Technical Head - Rolling Stock and Yellow Plant
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About the Role
Provide technical leadership in rolling stock and yellow plant, oversee project delivery, manage stakeholder relationships, and drive innovation in railway systems.
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Technical & Strategic Leadership
- Act as a trusted technical authority and SME, providing strategic guidance to clients and internal teams.
- Lead development of rolling stock and yellow plant solutions ensuring best-in-class technical delivery
- Provide oversight on all elements of rolling stock and yellow plant lifecycle elements that reside in this domain.
- Provide valuable experience and insight into other areas such as, but not exclusively, contracting and technical deployment strategies, design, manufacturing. testing and commissioning and operational readiness.
- Proactively identify and resolve technical challenges and constraints.
- Project Delivery and Operations and Asset Management
- Lead and oversee delivery of major and multidisciplinary rail projects.
- Ensure delivery excellence across scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
- Manage critical railway system interfaces. For example rail and wheel interfaces and traction power.
- Ensure compliance with assurance, approvals, and certification requirements.
- Lead and oversee delivery of operations (including entry into service and operational readiness) and asset management assignments.
Business Development
- Lead bids, tenders, and procurement activities, providing both technical and commercial leadership.
- Develop feasibility studies and strategic advisory inputs to support client and suppliers decision-making.
- Identify growth opportunities and strengthen AtkinsR alis market position.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
Innovation & Systems Integration
- Drive development and optimisation of railway operational concepts and system interfaces.
- Promote adoption of digital and advanced technologies.
- Support innovation in areas such as smart mobility, industrialized manufacturing, data-driven systems, and automation.
People, Competency & Capability Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams and technical specialists.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Support knowledge sharing and development of technical best practices.
- Contribute to strategic capability growth within the Rolling Stock and Yellow Plant discipline.
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