High Speed Two Ltd (HS2) – EKFB Main Works Civils Contract
Location: Southam, Banbury, Northampton, Greatworth or Bicester (Hybrid Working –
typically 3 days office/site and 2 days from home)
Salary: £80,000 – £92,432 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Programme: HS2 Phase One – £4.2bn EKFB Main Works Civils Contract
Lead Environmental Delivery on One of Europe's Largest Infrastructure Projects
Are you an experienced Environmental Manager looking for a genuine leadership opportunity on one of the UK's most complex and high-profile infrastructure programmes?
Do you have the ability to influence contractors, regulators and stakeholders whilst managing complex environmental challenges across a major construction programme?
Would you like exposure to one of the broadest and most technically diverse environmental portfolios in UK infrastructure including ecology, groundwater and hydrology, noise and vibration, archaeology, sustainability, carbon reduction and environmental compliance?
This is an exceptional opportunity to join HS2 as a Senior Environmental Manager and take ownership of environmental assurance across a significant section of the route, helping deliver one of the largest and most environmentally ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK.
The Opportunity
Working client-side within the Integrated Project Team (IPT), you will act as the senior environmental lead for approximately 40km of the northern section of the EKFB route between Southam and Bicester, representing approximately £2.5bn of construction activity.
Reporting to the Head of Engineering and Environment, you will provide strategic environmental leadership across a major section of the £4.2bn EKFB Main Works Civils Contract, supporting successful delivery while ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, statutory obligations, environmental commitments and HS2's Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs).
This is a highly visible leadership role requiring close collaboration with contractors, consultants, regulators, local authorities and internal stakeholders to ensure environmental considerations remain central to project delivery.
The Role
As Senior Environmental Manager you will provide environmental assurance and leadership across all stages of delivery, ensuring that design and construction activities comply with environmental legislation, project commitments and statutory obligations.
You will lead a small team while drawing upon specialist expertise across disciplines including ecology, groundwater, noise and vibration, archaeology, sustainability and environmental compliance.
A key aspect of the role is influencing and constructively challenging delivery partners to ensure environmental risks are identified early, mitigated effectively and managed proactively throughout the project lifecycle.
You will act as the intelligent client, triaging issues and determining where intervention, challenge and escalation are required to improve environmental performance, reduce risk and support successful project delivery.
The role requires strong judgement, resilience and the ability to balance environmental obligations with programme, commercial and delivery pressures.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial Awareness
Provide technical advice on Change Requests, Compensation Events and Early Warnings, assessing whether environmental mitigation measures and additional works fall within existing contractual scope or require formal change control, helping protect programme budgets and taxpayer value.
Risk Management
Lead environmental risk identification and mitigation activities including maintaining environmental risk registers, facilitating risk reduction workshops and ensuring environmental risks are proactively managed throughout the project lifecycle.
Contract and Supplier Management
Challenge contractors and supply chain partners on environmental obligations and performance, ensuring risks, issues and emerging changes are identified early and managed effectively to minimise programme and commercial impacts.
What We're Looking For
You are likely to be an experienced Environmental Manager or Senior Environmental Manager with a strong track record of delivering environmental management and assurance on major infrastructure projects.
You will combine technical environmental expertise with strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills together with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and delivery partners.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why Join HS2?
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to move into a highly influential leadership position and help shape the environmental performance of one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
You will gain exposure to some of the most challenging environmental issues in UK construction while helping deliver a railway that will serve the country for generations to come.
]]>Location: Southam / North Chilterns, multiple locations available along 80km line of route (Hybrid — 3 days office/site, 2 days home)
Salary: £50,000 – £61,000 + 12% Pension + Healthcare
Next Step: Senior Environmental Manager (£80,000 – £90,000+ package)
Programme: HS2 Phase One – £4.2bn EKFB Main Works Civils Contract
Help Deliver One of the UK's Most Environmentally Ambitious Infrastructure Projects
Looking for an Environmental Advisor / Consultants to work on a major contract on HS2, interested in candidates from general environment, flooding, carbon, ecology, air quality indeed any environmental background to work as an Environmental Manager on one of the largest and most diverse infrastructure programmes in the UK?
This is a genuine opportunity to move into a client-side assurance role at the heart of HS2's £4.2bn EKFB Main Works Civils Contract, 80km of largely rural railway comprising 15 viaducts, 81 bridges, 6.9km of green tunnels and 30 million cubic metres of excavation. The scale and environmental complexity of this programme is unlike almost anything else in UK construction.
Working within the Integrated Project Team, you'll sit alongside the principal contractor, providing technical assurance and oversight to ensure environmental commitments are delivered consistently and compliantly across a broad section of the route.
Must have strong communication skills and willingness to challenge Tier 1 main contractors to ensure environmental compliances are met and to negotiate on behalf of the tax payer and not simply accept all change requests (early warnings) raised.
The Role
Reporting to a Senior Environmental Manager, you'll provide assurance that design and construction activities comply with HS2's Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs), environmental legislation and project commitments - spanning biodiversity, ecology, noise, air quality, carbon, hydrology and archaeology.
This is a breadth role, not a specialism. You'll work across the full range of environmental disciplines, drawing on internal subject matter experts and developing your own knowledge as you go. You'll need to be comfortable picking up unfamiliar issues, asking the right questions and managing outcomes confidently, even in areas outside your prior experience.
A key part of the role is influencing and constructively challenging contractors and their supply chain, ensuring environmental risks are identified early, mitigated effectively and managed proactively throughout delivery.
Key Responsibilities
What We're Looking For
We're open to candidates from a wide range of environmental backgrounds:- generalist, ecology, acoustics, air quality, carbon, contaminated land or any other environmental specialism, from contractor, consultant, client or statutory authority. What matters most is your ability to apply your knowledge in a complex construction environment, communicate confidently with contractors and supply chain partners, and maintain high environmental standards under real programme pressure.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why Join HS2?
This role offers exposure to one of the broadest environmental portfolios in UK infrastructure — no two days are the same and the scale of challenge is genuinely exceptional. You'll work alongside experienced specialists in a collaborative, integrated team environment with long-term programme security and a clear progression pathway to Senior Environmental Manager.
With work continuing well beyond the current programme, this is an opportunity to build a long-term career while contributing to infrastructure that will serve the country for generations.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd (HS2)
Location Birmingham or London (Hybrid Working – Typically 3 Days Office / 2 Days Home)
Salary: £85,000 - £92,400 (Birmingham) + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Programme: HS2 Phase One – Rail Systems (Lot 3 – Open Route North)
Progression: Head of Engineering (£110,000–£120,000+ Package)
Lead the Engineering Integration of Track across Britain's New High-Speed Railway
Are you an Engineering Manager, Lead Project Engineer, Design Manager, Designated Project Engineer (DPE) or Systems Integration Engineer looking to work on one of Europe's largest rail infrastructure programmes?
HS2 is seeking a Lead Project Engineer, Track Systems to provide technical leadership and engineering assurance across one of the most complex sections of the new high-speed railway.
Working client-side, you'll become the intelligent client, ensuring Track Systems are successfully integrated with signalling, OLE, civils, structures, stations and the wider railway. This is not a detailed design role, it's about engineering assurance, systems integration and technical leadership.
The Opportunity
You'll support delivery of Lot 3 – Open Route North, a £566m Rail Systems contract comprising approximately 70km of high-speed railway and around 140km of installed track.
The role offers exposure to: Slab Track, High-Speed Switches & Crossings & tracks, Signalling, Overhead Line Electrification (OLE), Stations, Structures & Civils, Railway Systems Integration.
You'll work across the full project lifecycle: design, construction, testing and commissioning, ensuring contractors deliver safe, compliant and fully integrated railway systems.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You could currently be working as a: Lead Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, Design Manager, Designated Project Engineer (DPE), Senior Project Engineer, Systems Integration Engineer .
Whilst Track or Permanent Way experience is beneficial, you don't need to be a Track specialist.
We're looking for someone with broad railway engineering experience who understands how Track integrates with signalling, OLE, civils, structures and the wider railway.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why Join HS2?
This is a rare opportunity to influence the delivery of Britain's new high-speed railway before it enters operation.
You'll work on one of the UK's most technically challenging infrastructure programmes, providing engineering leadership across multidisciplinary rail systems whilst enjoying outstanding long-term career prospects, hybrid working and a clear pathway into Head of Engineering.
If you're looking to move beyond traditional design into a highly influential client-side engineering role, we'd love to hear from you.
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Location: Birmingham Snowhill & Birmingham Airport (Hybrid, 3 Days Office / 2 Home)
Salary: £85,000–£92,400 + 12% Pension + Private Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Programme: Birmingham Interchange Station – £370m NEC3 Option C
Career Progression: Engineering Manager to Head of Engineering (£110,000+ Package)
Programme Duration: Long term opportunity through to 2036
Shape One of Britain's Landmark Rail Station Projects
Charlton Recruitment is proud to be recruiting on behalf of HS2 Ltd for an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering delivery of Birmingham Interchange Station, one of the UK's most ambitious new railway stations.
This is a rare opportunity to influence the design and delivery of a nationally significant transport hub from detailed design through to construction and commissioning. You'll work client side, providing technical leadership and engineering assurance across a complex, multidisciplinary programme that will transform transport connectivity across the West Midlands.
If you're currently an Engineering Manager, Senior Project Engineer, Design Manager, Designated Project Engineer OR Contract Engineering Manager or similar with major infrastructure or rail experience, this is an opportunity to step into one of the highest profile engineering leadership roles in UK infrastructure.
The Project
Birmingham Interchange will become one of the UK's flagship railway stations and a major gateway to the HS2 network.
The £370 million programme will deliver: Four 415-metre high speed platforms, An architecturally significant station building with an iconic roof structure, Major highway and bridge infrastructure, large multi storey car park, fully integrated transport hub, Seamless connections with Birmingham Airport, Birmingham International Station and the NEC via the Automated People Mover.
One of the UK's first major railway stations designed to achieve BEEAM Excellent environmental standards.
The project presents significant engineering challenges across civil engineering, structures, station systems, rail systems, building management systems, MEP services and transport integration.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will provide engineering leadership throughout the design, assurance and delivery lifecycle of Birmingham Interchange station with an emphasis on civils & structures – Bridges, platform Island, car park, roof
Initially, your focus will be leading engineering assurance through redesign and detailed design, ensuring technical excellence, robust engineering governance and successful integration across multiple engineering disciplines.
As the programme progresses, you'll play a leading role supporting construction delivery before building and developing your own engineering team.
Working client side gives you the opportunity to influence engineering decisions from the outset while collaborating with consultants, contractors and senior stakeholders to ensure the station is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest technical standards.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You'll have experience delivering major infrastructure projects where technical assurance, engineering governance and multidisciplinary design management have been central to your role.
Applications are welcomed from candidates working client side, within engineering consultancies or major contractors.
You'll ideally have:
Why Join HS2?
This isn't simply another rail project.
You'll be helping deliver one of Britain's most significant transport programmes while working client side on a project that will define engineering careers.
You'll have the opportunity to:
Package
Salary of £85,000–£92,400.
12% employer pension contribution.
Private healthcare.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
Hybrid working, typically three days in the office and two from home.
Long term programme through to 2036 offering genuine career progression.
]]>Location: Birmingham (Hybrid Working - 3day office - 2 home)
Salary: £65,850–£77,474 + Excellent Benefits + flexibale employer
Next Step: pathway to Head of Occupational Health (£100,000–£110,000 + Package)
Shape the Health & Wellbeing Strategy for Britain's Largest Infrastructure Programme
Charlton Recruitment is proud to be recruiting on behalf of HS2 Ltd for an Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager to join one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
This is a rare opportunity to influence the health, wellbeing and occupational health standards of a workforce of over 34,000 people delivering the new High-Speed Railway.
Reporting to the Head of Occupational Health, you'll play a strategic leadership role, ensuring HS2's Tier 1 contractors and their supply chains deliver occupational health standards that exceed statutory requirements. You'll also oversee the performance of HS2's Occupational Health service providers, ensuring high-quality services are delivered across the organisation.
Please note: This is not an Occupational Health Practitioner role and does not involve managing patients or carrying a clinical caseload. Instead, this is a strategic programme management and assurance position focused on governance, contractor assurance, service management and continuous improvement.
The Role
Working across the entire HS2 programme, you will support the development and delivery of HS2's Occupational Health & Wellbeing Strategy, providing expert advice and assurance to senior leaders while driving improvements in workforce health across one of Europe's largest construction programmes.
