O&M Readiness Director, Sydney, F/M
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Context RATP Dev, a subsidiary of the RATP group, operates and maintains urban and interurban transport networks in 15 countries through more than 100 subsidiaries. Thanks to the professionalism of our 24,000 employees and the expertise of a world leader in public transport, our subsidiaries provide performance, dynamism and reliability to our customers and the passengers on their networks.
Mission The O&M Readiness Director plays a pivotal role in ensuring the successful transition of the SM-WSA (Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport) project into operational readiness. The key responsibilities and contributions of this critical position:
Strategic Alignment and Integration: - Coordinates the activites across various streams within the project.
- Aligns all aspects of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) to ensure seamless integration.
- Focus extends beyond technical readiness; also consider people, processes, and tools.
- As the integrator,harmonise inputs from different teams and stakeholders.
- Produces the relevant documentation for Sydney Metro including O&M Readiness Management Plan
Program Planning and Execution:
- Manages the O&M program plan within the broader context of the Parklife planning (which encompasses both Design & Construction and O&M phases).
- To oversees the timeline, milestones, and deliverables related to O&M readiness.
- Ensure that the project is prepared for the test and commissioning phase, the trial operations phase, and ultimately, the first day of passenger operations.
Budget Adherence and Contract Compliance: - Accountable for adhering to the budget outlined during the tender process.
- Monitor expenses, allocate resources judiciously, and optimize costs.
- Ensure alignment with the contractual obligations specified in the O&M deed (as per the SM Contract).
People Mobilisation: - Collaborates with HR and other relevant departments to ensure that the right people are in place.
- Supports ramp up preparation, recruiting, training, and preparing staff for their roles in O&M.
Risk Management: - Proactively identifiy and mitigate risks that could impact operational readiness.
- Minimise disruptions during the transition to operational status.
In summary, the O&M Readiness Director connects various elements—people, processes, tools, and contractual obligations—ensuring that the SM-WSA project has a smooth and efficient operational launch.
ResponsibilitiesBefore Trial Operations 1- Internal RATPDev : lead the team towards the objective of O&M readiness :
- Assess, keep developing and maintain/update the O&M readiness program to enable the O&M readiness for:
o T&C phase
o Trial Operations phase
o the beginning of revenue service
- Facilitate coordination among all internal stakeholders to ensure operational readiness for O&M :
o People readiness
o Documentation readiness (test scenarios and cases, training documentation, etc.)
o IT/OT tools readiness
o Procurement readiness
o Accreditations readiness
o Stakeholder management readiness
- Manage internal O&M readiness meeting, status and share with the team the progress of all O&M readiness activities/ identify areas of concerns
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies
- Support any of the streams requiring inputs by
o Directly producing/writing documentation
o Interfacing with D&C
o Representing the O&M
- Develop all necessary processes and documentation for the start of trial operations (tests cases, test reports, rosters for staff..)
2-Internal Parklife : provide inputs/guidelines for D&C regarding O&M readiness activities - Ensure that D&C Milestones enables the O&M to achieve its own activities and timely contractual commitments
- Obtain relevant inputs from D&C to achieve O&M's goals
- Develop process and documentation for our D&C interfaces for the: :
o T&C phase
o Trial operations phase
- Develop and follow up on activities related to the handover of assets (snaglists, handover checklists, participation to key T&C activities…)
3- External Parklife : represents the O&M in all O&M readiness topics and forums -Lead O&M Readiness Working Group both internal Parklife with Siemens/Webuild and external with Sydney Metro to :
o Clarify the milestones to T&C phase and Trial Operations phase
o Flag risks/issues and mitigate them
o Share the progress of the differnet processes with the client
- Develop the O&M readiness management plan :
o Demonstrate compliance to each Sydney Metro Requirements
o Clarify all the key activities to be undertaken prior to first T&C and Trial Operations
- Integrate O&M key stakeholder plans into the readiness program including:
o emergency services (FRNSW, NSW Police Force, RFS, NSW Ambulance
o airport (WSA) including the RID
o other Tranport operators (Sydney Trains, taxi, ride share and busses)
o subcontractors (Siemens CS,…)
During Trial Operations - The O&M readiness Director:
o leads the Trial Operations activities and ensure we reach our targets as per PS 14 and contractual obligations, with the support of all the directors
o organises the day-to-day activitiesof the Trial operations phase of the O&M readiness program (roasters, test case scenarios, participation of external stakeholders)
o Ensure all people have the right level of information/ the right tools and equipment/ the right training to participate in the Trial Operations
o Undertake a daily review and reporting on the planned testing outcomes, replan failed tests and lessons learnt
From time to time involvement in other WSA activities may be needed
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