Technical Change Manager
HS2 LtdBirmingham, United Kingdom, West Midlands
Overview
This is a public transport role with HS2 Ltd based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Base salary: £54,878pa to £64,562pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% 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.
Technical Change Manager Job Purpose
As Technical Change Manager within the Rail Development Directorate (RDD), you will be responsible for the management and coordination of technical change across RDD contracts, supporting the application of governance for changes to technical requirements and baselines across the programme. You will ensure that change is effectively defined, assessed, authorised, implemented and tracked, maintaining the integrity and configuration of technical baselines throughout the lifecycle.
You will coordinate the assurance and governance of technical change, ensuring that changes are verified and validated in line with organisational standards and procedures. By applying the technical change procedures effectively, you will ensure consistency, manage risks to cost, schedule and scope, and support programme-level decision-making.
- Manage and coordinate the application of approved technical change and configuration management procedures across RDD contracts, ensuring consistency and compliance with RDD governance procedures.
- Coordinate the communication of technical change, including maintaining dashboards and facilitating regular engagement with stakeholders to track instructed, in-progress and forthcoming changes.
- Liaise with the Requirements team to manage and coordinate changes to technical requirements and baselines, ensuring timely instruction and implementation across contracts.
- Review Verification and Validation (V&V) matrices submitted by contracts, working collaboratively with stakeholders and third parties to agree configuration states, success criteria and levels of evidence.
- Review and coordinate the implementation of technical changes agreed through the Technical & Change Forum (TCF) and issued as Technical Change Communications (TCCs), ensuring applicability and appropriate adoption across contracts.
- Manage and maintain TCC registers, coordinating inputs required for business impact assessments, supply chain engagement and programme reporting.
- Draft and coordinate the issuance of TCCs, liaising with document control and delivery teams to ensure timely instruction ahead of baseline updates.
- Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives relating to technical change and TCC processes, in line with direction from the Technical Services Lead.
- Work in accordance with RDD technical assurance and governance procedures, supporting their effective implementation across the programme.
- Support assurance activities, including coordination of LoD1 documentation from PSCs and production of LoD2 assurance reports.
- Manage and review interface management activities, including Interface Control Documents (ICDs), interface matrices and reporting dashboards, engaging with relevant stakeholders across phases.
- Provide support and deputise for the Technical Services Lead at Technical & Change Forum (TCF), HS2 Technical Authority Panels (TAuP) and other governance forums as required.
- Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), complying with organisational policies and initiatives.
- Undertake additional responsibilities as required, in line with the evolving needs of the programme.
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