You'll work collaboratively with Tier 1 contractors, occupational health providers, Health & Safety teams, HR, engineering functions and senior stakeholders to ensure occupational health risks are effectively identified, managed and continuously improved.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You'll be an experienced Occupational Health professional with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and drive improvements across complex, high-risk programmes involving multiple contractors and service providers.
This role would suit someone with experience in construction, infrastructure, rail, engineering, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemicals, utilities, defence, nuclear or another highly regulated environment.
You'll bring:
Why Join HS2?
This is an opportunity to influence the health and wellbeing of one of the UK’s largest construction workforces while helping to shape best practice across a nationally significant programme.
You'll benefit from:
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're an experienced Occupational Health leader looking to influence strategy, improve workforce wellbeing and play a key role on one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure programmes, we'd love to hear from you.
]]>Location: Coleshill or Coventry
Working Pattern: Site based 5 days a week
Salary: £60,000 - £65,514, 12% pen, Health + 25 days
Programme: HS2 Phase One BBV Main Works Civils £6bn
Career Progression: Senior Construction Manager £80,000 - £90,000 + pkg
Please Note: This is a permanent local role. No lodge, subsistence, car allowance or commuting expenses are provided. Business travel between HS2 sites is reimbursed.
Help Deliver Britain's Largest Infrastructure Project
Charlton Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of HS2 Ltd for two Construction Managers to join the client team supporting the delivery of the £6bn BBV Main Works Civils programme.
We have one position based in Coleshill and one based in Coventry.
Working client side alongside BBV, you will provide construction assurance across major civil engineering works, ensuring construction is delivered safely, to specification, in accordance with approved designs and in compliance with HS2 standards.
This is not a traditional contractor Construction Manager role. You'll act as the client's representative on site, providing independent checks (assurance) across safety, quality, productivity, environmental compliance and construction methodology while supporting the successful delivery of one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
The Project
Provide Client Construction Management Working alongside the main contractor BBV Joint Venture (Balfour Beatty & Vinci plc) on Design & build £6bn Main Works Civils Contract. The BBV Main Works Civils programme includes:
The Role
Working within the integrated HS2 project team, you'll monitor site activities, identify emerging risks and provide practical construction advice to project teams.
You'll regularly oversee high risk activities including heavy lifting, earthworks, reinforced concrete construction, temporary works and working at height, recording inspections and progress using HS2 electronic reporting systems.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're interested in experienced construction professionals from engineering or trade backgrounds who have delivered major heavy civils projects with significant varied experience on site & understand the construction process.
Typical backgrounds include:
You'll also have:
Why Join HS2?
If you're looking to play a key role in delivering Britain's largest infrastructure programme while developing your career with HS2, we'd love to hear from you.
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Location: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire (Site Based)
Working Pattern: Typically, 4 Days on Site and 1 Day Working from Home
Salary: £65k - £71,000 with potential for up to £77,514 plus pkg
12% Pension, Health, 25 Days
Programme: HS2, Align Joint Venture Twin Bored Tunnels MEP Fit Out £160m
Career Progression: Senior Construction Manager £80,000 to £90,000 plus Benefits
Please Note: This is a permanent site based role. No lodge, subsistence, car allowance or commuting expenses are provided. Business travel between HS2 sites is reimbursed.
Help Deliver One of Europe's Most Complex Tunnel MEP Projects
Charlton Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of HS2 Ltd for a Construction Manager MEP Construction Assurance to join the client team overseeing the £160 million Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health fit out of the 5 Ventilation Shafts and 5 Headhouses (large plant style buildings) spread across the 16km Chiltern Twin Bored Tunnels being delivered by Align Joint Venture.
This is an outstanding opportunity to work client side on one of Europe's most technically challenging infrastructure projects, ensuring critical MEP systems are delivered safely, to the required quality and fully integrated ahead of railway commissioning.
Working alongside Align JV, you'll provide independent construction assurance throughout installation, testing and commissioning, ensuring works comply with HS2 standards, Employer's Requirements and approved designs.
Rather than managing a contractor workforce, you'll act as the client's representative, providing visible site leadership, monitoring progress and quality, identifying risks and assuring successful delivery of the MEP works, NG Bailey is the MEP Sub Contractor.
The Project
The Align Joint Venture is delivering approximately 21.6km of railway infrastructure, including the 16km Chiltern Twin Bored Tunnels, portal structures, ventilation shafts and associated infrastructure.
The £160 million MEP package includes MEP fit out of 5 ventilation shafts & 5 Headhouses, installing critical environmental, safety, and power systems:
The Role
Working within the integrated HS2 delivery team, you'll oversee construction activities throughout the installation, testing and commissioning phases, providing assurance that works are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with contractual and technical requirements.
You'll monitor contractor performance, review construction documentation, inspect completed works and work closely with Engineering, Project Management, Commercial, Systems Integration and Commissioning teams to resolve issues before they impact programme delivery.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're looking for experienced MEP construction professionals with major infrastructure experience gained on rail, tunnels, highways, aviation, utilities, nuclear or other complex engineering programmes. You
Typical backgrounds include:
You'll also have:
Why Join HS2?
If you're an experienced MEP Construction Manager looking to help deliver one of the UK's most technically challenging engineering projects, we'd love to hear from you.
]]>Location: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Working Pattern: Hybrid working with typically 3 days on site or office 2 days home - can also work from Euston office (must be on site Rickmansworth 1 day a week)
Salary: £55,000 to £66,0480 plus 12% Pension, Health + 25 Days
Programme: HS2 Phase, Align Joint Venture Main Works Civils Contract
Career Progression: Senior Environmental Manager £90,000 to £100,000 plus Benefits
Help Deliver the Environmental Legacy of Britain's Largest Infrastructure Project
Charlton Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of HS2 Ltd for an Environmental Manager to join the client team overseeing one of the most environmentally significant sections of the HS2 programme.
This is an exciting opportunity to work across three of the most iconic engineering and environmental assets on the entire project.
You'll support the successful delivery and long-term environmental legacy of:
Working within the Integrated Project Team alongside Align Joint Venture, you'll provide environmental assurance throughout construction, technical handover and environmental restoration, ensuring environmental commitments are delivered safely, compliantly and to the highest standards.
We're keen to hear from both Environmental Generalists and Environmental Specialists including Ecology, Air Quality, Noise, Carbon, Water, Landscape and Environmental Planning professionals who are looking to broaden their experience across a major infrastructure programme.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills at essential, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and work collaboratively with Tier 1 contractors to ensure environmental commitments are met, risks are appropriately managed and value for money is achieved.
The Role
Reporting to the Senior Environmental Manager, you'll work across multiple environmental disciplines, supporting engineering teams, contractors and technical specialists to ensure environmental obligations are achieved throughout construction and into operational handover.
You'll also play an important role in monitoring landscape establishment and ecological mitigation, helping create one of the UK's largest environmental legacies.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're open to candidates from a broad range of environmental backgrounds, including generalists and specialists in ecology, acoustics, air quality, carbon, contaminated land or other disciplines, from contractor, consultant, client or statutory authority backgrounds. What matters most is your ability to apply your environmental knowledge in a complex construction environment, ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and confidence to challenge and manage challenging stakeholders and work collaboratively to deliver environmental commitments. The client-side assurance and influencing aspects of the role will be developed and supported as you gain experience within the Integrated Project Team.
Typical backgrounds include:
You'll also have:
Why Join HS2?
If you're looking for an Environmental Management role that offers genuine variety, technical challenge and the opportunity to leave a lasting environmental legacy, we'd love to hear from you.
]]>HS2 Ltd – Client-Side Integrated Project Team
Location: London – Euston, Acton or West Ealing (Hybrid Working – typically 3 days office/site and 2 days home working)
Salary: £55,000 – £66,048 + 12% Employer Pension + Private Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Programme: HS2 Phase One – SCS Railways Joint Venture Main Works Civils Contract
Career Progression: Senior Environmental Manager £90,000 – £100,000 + Benefits
Help Deliver One of the UK's Most Complex Urban Infrastructure Projects
Charlton Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of HS2 Ltd for an Environmental Manager to join the client-side Integrated Project Team overseeing the London Tunnels Main Works Civils Contract.
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in delivering the environmental commitments of one of Britain's largest and most complex infrastructure programmes.
Working across live heavy construction sites in central and west London, you will provide environmental assurance across multiple locations where SCS Railways JV are delivering major underground infrastructure, including ventilation shafts, headhouses and associated surface structures.
This is a site-focused role requiring a visible presence within the construction environment. You will work closely with delivery teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure environmental commitments are achieved while managing the challenges of delivering major infrastructure in a densely populated urban environment.
You will operate across complex stakeholder interfaces including:
The successful candidate will be confident providing constructive challenge, influencing Tier 1 contractors and ensuring environmental compliance is maintained alongside programme delivery and value for money.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Senior Environmental Manager, you will provide environmental assurance across the London Tunnels Main Works Civils Contract.
You will be responsible for monitoring environmental performance, undertaking site visits, reviewing contractor submissions and ensuring environmental obligations are embedded throughout design and construction delivery.
This role requires someone who understands the realities of live construction and can balance environmental compliance with programme pressures, commercial considerations and construction priorities.
A key aspect of the role will be identifying environmental risks that may impact delivery, supporting Early Warning processes and ensuring potential changes are effectively managed to protect HS2 and taxpayer value.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for an Environmental Manager/advisor/consultant with experience delivering environmental management within major infrastructure, civil engineering or complex construction projects.
You may come from a contractor, consultancy, client-side or regulatory background. The key requirement is practical experience of working within a live construction environment, with the confidence to influence and challenge delivery teams.
We are open to candidates from backgrounds including:
If you have a specialist environmental background, you will need to demonstrate broader understanding of construction delivery, EIA, design interfaces and contractor management.
Essential Experience
Experience within major infrastructure projects - rail, tunnelling, highways, utilities, energy, nuclear, construction or major civil engineering projects would be highly beneficial.
Why Join HS2?
If you are an Environmental Manager who enjoys being close to construction, influencing outcomes and solving complex environmental challenges, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
]]>Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Potential: Up to £66,000 subject to approval for the right candidate
Location: London, Euston (pref), or Birmingham – Hybrid, typically 3 days office
Progression: Clear pathway to Senior Security Manager (£80,000 – £86,000 + pkg)
The Opportunity
Join HS2, one of the UK's largest and most complex infrastructure programmes, as a Physical Security Manager responsible for assuring the physical security of four major HS2 stations.
This is a client-side security assurance role working across some of the programme's most significant assets:
You'll work alongside HS2's station delivery teams and Tier 1 contractors, ensuring physical security requirements are properly considered through design and construction and that the completed assets provide the required level of protection.
The role covers areas including CCTV, access control, intruder detection, alarms, hostile vehicle mitigation, blast resistance and other physical security measures.
Importantly, this is not a technical Security SME role. You don't need to be the specialist in every security discipline. HS2 has dedicated Security SMEs available where specialist advice is required. What you do need is the ability to understand security requirements, review and challenge designs, coordinate specialist input and assure that the right solutions are delivered.
The Role
Reporting to the Senior Security Manager, you'll work across the four stations, acting as a key interface between HS2, Tier 1 contractors, specialist security advisors and external security stakeholders.
You'll provide constructive challenge where designs or proposed solutions don't adequately address the security requirement, while maintaining a pragmatic approach to programme, cost and constructability.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're looking for a physical security professional who understands how security requirements are applied within Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), regulated or high-security environments.
You don't need to be a specialist in CCTV, access control, blast protection or every other physical security discipline. We're looking for someone who can assure, coordinate, challenge and manage security requirements across a complex programme.
Relevant backgrounds could include:
You'll ideally have:
We're open to candidates from client, consultancy or contractor backgrounds, including Physical Security Advisors, Security Consultants or Assistant Security Project Managers ready to step into a broader management and assurance role.
Candidates with 2–3 years' relevant experience may be considered where they can demonstrate the right CNI/security assurance exposure.
Why Join HS2?
If you're a physical security professional looking to move beyond a purely technical or specialist role and take greater responsibility for security assurance, stakeholder management and delivery across a major infrastructure programme, this could be an excellent next step.
]]>HS2 – Align Joint Venture Main Works Civils Contract
Salary: £90,000 – £100,000 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Location: Rickmansworth / Maple Cross – typically 3 days per week on site
Programme: HS2 – Align Joint Venture £1bn
MEP Package: £160m – MEP fit-out of 5 ventilation shafts & 5 headhouses
Progression: Head of Engineering – c.£120,000 + package
Long-term: HS2 programme through to 2039, with opportunities across multiple major London projects
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Engineering Manager, Senior Project Engineer or MEP Engineering Lead looking to take technical responsibility for a major engineering package on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes?
