AMS PSR

Lead EMC Engineer 

Location Birmingham, Snow Hill, United Kingdom

Job Description

Salary: Base salary: £61622 pa to c.£83191 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

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. 

As a Lead EMC Engineer at HS2 you will have a key role in providing technical and professional leadership for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineering, leading on the development of standards and technical requirements for the discipline.  They provide assurance that design and construction of EMC assets meet project requirements and work to resolve issues where appropriate.

About the role:

• Technical lead of the Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) discipline; 
• Lead the development of requirements,specificationsand standards such that they deliver HS2 objectives, mitigates environmental impacts and ensures a safe system, compliant with legislation and standards within the programme budget;
• Provide technicalexpertiseand advice relating to EMC systems to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders asrequired;
• Assure that the design for EMC systems is configured and installedin accordance withstandards and technical requirements and where necessary support in resolving issuesin accordance withHS2 Governance Procedures;
• Support the Lead System Engineer in engaging and consulting asappropriate withinternal teamsimpactedby EMC design, ensuring that all relevant disciplines are considered providing an integrated andholistic approach;
• Support the Lead System Engineer to ensure an integrated, consistent approach to delivering EMC design, delivering the range of activities associated with the advisory and client role of the Technical Authority;
• Ensure that HS2 Technical Governance arrangements are followed, carry out peer reviews and make recommendations for improvements where necessary;
• Develop and implement the use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and helping toidentifyopportunities for efficiencies across Phase 1 and Phase 2 delivery teams.

About You: 

Skills:

• Provides specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific,technicaland engineering principles to those working directly with project development / delivery teams in area or phase.

• Capable of being a Standard Discipline Owner / Subject Matter Expert for area or phase.
• Able to provide specialist technical, commercialmanagementand leadership skills to support project development / delivery teams.
• Ability to communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, basedlargely onexamples of application.
• Ability to apply many principles relating to standards,safetyand the environment and able to articulate the rest.
• Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management,modellingand data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from other Subject Matter Experts

Knowledge:

• Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements
• The application of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, scheduletargetsand the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Understanding of several disciplines
• Chartered Engineer/Membership ofan appropriate professionalinstitution or the equivalent experience.  

Experience:

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards, activity on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme. 
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.

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.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

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.