As Assurance Manager, you will own technical assurance across HS2 delivery contracts within the Integration Directorate. You will work with contractors and design organisations to ensure outputs are properly assured, integrated and delivered to required standards. You’ll collaborate with Risk, Requirements, Configuration and Change, and BIM teams to manage multidisciplinary interfaces and assurance activities. This is a delivery-facing, contractor-facing role at the heart of a major high‑speed rail programme, demanding stakeholder management and clear technical leadership. You will shape how design and engineering evidence supports risk management and compliance across the programme.
Responsibilities
Manage technical assurance across one or more delivery contracts
Liaise with contractors, designers and HS2 functions including Risk, Requirements, Configuration, Change and BIM
Oversee assurance activities, design reviews and engineering processes across multidisciplinary interfaces
Review and accept technical assurance evidence and documentation
Identify and escalate technical risks, issues and assurance gaps
Author and review technical documentation, reports and assurance processes
Deliver technical briefings and presentations to varied stakeholders
Support audits, verification activities and the collection of technical evidence
Monitor how different design disciplines and organisations interface and integrate
Key requirements
Experience in technical assurance, design management, systems engineering or project engineering
Experience working with contractors and design organisations on major infrastructure projects
Strong understanding of assurance principles, systems and frameworks
Experience working across multidisciplinary programmes or projects
Rail experience is essential; high-speed rail experience is highly desirable
Understanding of systems engineering and technical integration
Knowledge of CDM 2015 requirements
Strong stakeholder and supply chain management skills
Ability to communicate effectively across different engineering disciplines
Experience authoring and reviewing technical documentation
We use essential cookies to make this site work. With your permission we would also like to use the optional cookies below. Nothing optional is set until you choose, and you can change your mind at any time from "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page. Cookie policy.
Essential — keep the site working and secure, and remember the choice you make here. Always on.