This is an opportunity to take a leading engineering role on HS2's £1bn Align Joint Venture Main Works Civils Contract, with technical responsibility for a £160m MEP package across five ventilation shafts and five associated headhouses.
The project is entering a key delivery phase, with detailed design progressing into installation from November, followed by testing, commissioning and technical assurance through to 2029.
You'll lead engineering delivery across the full lifecycle, from detailed design and technical assurance through construction, installation, testing and commissioning, while managing complex interfaces between the MEP package, tunnelling works and the wider HS2 railway systems.
The Long-Term Opportunity
The HS2 programme runs through to 2039, providing significant long-term career opportunities.
Experience gained on Align will position you strongly for future senior engineering roles across major London projects, including:
The Project
The Align Joint Venture is delivering approximately 21.6km of railway infrastructure, including the 16km Chiltern Twin Bored Tunnels, portal structures, ventilation shafts and associated infrastructure.
The £160m MEP package covers the fit-out of five ventilation shafts and five headhouses, incorporating critical systems including:
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you'll provide technical leadership across the MEP package, ensuring designs are coordinated, technically assured and successfully delivered on site.
You'll work closely with designers, construction teams, specialist contractors, HS2 technical specialists and the wider rail systems teams.
A major part of the role will be managing the technical interfaces between the MEP works and other HS2 systems contracts, ensuring individual packages integrate successfully into the wider railway.
You'll have responsibility across detailed design, technical assurance, construction, installation, testing and commissioning.
Engineering & Commercial Change
You'll also provide technical input into change management, assessing whether proposed changes are technically justified and represent value for money.
Working with commercial and project teams, you'll challenge and negotiate with Tier 1 contractors, helping minimise unnecessary Early Warnings (EWs) and Compensation Events (CEs) while ensuring legitimate change is properly managed.
The role therefore requires someone who is both technically credible and commercially aware, with the confidence to challenge contractors and protect the interests of the HS2 programme and taxpayer.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're looking for an experienced engineering professional who can take ownership of a substantial MEP package within a complex infrastructure environment.
You could be an Engineering Manager, Senior Project Engineer, Senior MEP Engineer, Design Manager or similar, with the technical credibility and stakeholder skills to operate across design and construction.
Looking for:
We're open to candidates from main contractor, consultant or client-side backgrounds, provided you have the technical depth and delivery experience to take responsibility for a major MEP package.
Career Progression
There is a clear progression route towards Head of Engineering, with the next-level role offering approximately £120,000 + package.
The combination of major MEP delivery, technical assurance, systems integration and commercial/change-management experience will provide a strong platform for progression within HS2 and the wider infrastructure sector.
]]>Working directly for the client on High Speed Two.
Salary: £130,000 – £140,000 + 12% Pen + health
Location: London – Euston / North Acton
Working Pattern: Minimum 4 days per week office/site
Project: SCS Main Works Civils Contract
Package Value: Responsibility for £3.5bn+ of works
Programme: Old Oak Common to Euston | Delivery through to 2034/35
A Nationally Significant Delivery Role
High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd) is recruiting a Project Director to take a senior client-side leadership role responsible for the delivery of a £3.5bn+ tunnelling and heavy civils package between Old Oak Common and Euston.
This is one of the UK's most high-profile and technically challenging infrastructure projects, forming part of the wider £10.5bn SCS Main Works Civils Contract.
The package includes: Underground Cavern, extensive TBM tunnelling, sprayed concrete lining, major underground and structural works, utilities and complex interfaces with existing and operational railway infrastructure.
This is fundamentally a delivery role. The successful candidate will be responsible for taking the project through the remaining design phase, construction and ultimately successful delivery, working closely with the Tier 1 contractor and an integrated professional and technical supply chain.
HS2 Operates as a lean/intelligent client you will have line management responsibility for 2 senior PM’s, 4 PM’s.
The project is expected to continue through to approximately 2034/35, providing a long-term opportunity to lead delivery of a nationally important piece of infrastructure.
The Project
The £3.5bn+ package includes some of the most complex heavy civil engineering works on HS2:
The design is currently around 60% complete, with the remaining design needing to be driven efficiently towards construction and delivery.
Your Role
You'll provide senior client-side leadership across the project, working with the Tier 1 contractor and HS2's multidisciplinary teams to drive successful delivery.
You will be responsibel for the whole project lifecycle from leading the completion of the design into construction and handover in c2035. You will need to have personally led major projects through both design and construction and understand how to turn complex designs into efficiently delivered infrastructure.
You'll be expected to:
Commercial & Delivery Environment
HS2 is evolving its commercial approach across the major works programme, including greater use of milestone incentives and mechanisms designed to improve delivery certainty, allocate risk appropriately and protect value for money for the taxpayer.
The Project Director will not be responsible for leading these commercial negotiations, but will need to understand the principles behind them and their impact on project delivery.
You'll need to be commercially astute, comfortable working with significant budgets and able to work effectively with commercial and contract teams.
You'll understand how commercial mechanisms, risk allocation and incentives can influence contractor behaviour and delivery, while continually looking for opportunities to simplify processes, remove inefficiencies and improve value for money.
About You – The Non-Negotiables
We're looking for an experienced Project Director or senior delivery leader who has personally delivered c£1bn projects and understands what it takes to successfully complete complex infrastructure.
We're open to candidates from client, Tier 1 contractor or consultancy backgrounds. What matters is your proven ability to deliver major projects rather than which side of the industry you've worked for.
You must have:
International mega-project experience is welcomed, as many candidates with the required £1bn+ experience will likely gained from abroad but must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.
The key requirement is genuine £1bn+ project delivery experience. This is not a programme governance or sponsorship role. We're looking for someone who has personally led major projects through design and construction and has the leadership, commercial and stakeholder skills required to successfully deliver complex infrastructure in London.
Leadership & Project Management
HS2 places significant emphasis on structured project delivery and leadership. Its internal project management framework and staff development approach are aligned with Association for Project Management (APM) principles.
You'll therefore need strong project management discipline, the ability to establish clear accountability and the leadership capability to bring together a highly complex integrated supply chain around a common delivery objective.
The successful candidate will be comfortable creating clarity across multiple teams, establishing effective processes and procedures, identifying inefficiencies and maintaining focus on programme, cost, risk, quality and delivery outcomes.
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to take a senior leadership position directly with HS2 Ltd on a nationally important infrastructure scheme.
You'll be responsible for turning one of the UK's most complex infrastructure designs into a successfully delivered piece of railway, working alongside a Tier 1 contractor and highly integrated professional, technical and supply-chain organisations.
The project is expected to continue through to 2034/35, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to lead the project through its major construction and delivery phases.
If you're a senior delivery leader who has personally delivered £1bn+ projects, understands both design and construction, is commercially sharp and has the leadership and stakeholder skills to operate in a highly complex, high-profile London environment, this is a role worth discussing confidentially.
]]>Working directly for High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Location: London Euston OR Acton OR West Ruislip – Hybrid, typically 3 days office/site
Next Step: Commercial Manager – £70,000–£75,000 + package
Typical progression: Around 2 years, subject to performance
Projects: £1.67bn Old Oak Common Station or £4.2bn London Tunnels Main Works Civils
Programme: Long-term HS2 programme 2036 -2039
The Opportunity
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd is recruiting two Assistant Commercial Managers to join its commercial teams, with one position based on the £1.67bn Old Oak Common Station project and the other on the £4.2bn London Tunnels Main Works Civils contract.
These are excellent opportunities for a Graduate Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor or Assistant Cost Manager looking to move into a client-side commercial role on two of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects.
You'll gain exposure to major commercial activities across complex, multidisciplinary programmes rather than being restricted to a small package of work.
Working directly for HS2, you'll gain experience across:
The scale and multidisciplinary nature of these projects provides the opportunity to build a breadth of commercial experience that would typically take many years to develop elsewhere.
You'll also gain exposure to evolving approaches to NEC contract management and Compensation Events, providing insight into modern commercial practices being implemented across major infrastructure delivery.
The Projects
Old Oak Common Station – £1.67bn
Old Oak Common will become one of the UK's most significant and best-connected railway stations, integrating HS2, National Rail, London Underground and the Elizabeth line.
The station includes 14 platforms and an approximately 850m-long station box, creating a major engineering and commercial challenge.
The project provides exposure to a wide range of disciplines across the development and delivery of one of the UK's most important transport hubs.
London Tunnels – £4.2bn Main Works Civils
The London Tunnels Main Works Civils contract is being delivered by the SCS Joint Venture – Costain, Skanska and STRABAG.
The scope includes:
The Role
Working directly for HS2 Ltd, you'll support a Commercial Manager and develop your experience across a broad range of commercial and contract management activities.
You'll gain hands-on exposure to NEC contract administration, Compensation Events, cost assurance, risk management, payment processes, forecasting and commercial reporting.
HS2's contract management system, including CEMAR, will be used alongside Excel and other commercial reporting tools.
Key Responsibilities
Career Development
HS2 offers a genuine opportunity to build a long-term career in major infrastructure commercial management.
You'll receive structured development, mentoring and support towards professional qualifications and chartership, including RICS or ICES where appropriate.
There is a clear progression pathway from Assistant Commercial Manager to Commercial Manager, paying £70,000–£75,000 + package.
Progression to Commercial Manager level can be achieved in around two years, have multiple examples of this – with the huge size and scale of HS2 new Commercial Manager opportunities come up meaning when you are ready you’ll be able to be promoted..
The wider HS2 programme also provides opportunities to move between major projects and disciplines, building experience across stations, civils, rail systems and other infrastructure packages.
About You
You'll likely be a Graduate Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Commercial Manager or Assistant Cost Manager with around 18 months+ relevant experience & a quakification in Quantity Surveying or related subject.
You'll ideally have:
We're open to candidates from main contractor, consultancy or client-side backgrounds.
Why Join HS2?
This is an opportunity to work directly for HS2 Ltd and gain client-side experience on two of the UK's most prestigious infrastructure projects.
You'll benefit from:
If you're an Assistant QS, Graduate QS or Assistant Commercial Manager looking for a genuine step up in responsibility, development and career progression, these HS2 opportunities are well worth discussing.
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Salary: £100,000 – £120,000 + Excellent Benefits
Location: London, Euston – Hybrid (3 days a Week)
Reporting to: Head of Planning & Integration – c.£130,000–£140,000 + package
Team: Leading a team of 7 Planning/ Project Controls professionals
Programme: High Speed Two – London
The Opportunity
High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd) is recruiting an Area Planning Lead to provide senior planning leadership within one of Europe's largest and most complex infrastructure programmes.
Working directly for HS2 Ltd, you'll lead planning integration across a major Area programme, managing a team of seven planners and bringing together programme, interfaces, cost, risk and change to support informed delivery decisions.
The HS2 Area Model is designed to create a single guiding mind with clear accountability for delivering an integrated transport hub across each Area.
As Area Planning Lead, you'll play a key role in creating a focused, aligned and empowered Area team, bringing stakeholders together around a common vision and ensuring the programme has the planning control and integration required to deliver efficiently.
You'll work closely with senior HS2 leadership, delivery teams and major external stakeholders including Network Rail, TfL and DfT.
The role reports to the Head of Planning & Integration, providing a clear progression opportunity for an experienced planning leader.
The Role
You'll take responsibility for evaluating project time across the relevant Area programme and ensuring projects, functions and stakeholders are working towards a coordinated and achievable delivery plan.
A key focus will be proactive interface management, identifying potential conflicts early, bringing the right stakeholders together and ensuring interfaces are resolved before they affect delivery.
You'll also help correlate schedule, cost and risk information, providing senior leadership with a clear view of programme performance, emerging issues and potential mitigation.
The role has a strong continuous improvement focus, identifying opportunities to improve planning processes, increase efficiency and drive measurable performance benefits across the Area.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're looking for an experienced Planning Manager, Senior Planning Manager, Planning Lead or Programme Controls professional who has operated on large, complex infrastructure or major capital programmes.
You must have previous management experience and be comfortable providing leadership beyond the production of schedules, bringing together people, programmes and stakeholders to create an integrated delivery approach.
We're open to candidates from main contractor, consultancy or client-side backgrounds.
You'll ideally have:
Why Join HS2?
This is an opportunity to work directly for HS2 Ltd in a senior planning leadership position at the heart of the London programme.
You'll play a key role in creating the integrated planning approach that enables HS2 to coordinate complex projects, contractors and stakeholders around a common delivery vision.
