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Assurance Delivery Director

Our Technology Teams at Telent are committed and enterprising. You must be when you are bringing the digital revolution to homes, infrastructure and businesses across the country. Be prepared to jump right in when you join - to innovate and develop networks and systems for millions. The work is complex, but the reward is great - our work makes an impact! Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.

Reporting into the Director of Highways, the Assurance Delivery Director will lead strategic programmes that enable the business to deliver its business performance targets and drive positive change at a Client and Industry sector level to raise the bar for risk management and assurance delivery. This is a hybrid working role, with travel to our Warwick HQ as well as other sites on a weekly basis.

What you'll do:

Develop and lead the Delivery Assurance strategy for Highways across all services and programmes, ensuring QEHS, Training, and Cyber Risk and Compliance are integrated into all aspects of the business
Implementing and operate a full Governance, Risk and Compliance structure across all Highways programmes, using leading risk methodologies and embedding the into BAU, to eliminate or mitigate significant risk that maintain legal and contractual compliance for £100m business.
Working with leading industry domain leaders to ensure Telent proactively manage all existing and future regulatory and contractual compliance in a highly safety and security critical environment is managed and maintained at all times
Developing behavioural programmes and initiatives to improve the overall Safety First Culture for the Business Unit, contributing to the development and maintenance of the Telent health and safety management system
Managing the Cyro relationship and service delivery for Highways, working with the Cyro SLT to ensure the service performance meets our assurance programme targets in line with budget and business objectives.
Leadership of business vertical technical Training and Development capabilities that enable business vertical to maintain its compliance, licencing, and technical accreditations Who you are:

You will have experience in a similar role in a high risk or regulated industry, with a passion for driving change and continuous improvement initiatives. You will be a strong people manager, with the ability to work cross functionally with excellent collaboration skills.

Key Requirements:

Experience working with Clients, partners, and colleagues to develop and implement broad ranging assurance programmes
Experienced in the application and operation of the relevant UKAS accredited standards; ISO9001:2015, ISO45000 and ISO14001:2015
Significant experience at senior level for the delivery of EHS services to a national multi-site organisation
Demonstrable experience of working in regulated industries in a similar field at a senior strategic level, achieving results on profit, operational performance, continuous improvement and people leadership
Experience of working in a Transportation technology services business sector or environment e.g., Rail and/or Traffic/Highways or Aerospace, Emergency Services related industry sectorsWhat we offer:

A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

Car Allowance
Private Health Care (Family)
34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
Company pension scheme
A range of family friendly policies
Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
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We're passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support