)Competitive rate Contract – initial 6 monthsFlexible workingKeywords: Systems engineer, Rail, HS2, Requirements, Design, Analyse, Construction, Analysis, V&V, DOORS, System, Tunnels, Change, Configuration Management.Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.  This is a contract position. 

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.