You'll gain exposure to:
With a clear progression route towards Head of Planning & Integration (£130,000–£140,000 + package), this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced planning leader looking to take a broader strategic role within one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
If you're a senior planning professional who can combine technical P6 expertise with leadership, strategic thinking, interface management and the ability to bring complex stakeholders together, we'd like to hear from you.
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Two Positions | EKFB Main Works Civils – Central Section
High Speed Two Ltd (HS2)
Locations: West Hyde to Aylesbury, OR Greatworth to Southam, Warwickshire
Salary: £100k–£111,578, potentially £120,000 + 12% Pen + Health + 25h
Progression: Head of Delivery – circa £130 – 140k + package
Working Pattern: Predominantly site/project based
Long term opportunity HS2 programme will go 2037-39
The Opportunity
An excellent opportunity has arisen for two Senior Project Managers to join High Speed Two (HS2), working directly for the client on the EKFB Main Works Civils contract.
The vacancies have arisen following the promotion of the existing Senior Project Managers into Head of Delivery positions, providing a genuine and demonstrated progression route.
Reporting to a Head of Delivery, each Senior Project Manager will lead approximately 4–5 Project Managers, with responsibility for around 30km of railway and all major assets within their section, including bridges, viaducts, earthworks, green tunnels, roads and associated infrastructure.
The two positions cover:
Detailed design is complete, with approximately three years of delivery remaining. The programme is entering a major construction phase before moving through completion, testing, commissioning and handover.
The Role
This is a delivery focused leadership position. You will work closely with EKFB, its supply chain, designers, HS2 teams and external stakeholders to resolve issues, manage interfaces and keep complex construction moving.
NC2a South – Aylesbury
The Aylesbury position covers a key section of HS2 forming part of the programme's designated core test area.
Key upcoming works include:
G2S – Greatworth to Southam
The G2S position covers EKFB's northernmost section and some of the most significant structures on this part of the HS2 route.
Key works include:
What We're Looking For
This is a delivery-led Senior Project Manager role rather than a commercial position. Strong construction and infrastructure knowledge is important, with the emphasis on getting complex projects built.
Why Join HS2?
This is an opportunity to take responsibility for a significant section of one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure programmes, leading a team of Project Managers and working across major civil engineering works.
With detailed design complete, the focus is now firmly on construction, completion and handover. You will be joining at a stage where your leadership and decision making will have a direct impact on getting the railway built.
The career progression is already demonstrated, with the previous Senior Project Managers moving into Head of Delivery positions.
Beyond the current section, there are further opportunities across HS2, including stations and the wider railway systems programme, with the overall programme extending through to 2039.
Package
£100,000–£111,578 salary, potentially up to £120,000 depending on experience.
12% employer pension contribution.
Private healthcare and 25 days holiday.
Direct employment with High Speed Two Ltd.
Progression opportunity to Head of Delivery – circa £130 – 140k + pkg
If you are an experienced Senior Project Manager who enjoys leading teams, solving complex delivery problems and getting major infrastructure built, this is an opportunity to take your career onto one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
Please apply with your CV and indicate whether you would prefer Aylesbury, Southam/Banbury, or would consider either location.
]]>Lead Commissioning & Assurance Manager - is Senior Project Manager Assurance role must have previous experience closing our (handing over) a large complex infrastructure project.
Salary £100,000 – 111,578 £94,842 + 12% Pen Benefits
Employer: High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd – Direct Employment
Programme: £4.2bn+ EKFB Main Works Civils Contract
Working Pattern: Minimum 3 days per week in Milton Keynes office
Next Step: Senior leadership opportunities across HS2 Programme Assurance, Engineering & Delivery | HS2 programme continuing through to 2039
Make the Difference Between Documents Existing and Assurance Being Complete
On one section of HS2, close to half a million project documents will have been produced.
The challenge is not simply storing them.
Someone needs to make sure the right information gets to the right people, at the right time, through the right process and ultimately forms a complete, reliable assurance record for handover and the future railway.
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd is looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead this process across the EKFB Main Works Civils Contract, Central Section.
This is a senior project management role within the Engineering and Technical Assurance environment. You will manage the people, processes, interfaces and workflow required to move a significant volume of assurance documentation through review, acceptance and close-out.
You will not be a Document Controller and you will not be expected to undertake detailed technical assurance yourself.
Instead, you will need to understand the bigger picture: why the information is required, who needs to review it, what needs to happen next, where the process is failing and what needs to change to get the project to successful completion and handover.
The Opportunity
Working directly for HS2 Ltd, you will take project management ownership of the assurance documentation and certification process across a major section of the EKFB works.
The process and governance framework are already established. Your role is to make the process work effectively through the people and organisations involved.
You will coordinate engineering, delivery, assurance, information management and supply-chain teams, ensuring responsibilities are clear, actions are followed through and documentation progresses through the appropriate routes.
You will also identify where existing processes are not working effectively and lead improvements, working with other HS2 teams and delivery partners to close gaps.
A key part of the role will be understanding the relationship between design, construction, testing, assurance and final handover.
You will need to recognise when missing, delayed or incomplete information creates a wider project risk and take ownership of getting it resolved.
Key Responsibilities
What We're Looking For
This role will suit a strong Project Manager, Design Manager, Engineering Manager, Commissioning & Handover Manager, Assurance & Handover Manager or Systems Completion Manager who has experience managing complex technical processes through to completion.
You will bring:
Relevant Background
Your experience could come from major rail and infrastructure, major civils, nuclear, aviation, tunnelling, commissioning, systems integration or other complex engineering programmes. HS2, Crossrail, Thames Tideway, HS1, major airport programmes, Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C or similarly complex infrastructure would all provide highly relevant experience.
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to work directly for High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd at an important stage of the programme, taking ownership of a process that is fundamental to successful completion and handover.
The EKFB Main Works Civils Contract is one of HS2's largest construction contracts, covering a significant section of the railway. The Central Section has also become particularly high profile as part of HS2's designated Core Test Area, increasing the importance of bringing together construction, assurance and project information as the programme moves towards testing and commissioning.
For someone who enjoys making complex processes work, getting people aligned and seeing a major project through to successful completion, this is a rare opportunity to have a tangible impact on one of Britain's most significant infrastructure programmes.
If you are an experienced Project Manager with a background in assurance, design management, engineering, commissioning, systems completion or major-project handover, we would be interested in hearing from you.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | Direct Client Side Employment
Salary: £60,000 to £65,514 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Location: Birmingham Snow Hill | 3 days office/site, 2 days home
Programme: HS2 Washwood Heath Depot | £858m
Programme Length: 8 to 10 Years
Reports to: Project Based Lead Architect
Next Step: Lead Architect | £85,000 to £92,400 + Package
Help Deliver One of the UK's Most Important Railway Facilities
Are you an architect looking to move beyond traditional architectural practice and play a key role in the delivery of one of the UK's most significant transportation projects?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Architect to join the Engineering Team responsible for the delivery of the £858m Washwood Heath Depot in Birmingham.
Washwood Heath will become a critical part of the HS2 railway, supporting the maintenance, operation, testing and stabling of the future high speed fleet. It is an engineering led facility with highly complex operational requirements, but architectural quality remains a key part of the ambition for the scheme.
The project is being developed around a 120 year design life, creating an opportunity to work on an asset that will form part of the UK's transport infrastructure for generations.
This is a delivery focused architectural role. The concept design has already been established by the main contractor's architectural team at AECOM, so you will not be starting with a blank sheet of paper. Instead, your role will be to help protect, develop and deliver the architectural vision through detailed design, engineering coordination and construction.
Architecture at the Heart of Engineering
You will be embedded within the Washwood Heath Engineering Team, reporting to the Project Based Lead Architect and working alongside a large multidisciplinary team including civil, structural, MEP, BMS, rail systems, environmental and project delivery specialists.
Your role will be to work closely with these teams to ensure the developing design continues to deliver the architectural vision, quality and aspirations of the scheme, while meeting the complex engineering and operational requirements of a major railway facility throughout the full lifecycle of the project, from design and construction through to testing, commissioning and operation.
The original planning permission for the scheme has been granted, but changes are now being developed to future proof the depot for future generations of HS2 trains. This means a new planning submission will be required, providing further opportunity to influence how the evolving design is developed and delivered.
If you are an architect who relishes working in a highly multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery environment, where you can learn from experienced engineers and specialists, this could be an excellent opportunity.
If, however, you are looking for a role primarily focused on concept design within a traditional architectural environment, this is probably not the role for you.
This is about seeing architecture through delivery and understanding how design, engineering, construction and railway operations come together.
The Washwood Heath Depot Facilities
The £858m Washwood Heath facility will provide a major operational and engineering hub for HS2, incorporating:
The facility will ultimately integrate into the operational HS2 railway, meaning the architecture must respond to demanding engineering, operational, construction, maintenance, sustainability and long term asset requirements.
At the same time, the ambition is for Washwood Heath to be a high quality and architecturally aspirational environment, rather than simply a collection of functional railway buildings.
What You Will Do
Working with the Project Based Lead Architect, you will help ensure the architectural vision is maintained as the project moves through delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
About You
We are looking for a qualified architect with strong design and delivery experience who wants to develop their career within major infrastructure.
You could currently be working as a Senior Architect, Project Architect, Transport Architect, Design Architect or Architectural Lead within architectural practice, consultancy or a client organisation.
A transportation background would be particularly attractive, although direct rail experience is not essential. Relevant experience could include:
You will ideally have experience of working within a multidisciplinary environment where architectural design has to respond to complex engineering, operational and technical requirements.
You will need to be comfortable working alongside engineers, contractors and specialist consultants, reviewing detailed design and challenging proposals where necessary.
Professional architectural qualification and ARB registration are essential, with RIBA membership advantageous.
Experience within a Design and Build environment, where the contractor holds design responsibility and the client provides oversight and assurance, would be particularly useful.
A Major Project With a Long Term Career Ahead
The Washwood Heath Depot is an 8-to-10-year programme, giving you the opportunity to build substantial experience on a nationally important transportation project.
More importantly, you will be joining High Speed Two Ltd directly, with the wider HS2 programme continuing through to 2039.
As your experience develops, there is potential to move into future architectural and design leadership roles across the wider programme, including major stations, railway systems and other infrastructure assets.
The immediate progression route is to Lead Architect, with the next level paying approximately £85,000 to £92,400 + package.
This makes the role particularly attractive for an ambitious architect who wants to move into senior infrastructure and transportation leadership.
Why This Opportunity?
This is a chance to make your name on a £858m nationally important railway facility, while developing your architectural career within one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
You will work at the point where architecture, engineering and railway operations come together, surrounded by specialists who can significantly broaden your technical and delivery experience.
You will see the project develop from an established architectural concept through detailed design and construction, ultimately becoming a functioning railway facility designed to serve for 120 years.
If you want to be an architect who does more than develop concepts and instead wants to see major infrastructure actually delivered, this is a rare opportunity to do it from the client side with High Speed Two.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | Direct Client Side Employment
Salary: £60,000 to £65,514 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Location: Birmingham Snow Hill | 3 days office/site, 2 days home
Programme: HS2 Washwood Heath Depot | £858m
Programme Length: 8 to 10 Years
Reports to: Project Based Lead Architect
Next Step: Lead Architect | £85,000 to £92,400 + Package
Help Deliver One of the UK's Most Important Railway Facilities
Are you an architect looking to move beyond traditional architectural practice and play a key role in the delivery of one of the UK's most significant transportation projects?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Architect to join the Engineering Team responsible for the delivery of the £858m Washwood Heath Depot in Birmingham.
Washwood Heath will become a critical part of the HS2 railway, supporting the maintenance, operation, testing and stabling of the future high speed fleet. It is an engineering led facility with highly complex operational requirements, but architectural quality remains a key part of the ambition for the scheme.
The project is being developed around a 120 year design life, creating an opportunity to work on an asset that will form part of the UK's transport infrastructure for generations.
This is a delivery focused architectural role. The concept design has already been established by the main contractor's architectural team at AECOM, so you will not be starting with a blank sheet of paper. Instead, your role will be to help protect, develop and deliver the architectural vision through detailed design, engineering coordination and construction.
Architecture at the Heart of Engineering
You will be embedded within the Washwood Heath Engineering Team, reporting to the Project Based Lead Architect and working alongside a large multidisciplinary team including civil, structural, MEP, BMS, rail systems, environmental and project delivery specialists.
Your role will be to work closely with these teams to ensure the developing design continues to deliver the architectural vision, quality and aspirations of the scheme, while meeting the complex engineering and operational requirements of a major railway facility throughout the full lifecycle of the project, from design and construction through to testing, commissioning and operation.
