Delivery Engineer – Civil & Structural

Delivery Engineer – Civil & Structural

• Closing Date for Applications – 09 May 2018
• Permanent Role
• Band D
• Engineering Maintenance

Heathrow is the UK’s premier international airport and one of the world’s major hub airports, flying people for business, tourism and to visit friends and relatives around the world. We provide the facilities and services for over 80 airlines flying around 75 million passengers a year to over 180 destinations worldwide and play an important economic role connecting the whole of the UK to global growth. As one of the largest single site employers there are over 76,000 people working at Heathrow, for over 400 companies, working together to achieve our vision of giving passengers the best airport service in the world. Heathrow is like a small city – fast moving, diverse, forward thinking – right at the heart of the nation’s global connections and with a world of opportunity.

Job Overview

This is a key role introduced under the banner of an exciting change programme which is transforming engineering in Heathrow airport, by reducing costs, improving performance and increasing employee engagement. The role requires an individual with strong technical skills including inspection delivery and management skills and a self-delivery drive as they will be required to build up Heathrow’s Civil Asset Inspections up from zero self-delivery to full delivery with the exception of Principal Inspection. The individual will also provide technical input and support to the emerging civil asset strategy which is likely to include management of a Preventative Maintenance programme, condition surveys of roads and airfield pavements, prioritisation of defects and reacting to any incidents that require civil response and support such as bridge strikes or tunnel incidents. The incumbent will be expected to work with the Civils Inspection Consultant who will provide Principal Inspection delivery resource along with wider design and technical advice. The role will also be required to support the Civils Delivery Manager as Clients representative for civil assets attending site at agreed points and supporting Business Units Asset Managers and Maintenance Integration with sign off, snagging and acceptance of assets. The role requires strong stakeholder management skills and high energy to engage engineering teams and stakeholders across the airport to deliver the engineering strategy for civil assets. This will include Terminal FM support as well as Airside, Landside and Engineering Business Units. Fundamentally, the role involves frequent face-to-face contact with internal and external stakeholders, third parties, emergency services and other airport operating companies to ensure Engineering at Heathrow delivers safe, compliant and reliable service.

Principle Accountabilities

Inspection:

• Deliver a civil inspection programme that meets requirements of Engineering Standards. This will include identifying when Principal Inspections are due and agreeing delivery with the Framework Consult.
• Self-deliver and management of delivery by the Civils Framework provider of the preparation of inspection methodologies including method statements and job plans. Such documentation shall ensure a safe system of work including Traffic and Pedestrian management through Operations as required.
• Undertake civil asset examination and assessment in accordance with Engineering Standards, to include General Inspections, Building Inspections, Road Visual Inspections and street lighting column inspections.
• Self-deliver and management of delivery by the Civils Framework provider of civil asset assessment calculations in accordance with Engineering Standards.
• Preparing inspection and assessment reports in accordance with Engineering Standards.
• Reviewing inspection reports to ensure quality is acceptable. Review defects and organise / implement immediate rectification for safety and high priority defects and manage remaining defects through the PM regime.
• Support and audit framework consultants delivery of Principal Inspections and other specialist inspections such as Earthwork inspections, SCRIMM / Scanner Inspections

Maintenance

• Provide technical input and support to the Civil Delivery Manager in developing and delivering the emerging civil asset strategy including undertaking surveys, inspections, and assessing degradation.
• Produce and manage a work bank of defects that will feed into a Preventative Maintenance programme. This would include: Adding new defects as they are identified and delete those that have been rectified. Prioritising defects that require immediate rectification and those that will fall within the PM regime. Allocation of defects to PM programmes for rectification by Contractors; Sign off defects when completed.
• Ensure all relevant documentation on civil assets such as Inspection Reports, Assessment Reports, work returns and drawing are appropriately saved on Documentum with appropriate Meta Data recorded against them for easy retrieval.
• Provide first line response and advice across HAL for incidents that have affected civil assets such as buildings, bridges and tunnels. In this role the incumbent would work under ASEM or incident management control and advise on immediate actions to ensure safety, bring assets back into usage and longer term remedial actions.
• The role will also be required to support the Civil Delivery Manager as Client Representative for civil assets attending site at agreed points and supporting BIU and Maintenance Integration with sign off, snagging and acceptance of assets.

Qualifications and Experience

• Engineering Degree (MEng, BEng) or equivalent in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn new skills and work in a team environment essential.
• Ability to work under own initiative to achieve targets and meet deadlines.
• Relevant experience within either a civil or structural engineering capacity, ideally including experience of undertaking and managing civil / structural inspections or asset management.
• Full UK Driving License.

Business Behaviours

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  Deliver Results – Setting stretching objectives for delivery and ensuring results are delivered to the standards and budgets set.
• Put Passengers & Customers First – Developing approach based on a strong appreciation of customer need.
• Commercial Focus – Driving commercial effectiveness and ensuring cost efficiency
• Take the lead – Communicating expectations, motivating, engaging and empowers others in achieving key goals.
• Work together – Proactively building positive connections and robust relationships with stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement – Encouraging constructive challenge and successfully implementing change.

Our plans are ambitious ones. And our people equally so. That’s why we recognise and value the contribution that everyone makes. In return we offer great benefits. These include our employee assistance programme, pension, healthcare and travel offers, plus a wide range of development opportunities to take your career further.

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