The original planning permission for the scheme has been granted, but changes are now being developed to future proof the depot for future generations of HS2 trains. This means a new planning submission will be required, providing further opportunity to influence how the evolving design is developed and delivered.
If you are an architect who relishes working in a highly multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery environment, where you can learn from experienced engineers and specialists, this could be an excellent opportunity.
If, however, you are looking for a role primarily focused on concept design within a traditional architectural environment, this is probably not the role for you.
This is about seeing architecture through delivery and understanding how design, engineering, construction and railway operations come together.
The Washwood Heath Depot Facilities
The £858m Washwood Heath facility will provide a major operational and engineering hub for HS2, incorporating:
The facility will ultimately integrate into the operational HS2 railway, meaning the architecture must respond to demanding engineering, operational, construction, maintenance, sustainability and long term asset requirements.
At the same time, the ambition is for Washwood Heath to be a high quality and architecturally aspirational environment, rather than simply a collection of functional railway buildings.
What You Will Do
Working with the Project Based Lead Architect, you will help ensure the architectural vision is maintained as the project moves through delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
About You
We are looking for a qualified architect with strong design and delivery experience who wants to develop their career within major infrastructure.
You could currently be working as a Senior Architect, Project Architect, Transport Architect, Design Architect or Architectural Lead within architectural practice, consultancy or a client organisation.
A transportation background would be particularly attractive, although direct rail experience is not essential. Relevant experience could include:
You will ideally have experience of working within a multidisciplinary environment where architectural design has to respond to complex engineering, operational and technical requirements.
You will need to be comfortable working alongside engineers, contractors and specialist consultants, reviewing detailed design and challenging proposals where necessary.
Professional architectural qualification and ARB registration are essential, with RIBA membership advantageous.
Experience within a Design and Build environment, where the contractor holds design responsibility and the client provides oversight and assurance, would be particularly useful.
A Major Project With a Long Term Career Ahead
The Washwood Heath Depot is an 8-to-10-year programme, giving you the opportunity to build substantial experience on a nationally important transportation project.
More importantly, you will be joining High Speed Two Ltd directly, with the wider HS2 programme continuing through to 2039.
As your experience develops, there is potential to move into future architectural and design leadership roles across the wider programme, including major stations, railway systems and other infrastructure assets.
The immediate progression route is to Lead Architect, with the next level paying approximately £85,000 to £92,400 + package.
This makes the role particularly attractive for an ambitious architect who wants to move into senior infrastructure and transportation leadership.
Why This Opportunity?
This is a chance to make your name on a £858m nationally important railway facility, while developing your architectural career within one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
You will work at the point where architecture, engineering and railway operations come together, surrounded by specialists who can significantly broaden your technical and delivery experience.
You will see the project develop from an established architectural concept through detailed design and construction, ultimately becoming a functioning railway facility designed to serve for 120 years.
If you want to be an architect who does more than develop concepts and instead wants to see major infrastructure actually delivered, this is a rare opportunity to do it from the client side with High Speed Two.
]]>Looking for a Reporting & Data Insights Manager, will have hands on Power BI and data analytics skills coupled with experience reporting Data Insights from a PMO office.
Direct to High Speed Two Ltd
SALARY £60,000 – £65,515 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Employer: High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd | Direct Employment
Location: Birmingham | typically 3 days per week in the office
Programme: HS2 Phase One | Major Infrastructure Programme
Team: Programme Reporting / PMO
Reports to: Head of Monitoring, Reporting & Analysis
Progression: Significant development and progression opportunities | HS2 programme continuing through to 2039
Own the Power BI Reporting Platform Behind a Multi Billion Pound Programme
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd is looking for a Reporting & Data Analytics Manager with strong hands on Power BI capability to join its Programme Management Office in Birmingham.
This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a live, programme wide Power BI reporting product already relied upon across HS2.
You will not be starting with a blank screen or building another dashboard that sits within one team.
The Power BI solution you will own provides a single programme wide view of information, bringing together Project Controls, delivery and wider corporate data including governance and finance.
It is then cascaded back through the programme to contract level, where teams use the reporting platform as part of their own reporting activity.
Your role will be to keep that product accurate, relevant and evolving as the programme changes, ensuring the information being used at contract level remains aligned with the information required at corporate and senior leadership level.
For someone who enjoys working with data but also wants to see their work used across a nationally significant programme, this offers a level of visibility and ownership that is difficult to find in a conventional data analytics role.
The Opportunity
Working directly for HS2 Ltd within the Programme Reporting Team, you will take ownership of the existing programme wide Power BI reporting solution.
You will work across a complex range of information sources, bringing together Project Controls, programme and delivery information alongside corporate data such as finance and governance.
The solution is already established. The challenge is keeping it current, accurate and fit for purpose as the programme evolves.
You will interrogate data, maintain and evolve dashboards, identify anomalies and work with stakeholders to understand what the information is actually telling them.
You will also help shape how the reporting product develops, translating changing business requirements into practical reporting solutions that are clear and usable for people who are not data specialists.
This is a technically focused role, but it is not a pure developer position.
You need genuine hands on Power BI capability, combined with the analytical judgement and stakeholder skills to understand what senior users need from the information and make sure the reporting delivers it.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for a hands on Power BI and data analytics professional who enjoys taking ownership of a live reporting product and making it better, ideally with PMO reporting experience
Your background does not necessarily need to be infrastructure.
You could have developed your experience within defence, pharmaceutical, financial services, manufacturing, technology or another large corporate or highly governed environment.
What matters is that you have worked with complex organisational data and understand the importance of accuracy, governance and producing reporting that senior people can rely upon.
You will have:
Desirable Experience
The following would be particularly beneficial:
Why Join High Speed Two?
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a reporting product that is already embedded within one of the UK's largest and most complex infrastructure programmes.
Your work will not sit within a single project or department.
The reporting platform is used across the programme, providing visibility from contract level reporting through to corporate and senior leadership decision making.
You will gain exposure to a huge variety of information, stakeholders and delivery environments while developing an understanding of how data is used to manage a multi billion pound, nationally significant programme.
And because the HS2 programme is continuing through to 2039, there is significant scope for development, broader responsibility and long term career progression.
The Package
£60,000 to £65,515 salary
12% employer pension contribution
Private healthcare
25 days annual leave
Birmingham based hybrid working
Direct employment with High Speed Two Ltd
Significant opportunities for development and career progression
If you are a Power BI professional who wants to move beyond producing reports for a single department and take ownership of a live, programme wide reporting solution used across a nationally significant programme, this could be an excellent next step.
Apply now with your CV for a confidential conversation about the opportunity.
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SALARY £60,000 – £65,515 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday |
Employer: High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd – Direct Employment
Location: Birmingham – typically 3 days per week in the office
Programme: HS2 Phase One – Major Infrastructure Programme
Reports to: Head of Monitoring, Reporting & Analysis
Progression: Significant development and progression opportunities | HS2 programme continuing through to 2039
Turn Programme Data Into Decisions That Matter
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd is looking for a Reporting & Analysis Manager to join its Programme Management Office in Birmingham.
This is not a role where you simply populate reporting templates.
You will sit at the point where information from across programme, cost, risk, estimates, schedule and performance is brought together, challenged and turned into reporting that is used by senior leadership, Corporate functions and Board-level decision makers.
Your work will provide visibility across the breadth of the HS2 programme, covering four Main Works Civils contracts, four stations and eleven rail systems packages.
That means working across a complex mix of delivery organisations, contracts and project controls environments, understanding what the data is telling you, challenging it where necessary and making sure the final reporting presents an accurate picture of programme performance.
For someone who enjoys working with senior stakeholders, getting underneath the detail and turning complex information into something decision-makers can actually use, this is a genuinely high-profile opportunity.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Monitoring, Reporting & Analysis, you will take ownership of key reporting and analysis activity within the HS2 PMO.
You will bring together information from multiple delivery teams and project controls disciplines, ensuring that reporting is accurate, consistent, well governed and delivered to demanding deadlines.
A key part of the role will be interrogating the information rather than simply accepting it.
You will need to understand the detail behind programme, cost, risk, estimates and performance information, identify anomalies or inconsistencies, challenge information that does not look right and work with stakeholders to establish the underlying position.
You will also have the opportunity to improve the way reporting is produced — identifying where processes, responsibilities or governance could be clearer and implementing more effective ways of working.
This is a role with significant stakeholder exposure and requires someone who can operate confidently between detailed project controls information and senior-level programme reporting.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for someone who can combine strong Project Controls understanding with excellent stakeholder and communication skills.
You could come from a Project Controls, PMO, project management or programme management background. The key is that you understand the detail behind programme performance and can translate that detail into reporting that senior decision-makers can trust.
You will be comfortable working across multiple teams and contracts and will have the confidence to question information when something does not appear correct.
You should have:
Desirable Experience
Experience in one or more of the following would be highly beneficial:
Why Join High Speed Two?
This is an opportunity to work directly for High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd at the centre of one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
You will gain visibility across the full programme rather than being restricted to a single project or contract, working with information from major civils, stations and rail systems delivery.
The reporting produced by this team is ultimately used to understand how the programme is performing and support decisions at the highest levels of the organisation.
For an ambitious reporting, PMO or Project Controls professional, it offers the opportunity to develop your understanding of how a multi-billion-pound, publicly funded infrastructure programme is actually managed and governed.
With HS2 continuing through to 2039, there is significant scope for professional development and longer-term progression.
The Package
If you are a reporting or Project Controls professional who enjoys bringing together people, data and information to create a clear picture of programme performance, this is an opportunity to work at the heart of HS2's PMO and have genuine visibility of one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
Apply now with your CV for a confidential conversation about the role.
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High Speed Two Ltd | Chief Engineer's Group | Command, Control & Signalling Engineering
Salary: London £90,000 to £110,000 / Birmingham £90,000 to £100,400 + 12% pension + (potentially 10% extra if approved)
Location: London or Birmingham, hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office
Reporting to: Head of Command, Control & Signalling
Long Term Programme: High Speed Two programme through to 2039
Career Progression: Head of Command, Control & Signalling £120,000 - £140k + package
Long Term Programme until 2039
Shape How HS2 Will Be Controlled and Operated
Are you a Traffic Management Systems specialist who understands not just how rail control systems work, but how they enable the railway to operate?
Do you have experience bringing together signalling, traffic management, operational planning and wider railway systems within a complex environment?
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Lead Traffic Management System Engineer to help define how one of the world's most advanced high speed railways will be controlled and operated.
HS2 is developing a highly automated and integrated Traffic Management System which will bring together the control and real time planning of the railway. With the programme currently in the concept phase, this position offers the opportunity to influence the fundamental operating principles, requirements and functionality of the future railway.
The team needs a TMS subject matter expert and conceptual thinker who understands railway operations and can consider how individual systems, functions and standards fit together within the wider operational picture. Need someone who can resolve and answer issues such as:
This is a client side role within the Chief Engineer's Group, working within the Command, Control & Signalling Engineering Team and reporting directly to the Head of CCS.
The Challenge
The Traffic Management System will sit at the centre of how HS2 plans, regulates and controls railway operations.
The successful candidate will need to understand both the control and planning layers of TMS and, critically, how an operational railway actually works.
This means looking beyond individual products or technical functions and understanding how traffic management, signalling, railway operations, rolling stock, stations and infrastructure combine to deliver a safe, reliable and high capacity railway.
You will help define what the TMS needs to do, develop the requirements and technical approach, and work with suppliers and the wider engineering organisation to turn the operational concept into a deliverable system.
The system is currently at concept stage and will need to progress through scheme design, detailed design and ultimately installation and implementation.
This provides an unusual opportunity for a TMS specialist to influence the system before the technical solution becomes fixed.
The Role
As Lead Traffic Management System Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and overall technical assurance for the TMS engineering discipline.
You will work closely with the wider engineering disciplines to develop solutions which consider all relevant systems and subsystems, while ensuring that the operational needs of the railway remain at the centre of the design.
A major part of the role will be understanding and managing the interfaces between TMS and the wider railway.
This includes other CCS subsystems, rail systems, Network Rail and third party systems, as well as stations, infrastructure and other operational interfaces.
You will engage with technical, operational, supplier and delivery stakeholders to ensure a holistic approach is taken to the development of the system.
You will also work with the TMS supplier to challenge and develop proposed solutions, ensuring that the technology being developed delivers the railway capability HS2 requires.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for an experienced Traffic Management Systems professional who combines specialist technical knowledge with a strong understanding of railway operations.
You will ideally have significant experience working with TMS, integrated railway control systems or closely related railway control and planning systems.
Importantly, you need to understand more than how a TMS product works.
You must understand how an operational railway works and how traffic is planned, regulated and controlled in real time.
You will be comfortable operating at a conceptual level, mapping out how a complex system needs to work and translating operational requirements into system functionality.
You should be someone who naturally thinks about the whole railway rather than a single system boundary and can identify how changes or decisions within one system may affect other parts of the railway.
You will also need the confidence and credibility to challenge established requirements, standards and proposed technical solutions where they do not provide the right outcome for the railway.
Essential Requirements
Desirable Experience
A Rare Technical Opportunity
This is a particularly rare opportunity for a TMS specialist to influence the operating concept of HS2 while the system is still being defined.
Rather than joining once the technology and functionality have already been established, you will have the opportunity to help shape the requirements, operating principles and technical solution from the concept stage.
You will work at the intersection of railway operations, signalling, traffic management, systems integration and engineering delivery, with responsibility for ensuring that the developing TMS works as part of the railway as a whole.
For an experienced TMS specialist with the ability to think beyond individual products and standards, this is an opportunity to influence one of the UK's most significant railway programmes and help define how HS2 will ultimately operate.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | Chief Engineering Group
Location: London Euston or Birmingham | Hybrid, 3 days office
Salary: London £80,000 to £83,500 + 12% pension + healthcare + 25 days holiday
Birmingham £70,000 to £77,500 + 12% pension + healthcare + 25 days holiday
Next Step: Lead CCS Engineer £90,000 to £100,000
Programme: High Speed Two through to 2039
Shape the Signalling System for the UK's New High Speed Railway
Are you a senior signalling engineer with a strong understanding of how a complete railway signalling system works?
Do you have experience on major resignalling or complex rail infrastructure projects and understand how signalling systems support railway operations?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Command, Control & Signalling Engineer to join its specialist CCS Technical Authority team.
This is an opportunity to work directly for HS2 and help assure the signalling system for a completely new high speed railway. HS2 is developing an advanced control and signalling environment incorporating ETCS and ATO, although previous ETCS or ATO experience is not essential.
What matters is your understanding of the wider CCS system, including interlocking, control systems, train detection and their relationship with railway operations.
The Opportunity
The CCS Technical Authority has established the strategy, requirements and technical definition for the HS2 signalling system.
As the programme moves into delivery, you will provide technical assurance across design, construction, testing and commissioning, working with the supply chain to ensure the system meets HS2 requirements.
You will work closely with the Lead CCS Engineer and wider engineering teams, providing technical advice, resolving complex issues and ensuring CCS integrates effectively with the wider railway.
The role would suit someone who has progressed beyond pure project engineering and has strong design or technical assurance experience. You might currently be a Senior Signalling Engineer, Signalling Design Manager, Engineering Manager, Solution Architect or Technical Authority.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for a senior signalling professional with the technical depth to operate as a CCS Subject Matter Expert.
You will have a thorough understanding of Control, Command & Signalling systems and how they support railway operations, with knowledge across several areas of CCS rather than a single specialist discipline.
You will ideally have:
ETCS and ATO experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
Experience of the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment would also be beneficial.
We are open to candidates from contractor, consultant and client side backgrounds. Chartered Engineer status, working towards chartership or equivalent professional experience would be welcomed.
Long Term HS2 Career Opportunity
High Speed Two is a long term programme extending through to 2039, providing the opportunity to build experience across one of the UK's largest and most technically complex rail programmes.
There is a clear progression route to Lead CCS Engineer, with salaries of approximately £90,000 to £100,000 plus package.
As HS2 moves through design, construction, testing and commissioning, you will gain experience across the complete lifecycle of a new high speed railway.
If you are an experienced signalling engineer who understands the wider CCS system and wants to use that expertise on a major new high speed railway, this is an opportunity to take your career into a genuinely strategic client side engineering environment.
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Salary £90,000–£100,000 + 12% Pension + 25 Days Holiday
Location London (Euston) or L | Hybrid – typically 3 days in the office
Progression: Head of roles – circa £110 - £140k + package
High Speed Two Long-term Programme until 2037-2039
The Opportunity
What if you could help develop and deliver the signalling system for the UK's first high-speed railway designed to operate with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) over ETCS?
High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd) is looking for an experienced Lead Project Engineer – Control, Command & Signalling (CCS) to join its Rail Systems team.
This is a client-side engineering leadership role working on HS2's route-wide CCS & Traffic Management contract with Siemens – a major railway systems programme that will interface with virtually every other part of the HS2 railway.
The project is moving through Scheme Design into detailed design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning. You'll be involved across the lifecycle, providing technical assurance and engineering leadership as the system moves from design into delivery.
This is an opportunity to work on a genuinely transformational railway project and build a legacy around one of the most advanced signalling systems being developed for a high-speed railway.
The CCS & Traffic Management Contract
The Siemens contract covers the design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and handover of the route-wide CCS and Traffic Management systems.
The scope includes:
ETCS and associated lineside equipment.
Interlocking and train detection systems.
Automatic Train Operation (ATO) Grade of Automation 2 over ETCS.
Traffic Management System (TMS).
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
Possession Management System (PMS).
Adhesion Management System (AMS).
Weather Monitoring System (WMS).
The contract is expected to run for around 8-10 years, with approximately 18–24 months of design development followed by installation, testing and commissioning.
Your Role
As Lead Project Engineer, you'll provide engineering leadership and technical assurance across the CCS programme, working closely with Siemens and HS2's wider Rail Systems, Engineering, Commercial and Project teams.
You will:
What We're Looking For
We're looking for an experienced Signalling Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer / Lead Project Engineer / DPE / Engineering Manager who has worked through the delivery phases of major signalling projects.
You could come from a principal contractor, client or consultancy background. Experience on major projects such as HS2, Crossrail, Network Rail, London Underground or major international rail programmes would be highly relevant.
You should have:
ETCS and ATO experience would be advantageous, but direct experience of both is not essential. Strong major-project signalling delivery experience is the priority.
Why HS2?
This isn't simply another signalling project.
You'll be working directly for HS2 Ltd, providing client-side engineering leadership on the route-wide CCS and Traffic Management system that will ultimately integrate with the wider high-speed railway.
The scale and complexity of the interfaces make this a particularly interesting engineering environment. CCS will need to integrate with stations, Main Works Civils and multiple other Rail Systems contracts, requiring strong technical coordination and whole-system thinking.
You'll also be joining HS2 at a key point in the project – moving from scheme design into detailed design and ultimately construction, installation, testing and commissioning.
There is a genuine long-term career opportunity within HS2, with progression to Head of CCS – circa £110k + package, alongside opportunities across the wider HS2 Rail Systems programme.
HS2 is a programme that will run for many years, providing the opportunity to build significant high-speed rail experience and be part of a project that will leave a lasting legacy on the UK's transport infrastructure.
Package
£90,000–£100,000 salary
12% employer pension contribution
25 days annual leave
Hybrid working – Birmingham or London
Typically 3 days per week in the office
Employer: High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd)
Programme: High Speed Rail / Rail Systems
Contract: CCS & Traffic Management – Siemens
High Speed Two Ltd | Chief Engineer's Team
Salary: £70,000 to £77,500 + 12% pension + healthcare + 25 days holiday
Location: Birmingham | Hybrid working, typically 3 days in the office
Scope: Programme wide Geotechnical Subject Matter Expert
Progression: Lead Geotechnical Engineer £85,000 to £92,400 + package
Programme: High Speed Two through to 2039
Shape the Geotechnical Engineering of HS2
Are you a Senior or Principal Geotechnical Engineer who wants to operate at a programme wide level rather than being tied to a single project?
Do you have strong experience across both foundations and earthworks, with the technical judgement to advise on complex ground engineering challenges from design through construction?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join the Chief Engineer's Team as a Geotechnical Subject Matter Expert.
This is an opportunity to work across one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure programmes, providing specialist advice on major civil assets including tunnels, viaducts, bridges, earthworks, retaining structures, stations and associated infrastructure.
You will work across the Main Works Civils contracts between London and Birmingham, supporting the four new stations and wider Rail Systems programme where additional geotechnical expertise is required.
This is a technical client role rather than a project management position. Your value will come from your engineering judgement, ability to challenge proposals and understanding of how geotechnical design translates into safe, practical and buildable solutions.
The Opportunity
You will join a small, highly experienced Ground Engineering team within HS2's Chief Engineer's function.
Working alongside engineers embedded across the programme, you will provide specialist input where complex ground conditions, foundations, earthworks or other geotechnical issues require additional technical expertise.
Your work will cover the asset lifecycle from ground investigation and design through construction, handover and maintenance.
You will review technical information, provide assurance, advise on standards and specifications and help project teams and contractors reach pragmatic, technically robust solutions.
The role also provides exposure to some of HS2's leading geotechnical innovation and research activity.
HS2 has undertaken major work in complex Mercia Mudstone, including the UK's largest static pile testing programme, using large scale testing, academic research and real time rig data to improve understanding of ground behaviour and optimise construction.
You will also have the opportunity to contribute to work involving innovative piling techniques, improved management of subsurface and piling data, stabilised materials and maximising the reuse of excavated material.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for a technically strong Senior or Principal Geotechnical Engineer who wants to remain close to engineering while gaining exposure across a major national infrastructure programme.
You will have a strong understanding of both earthworks and foundations, ideally supported by experience spanning design and construction.
You could come from a client, consultancy or specialist contractor background and may have worked in rail, highways, major civils, tunnelling or another complex infrastructure environment.
Essential Experience
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to become a recognised geotechnical specialist within one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
Rather than being responsible for a single package, you will see a broad range of ground engineering challenges across the HS2 programme and work alongside some of the most experienced engineers in the sector.
You will also have the opportunity to contribute to research, technical publications, industry events and innovations that are helping shape modern geotechnical practice.
There is a clear progression route to Lead Geotechnical Engineer and further senior engineering positions within HS2.
If you are an experienced Senior or Principal Geotechnical Engineer who wants greater technical breadth, exposure to major infrastructure and the opportunity to influence how geotechnical engineering is delivered at programme level, this is a rare opportunity to do it from the client side with High Speed Two.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | Digital Engineering
Salary: £42,000 - £47,684 + 12% Pen + health + 25 hols
Location: Birmingham, 3 days per week in the office
Reporting to: Head of Document Control
Long Term Programme: High Speed Two programme through to 2039
Team: Direct line management of 5 Document Controllers, within a wider team of 40
Closing date: 25th September
Lead Document Control Across 11 Major HS2 Contracts
Are you an experienced Document Control or Information Management professional with a strong understanding of ISO 19650?
Do you have experience managing people, project information and multiple stakeholders within a major construction or infrastructure environment?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Document Control Manager to lead a team of five Document Controllers and oversee document control activities across HS2's 11 rail systems contracts.
Reporting to the Head of Document Control, you will sit within a wider team of around 40 and work closely with Project Managers, engineers, contractors and other stakeholders to ensure critical project information is controlled, accessible and managed effectively.
This is a people and stakeholder focused role, requiring someone who can lead a team while maintaining high standards of information management across a complex programme.
The Role
You will manage and develop five Document Controllers, overseeing the flow of project information between HS2, contractors, consultants and delivery teams.
You will be responsible for ensuring documentation is received, reviewed, controlled, distributed, tracked and archived correctly, while ensuring processes align with ISO 19650 and HS2 information management requirements.
A significant part of the role is stakeholder management. You will work across 11 rail systems contracts, ensuring contractors provide HS2 with the required documentation, to the expected quality and in line with agreed processes. You will manage and mentor the contractor Document Control teams, providing guidance and training where required to ensure consistent standards across the programme.
HS2 uses Enterprise Bridge eB as its Common Data Environment, so experience with eB is useful. However, experience with another CDE or electronic document management system will be considered.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We are looking for an experienced Document Control professional with proven experience within a major project, construction or infrastructure environment.
You must have previous line management experience and be comfortable managing and developing Document Controllers.
Strong practical knowledge of ISO 19650 is essential, together with experience managing project information across multiple stakeholders and delivery organisations.
Your background could come from rail, nuclear, highways, civil engineering, power, utilities or another major infrastructure environment.
Experience with Enterprise Bridge eB would be advantageous, but we are equally interested in candidates with strong experience using other Common Data Environments or electronic document management systems.
Most importantly, you will have the organisational ability, communication skills and stakeholder management experience to operate effectively across a complex programme.
Essential Requirements
Desirable Experience
Long Term HS2 Career Opportunity
High Speed Two is a long term infrastructure programme extending through to 2039, providing the opportunity to build significant experience within one of the UK's largest and most technically complex engineering programmes.
The role also provides a potential route into the wider Digital Engineering and Information Management function, with opportunities to develop towards roles such as Information Manager and broaden your experience across BIM, information management and digital engineering.
If you are an experienced Document Control Manager who enjoys leading people, managing complex information flows and working with multiple stakeholders, this is an opportunity to take a key role within a nationally significant infrastructure programme while building a long term career with HS2.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | Washwood Heath Depot | Multi-disciplinary Rail Project
Salary: £70,000 to £77,500 + 12% pension + healthcare + 25 days holiday
Location: Birmingham | Hybrid working, typically 3 days in the office or on site
Programme: Washwood Heath Depot | approximately £859m
Programme Length: 7 to 9 years
Reporting to: Lead Project Engineer
Progression: Lead Project Engineer £85,000 to £92,400 + package
Help Deliver One of HS2's Most Complex Rail Assets
Are you a Senior Project Engineer with experience working on major multidisciplinary rail projects?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join the client side team responsible for delivering the approximately £859m Washwood Heath Depot in Birmingham.
Washwood Heath is effectively a railway in its own right. The facility will bring together buildings, track, power, signalling, communications, control systems, MEP and operational infrastructure to create a fully functioning depot for the HS2 railway.
This is a delivery focused project engineering role where you will sit at the centre of the technical activity, working closely with the Design and Build contractor and coordinating engineering activity across a highly integrated project.
Your role is to hold the technical thread across the programme, making sure issues are clearly understood, the right specialists are engaged and technical matters are progressed through to resolution.
The Role
Working as part of the Senior Project Engineering team, you will act as a key technical contact for the contractor across the depot programme.
You will coordinate engineering activity across multiple disciplines and manage interfaces between the depot and the wider HS2 railway.
The role is not about being the technical specialist in every discipline. It is about understanding how different engineering areas interact, asking the right questions, identifying where specialist input is required and making sure technical requirements are properly addressed and evidenced.
You will work across the full project lifecycle from design through construction, testing, commissioning and final handover.
The depot includes a wide range of systems and infrastructure, including: OCS and electrical systems, Mechanical and electrical services, including BMS, High voltage power, Communications, Command, Control and Signalling (CCS), Engineering Management Systems, Network Integrated Control Centre, Track and depot infrastructure
This creates a broad project engineering environment with significantinterfaces between systems, buildings, infrastructure and the wider HS2 railway.
What You Will Do
About You
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Engineer who is comfortable working across disciplines and managing complex technical interfaces on major rail projects.
Your engineering discipline can be varied. We are open to engineers from areas including OCS, MEP, electrical, power, communications, CCS, signalling, track or other relevant disciplines.
What is essential is your experience working across a major multidisciplinary rail project and your ability to understand how different engineering disciplines and systems need to work together.
You may currently be a Project Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, Design Manager, Client Representative Engineer, Delegated Project Engineer or similar.
Relevant project experience could include:
Experience within a large Design and Build or joint venture environment would be particularly useful.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why Washwood Heath?
Washwood Heath will become a major operational and engineering hub for HS2, supporting the maintenance, testing, stabling and operation of the future high speed fleet.
It is a genuinely integrated railway environment where buildings, systems, infrastructure and operational requirements all need to come together as one functioning asset.
The project will give you exposure to a breadth of engineering disciplines and interfaces that is difficult to replicate on a conventional project.
You will work directly for High Speed Two Ltd within an experienced client side engineering team, alongside specialist engineers and the major delivery contractor.
Long Term HS2 Career Opportunity
The Washwood Heath programme provides 7 to 9 years of major project experience across design, construction, testing, commissioning and handover.
You will also be joining the wider HS2 programme, providing the opportunity to develop your career across some of the UK's largest and most technically complex infrastructure projects.
The immediate progression route is to Lead Project Engineer, with salaries of approximately £85,000 to £92,400 + package.
For an engineer who wants to broaden their experience beyond a single discipline and develop into senior project engineering and infrastructure leadership, this is an opportunity to gain outstanding client side experience while helping deliver one of HS2's most complex operational assets.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | Calvert Rail Maintenance Depot | Multi-disciplinary Rail Project
Salary: £65,000 to £70,000 + 12% pension + healthcare + 25 days holiday
Location: London Euston | Hybrid working, typically 3 days per week in the office or on site
Programme: Calvert Infrastructure Maintenance Depot | £200m+
Programme Length: 7 to 9 years
Progression: Senior Project Engineer £75,000 to £83,500
Develop Your Career on One of HS2's Most Complex Rail Assets
Would you like to follow a major rail project from early-stage design through construction, testing, commissioning and final handover, while learning directly from an experienced Lead Project Engineer?
Project Engineer opportunity to join the client-side team responsible for delivering the £200m+ Calvert Infrastructure Maintenance Depot.
This is an excellent development opportunity for an engineer who wants to move beyond a single technical discipline and gain genuine multidisciplinary project engineering experience on one of the UK's most significant rail programmes.
The Opportunity
Calvert will become a key operational base for maintaining the HS2 railway, supporting on track maintenance machines and the teams responsible for track, signalling, communications and wider infrastructure.
It is effectively a mini railway in its own right, bringing together civils, track, signalling, communications, MEP, power and other railway systems within one highly integrated facility.
You will work directly alongside an experienced Lead Project Engineer and form part of a small client side team that acts as a key technical interface with the Design and Build contractor.
This means you will see far more of the project than you would in a conventional discipline-based role.
You will help coordinate technical activity across the depot, work with Subject Matter Experts, deal with contractor queries and help ensure that engineering issues are properly understood and resolved.
The project is currently at Concept Design stage and is expected to run for a further 7 to 9 years, giving you the opportunity to develop with the project through design, construction, testing, commissioning and handover.
What You Will Do
About You
We are open to engineers from a range of rail disciplines. Your technical background could be in: Civil Engineering, Track, Signalling (CCS), MEP, Electrical & Power, Comms, rail systems
What matters is that you have experience working on a multidisciplinary rail project and want to develop a broader understanding of project engineering.
You do not need to be an expert across every discipline. You need enough technical understanding to review information, ask the right questions, recognise when specialist input is required and work with others to reach the right solution.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why This Role?
The biggest attraction is the opportunity to develop alongside the project.
You will work closely with an experienced Lead Project Engineer, gaining exposure to a breadth of engineering activity across one of HS2's most integrated rail facilities.
Rather than being restricted to one discipline, you will develop your understanding of how civils, track, signalling, communications, MEP and other railway systems come together to create a functioning operational asset.
The project is still at an early stage, so you will have the opportunity to see the full lifecycle rather than joining halfway through delivery.
There is also a clear progression route to Senior Project Engineer, with salaries of £75,000 to £83,500.
A Long-Term Career With HS2
Calvert provides 7 to 9 years of major project experience, while joining High Speed Two Ltd gives you access to a much wider programme of major rail infrastructure extending over many years.
For an engineer who wants to broaden their experience, learn from experienced project engineering professionals and develop towards senior project engineering responsibility, this is a strong opportunity to build your career from the client side.
If you have solid rail engineering experience and are ready to take the next step into multidisciplinary project engineering, this could be an excellent opportunity to develop your career with HS2.
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High Speed Two Ltd | Integration Directorate
Salary: £65,000 to £70,755 + package
Location: London or Birmingham | Hybrid working
Progression: Senior Technical Assurance Manager £75,000 to £83,500 + package
Programme: High Speed Two long term programme until 2037 - 2039
Help Shape Technical Assurance Across HS2
Are you an experienced engineer or project professional who already understands technical assurance, even if it has never been your formal job title?
Perhaps your current role involves reviewing designs and technical submissions, checking compliance with requirements and standards, coordinating verification, managing engineering evidence, resolving technical queries or challenging contractors and designers where work does not meet the required standard.
This is an opportunity to turn that experience into a dedicated Technical Assurance Manager role, working directly for High Speed Two on one of Europe's largest infrastructure programmes.
You will join an experienced Technical Assurance team and work across major HS2 delivery contracts, helping ensure contractors have the right processes in place, follow them correctly and can demonstrate through robust evidence that engineering work has been properly assured.
The Opportunity
HS2 operates a self assurance model, meaning contractors are responsible for assuring their own work.
Your role is to provide oversight of that process, ensuring contractor assurance arrangements are robust, appropriate and consistently applied. Are they providing HS2 the evidence, proof and indeed documentation that shows they have
You could work across HS2's Main Works Civils, Stations or Rail Systems contracts, depending on your experience. Ideally this person will work across Rail Systems Contracts but depending on experience of the successful candidate there is flexibility to also move them onto a Stations or Civils Contract.
This is a delivery facing role with significant contractor and stakeholder interaction. You will identify gaps in assurance, challenge poor practice, provide guidance and training where required and ensure the right evidence is produced and maintained.
You will also work with HS2 functions including Risk, Requirements, Configuration and Change and Information Management to ensure technical assurance is properly integrated across the programme.
What You Will Do
About You
We are open to experienced Technical Assurance professionals, but equally interested in engineers and project professionals who have carried out many of these activities as part of their existing role.
You may already be reviewing designs and technical submissions, checking compliance with requirements and standards, coordinating verification, managing engineering evidence or challenging contractors and designers.
You do not need previous experience as a Technical Assurance Manager. What matters is that you understand how technical work is verified, evidenced and assured, have sound engineering judgement and can communicate confidently with contractors, designers and internal stakeholders.
Your background could come from rail infrastructure, rail systems, civil engineering, nuclear, aerospace, defence or another complex multidisciplinary engineering environment.
Essential Experience
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to move into a dedicated Technical Assurance role without needing to have held the title previously.
You will work across major HS2 contracts and gain exposure to a wide range of engineering disciplines, delivery organisations and assurance challenges.
The role gives you the opportunity to influence how technical assurance is applied across one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes, while working alongside experienced specialists who can develop your knowledge further.
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Birmingham Snowhill | Hybrid Working (3 Days Office)
£55,687 – £65,514 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + Package
Progression: Senior Cost Manager £85k–£92,000k + pkg
Join One of Europe’s Largest Infrastructure Programmes
This is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd in a highly visible client-side Cost Management role supporting the delivery of one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes.
Working within the Project Controls & Cost Performance team, you’ll play a key role in managing project baselines, forecasting programme performance, analysing contractor cost data, and supporting major contracts through delivery.
This is not a commercial or payment certification role.
The focus is on project controls, cost performance, forecasting, baseline management, schedule integration, and providing accurate programme insight to senior stakeholders.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
Reporting into the Senior Cost Manager, you’ll support the management and analysis of cost performance across major delivery contracts.
You’ll work closely with Project Controls Managers, delivery teams, and contractors to ensure forecasts, baselines, schedules, and performance data accurately reflect programme delivery.
A key part of the role is challenging contractor forecasts, analysing trends and variances, supporting change control, and ensuring robust cost reporting across the programme.
Key Responsibilities
What They’re Looking For
Essential
Desirable
This role would suit someone from rail, highways, utilities, aviation, water, nuclear, defence, or major infrastructure programmes looking to step into a long-term client-side opportunity with real progression and exposure across one of the UK’s largest delivery programmes.
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High Speed Two Ltd | M&E Engineering
Salary: £70,000 to £83,672 + 12% pension + healthcare + 25 days holiday
Location: London Euston | Hybrid working, typically 3 days in the office with site visits as required
Progression: Lead Electrical Engineer £90k - £100,000 + package (Also Project Engineering)
Programme: High Speed Two through to 2037 to 2039
Shape the LV Electrical Engineering across the whole of High Speed Two
Are you an Electrical Engineer looking for the opportunity to work on one of Europe's largest infrastructure programmes?
Do you have strong LV electrical experience from building services, infrastructure or another complex engineering environment, and want to use that expertise across a major rail programme?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its central M&E Engineering team, no rail experience necessaey.
This is a broad technical and delivery focused role, initially working across the M&E fit out of approximately 37 shafts, portals and Head Houses along the HS2 route.
These are highly complex underground and above ground assets, with electrical systems needing to integrate with mechanical services, ventilation, pumping, controls, communications and the wider railway.
You will work closely with the Main Works Civils contractors, providing technical input, assurance and challenge from design through construction and into commissioning.
The Long Term Opportunity
The role will then move onto HS2's M&E Systemwide programme, working across the wider railway route. The Systemwide scope includes the provision of LV electrical systems across the HS2 line of route, including: Electrical distribution, Lighting, Distribution boards, Building Management System controls, Associated LV electrical infrastructure
This gives the role an unusually broad project lifecycle and route wide perspective, with the opportunity to develop from asset based M&E delivery into programme wide electrical engineering.
The Role
You will provide senior electrical engineering support across design and delivery, working as part of a multidisciplinary M&E team.
The role is suitable for either an experienced Electrical Project Engineer or a Senior/Principal Discipline / Design Engineer with strong project delivery experience.
You will review contractor designs and technical submissions, provide technical assurance, resolve engineering issues and ensure electrical systems meet HS2 requirements, standards and operational needs.
A key part of the role is understanding how electrical systems interface with other disciplines and managing technical change throughout delivery.
You will need the technical confidence to challenge proposals where necessary and the practical judgement to develop solutions that can actually be delivered on site.
What You Will Do
About You
We are looking for a technically strong electrical engineer who can combine sound electrical knowledge with practical project delivery experience.
Your background could be in building services, infrastructure, rail or another complex engineering environment. Rail experience is not essential.
You may currently be working as an Electrical Project Engineer, Senior Electrical Engineer or Senior Design Engineer, provided you have experience taking electrical systems through design and into delivery.
You will ideally have:
Desirable Experience
Why HS2?
This is not a role focused on a single building or isolated electrical package.
You will initially work across a large number of major HS2 assets, gaining exposure to complex M&E delivery and multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
You will then have the opportunity to broaden that experience into the M&E Systemwide programme, helping deliver LV electrical infrastructure across the wider HS2 route.
You will work directly for High Speed Two Ltd, alongside experienced engineering professionals and major delivery organisations, with the programme continuing through to 2037 to 2039.
There is a clear progression route to Lead Electrical Engineer at £90,000 to £100,000 + package.
For an electrical engineer who wants to develop technically, broaden their infrastructure experience and work on projects that will form part of the UK's future high speed railway, this is a strong long term opportunity.
]]>High Speed Two Ltd | System Assurance | Level 2 (Programme) & Level 3 (Enterprise)
Salary: £90 – 100,000 + 12 % Pen + health + 25 days
Progression Head of System Assurance c£120 + pkg
Scope: Programme and Portfolio / Enterprise Level System Assurance
Programme: High Speed Two, Longterm programme until 2037 - 2039
Lead System Assurance Across the HS2 Programme
Are you an experienced engineering, assurance or programme professional who understands how complex systems are assured across their full lifecycle?
Do you have experience working at programme or enterprise level, looking across multiple projects, contracts and engineering disciplines to provide confidence that systems will integrate and deliver the required operational outcome?
High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Lead Technical Assurance Manager to play a key role in assuring the future high speed railway.
This is a senior programme level position within HS2, responsible for the correct and consistent application of System Assurance processes and the collation of evidence across multiple workstreams and groups of contracts.
You will not be carrying out detailed assurance on individual projects or contracts. That work is undertaken within the delivery organisations and feeds upwards to you. Your role is to take that information, understand what it says about the wider system and provide confidence at programme and portfolio / enterprise level.
The Opportunity
HS2 is being delivered through multiple major civils, stations and rail systems contracts, all of which ultimately need to integrate into one functioning railway.
Your role will be to look across those interfaces and ensure the programme is progressively building the evidence needed to demonstrate that systems, integration activities and operational functionality are being properly assured.
HS2 operates as the Primary System Integrator, alongside appointed lead integrators, making this a particularly important role in understanding how assurance from individual projects and contracts combines into overall system confidence.
You will work with senior engineering, systems, commissioning, handover, programme and delivery professionals to identify gaps, challenge assumptions and ensure the right assurance evidence is available at the right point in the lifecycle.
What You Will Do
About You
We are open to people from a range of senior engineering, delivery and programme backgrounds.
You might have developed your experience through engineering management, systems engineering, senior commissioning and handover, programme management or a technical assurance environment.
What matters is that you have operated at system level assurance on a complex programme, understanding how evidence from individual projects and contracts comes together to provide confidence in the wider system.
You will understand the Systems Engineering lifecycle and how requirements are progressively verified, validated, integrated and demonstrated through to an operational asset.
You will also have experience working in a complex, regulated or highly controlled environment where multiple organisations, systems and technical disciplines need to work together.
Essential Experience
Why This Role?
This is not a project level Technical Assurance position.
You will operate above the individual project and contract level, using information generated across HS2 to understand whether the programme is progressively building sufficient confidence in the integrated railway.
It is a whole system role, working across multiple contracts, engineering disciplines and delivery organisations and providing assurance insight to senior programme leadership.
For someone with strong system assurance experience who wants to operate at programme and enterprise level, this is an opportunity to apply that experience to one of Europe's largest infrastructure programmes.
A Long Term Career in System Assurance
High Speed Two is a long term programme, providing the opportunity to build significant experience in programme level system integration, assurance and delivery.
You will work alongside senior engineering, systems, commissioning and programme professionals and gain exposure to some of the most complex integration challenges within the programme.
If you have worked at system level on a major complex programme and understand how assurance evidence from multiple projects combines to demonstrate a functioning operational system, this is an opportunity to take that experience into a senior programme assurance role with High Speed Two.
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Location London (Blackfriars) or Basingstoke | Hybrid (3 days office)
Salary £55,596 – £67,813 + Up to 20% Bonus + 75% Rail Travel Healthcare + Excellent Pension + 28 Days Holiday
Progression: Head of Sourcing (£71,000 – £89,000+)
Long terms stability Excellent training & development + railway pension after 5 years
Lead Strategic Procurement Across One of Britain's Busiest Railway Networks
Are you an experienced Procurement Manager ready to step into a senior leadership role with genuine strategic influence, your own team and a clear path to Head of Sourcing?
This is a standout opportunity to join a leading national railway organisation as one of the senior leaders within a 23-person Procurement function, managing a team of 6–7 Procurement Managers and Buyers while owning a dedicated procurement portfolio with contracts and frameworks valued up to £100 million and delegated authority up to £5 million.
The Organisation
The Southern Zone is one of the UK's most operationally complex railway networks over 3,300 miles of track, 544 stations and 7,000 employees with major ongoing investment across infrastructure, renewals, maintenance and operations.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Sourcing, you'll take ownership of one of three specialist procurement portfolio matched to your background:
As your career develops, you'll broaden across all three, building the commercial breadth needed to step into Head of Sourcing.
You'll lead end-to-end procurement, develop sourcing strategies, negotiate high-value contracts, manage strategic supplier relationships and ensure full compliance with UK Public Procurement Regulations all while mentoring and developing your team.
What We're Looking For
We're open to candidates from infrastructure, construction, operations & maintenance, utilities, defence, transport or corporate procurement backgrounds.
Why Apply?
This is a rare opportunity to join one of the UK's leading railway organisations in a highly visible procurement leadership role where you'll shape procurement strategy across a dedicated business portfolio while leading and developing your own team.
You'll gain exposure to major infrastructure investment programmes, influence senior decision-makers, manage strategic supplier relationships and play a key role in delivering procurement excellence across the organisation.
With outstanding career progression into Head of Sourcing, an excellent benefits package including up to 20% annual bonus, 75% discounted rail travel, private healthcare, excellent pension (join the prestigious Railway Pension Scheme after five years' service), hybrid working and long-term career stability, this is one of the strongest Senior Procurement Manager opportunities currently available within the UK infrastructure sector.
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Award winning Digital Engineering (BIM) Consultancy
Salary: £50,000 to £65,000, plus £5,000 car allowance, 7.5% bonus, pension and private healthcare
Location: Flexible across a national office network, with agile working and regular client and site presence
Clearance: SC clearance held, or eligibility to obtain it, is essential
Progression: A clear route to Associate, Senior Associate and Partner
We are looking for an experienced BIM Manager or Senior Digital Engineer, or an ambitious BIM Coordinator ready for the step up, to join the Digital Engineering Consultancy part of a leading national multidisciplinary property & construction consultancy. It is one of a small number of positions in the team that carries security clearance. You will be trusted with work that most consultancies simply cannot touch: MOD and Defence Infrastructure Organisation programmes, Prime defence clients and contractors, and secure estates in the UK and Cyprus. Alongside that sits a genuinely varied portfolio, from schools under the new DfE CF25 framework to data centres, Formula 1 and JLR manufacturing facilities, and a landmark museum scheme in Saudi Arabia. If you want your BIM career to be more than clash detection on a single programme, this is the job.
Defence and secure environments. The core of the role. You will support MOD and DIO programmes alongside Prime defence clients and contractors, mostly in the UK with a number of schemes in Cyprus. Recent commissions include the new passenger handling facility and freight terminal at RAF Akrotiri, estate improvements and single living accommodation at the Defence Academy of the UK for Serco, the Boeing Defence UK aircraft facility at Lossiemouth, and a global property assessment for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This is work where information security, data governance and disciplined ISO 19650 practice genuinely matter.
Education, through DfE and CF25. Education delivery is growing through CF25, the £15.4bn Construction Framework 2025, which runs to 2032 and covers schools, academies, sixth form and further education colleges across England. Consistent, repeatable digital standards across a rolling programme of schemes is exactly the challenge that rewards a well designed BIM process.
Data centres. A fast growing part of the business, and one of the most digitally demanding typologies there is: dense MEP coordination, rigorous clash resolution and structured asset data from day one.
Culture, including an international landmark. An exciting museum scheme is underway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, alongside UK cultural and heritage work. Highly ambitious architecture, complex geometry, and a real test of coordination skills.
Advanced manufacturing, Formula 1 and JLR. A healthy and continuing pipeline. Recent projects include the JLR Noise, Vibration and Harshness Centre in Warwickshire with Laing O’Rourke, JLR’s Damson Parkway logistics facility, Project Genesis for Rolls-Royce, and the Silverstone Rallycross Circuit.
Infrastructure, the next chapter. With a key hire joining in October to build the infrastructure presence, there is a real opportunity to shape how digital engineering is delivered in a growing sector from the ground up.
This role requires SC (Security Check) clearance. The business will support the right candidate through the process, but you must be eligible, which normally means five years of continuous UK residency. If you already hold current SC or DV clearance, please say so, as it will accelerate your route into project work.
A multidisciplinary property and construction consultancy with roots stretching back over 75 years, more than 1,400 people, and over 80% repeat business. Flagship schemes include Phase 2 of Battersea Power Station, a £1.5bn project for Skanska, and the £1.3bn ten year programme centred on the Ellison Institute of Technology at Oxford Science Park.
The Digital Engineering team brings structure and purpose to project information so that it actively supports decision making. Recent work includes the transformation of Osney Power Station into a global centre of executive education for the Saïd Business School, the University of Portsmouth campus masterplan, and a retrofit framework for Sovereign Network Group. Services span:
A technically confident construction, engineering or architectural professional. Building experience is the most natural fit, though strong civils background is still considered
Essential
Desirable
Apply with a current CV and a short note on the projects you are proudest of. If you hold current security clearance, please mention it. If you do not meet every point but the work sounds like the right challenge, we would still like to hear from you.
This is an equal opportunities employer. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds, and flexible working can be discussed at application stage.
]]>Salary £60,000–£72,000 + 10% bonus + Railway Pen + 75% off travel + 30 hols
Location London | Flexible Hybrid Working | Typically 1–2 days in the office
Progression: Principal CCS Engineer – £70,000–£82,000 + pkg
The Opportunity
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is looking for an experienced CCS Engineer to join its specialist Control, Command & Signalling team.
You'll work as part of a 12-person CCS team, collaborating with Network Rail, designers, contractors and other industry partners.
This is a technically interesting role for an engineer who understands the operational railway and how signalling and CCS work within it, and wants to apply that experience across a much broader range of industry challenges.
The role covers conventional signalling, digital signalling including ETCS, technical standards, research and innovation. You'll contribute to projects that help shape how signalling is developed and implemented across the UK railway. Open to people with or without ETCS experience but must have conventional Signalling experience.
You will report to a Principal CCS Engineer and work collaboratively with colleagues across RSSB and the wider rail industry.
About RSSB
RSSB is an independent, not-for-profit organisation supporting the UK rail industry to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability.
RSSB brings together industry expertise, research, standards and technical knowledge to address complex challenges facing the railway.
Its work goes well beyond standards, with involvement in research, innovation and emerging railway technologies, alongside developing practical technical guidance for the industry.
The Role
What We're Looking For
We're looking for an experienced railway signalling engineer with a strong understanding of both signalling technology and the operational railway.
You don't need to have worked in a standards environment. A background with Network Rail, TFL, a signalling contractor, designer, consultancy or another rail organisation could provide an excellent foundation.
Open to a range of candidates could include Signalling Asset Engineering, Signalling Engineering, Design, Project Engineering, Technical Assurance, Systems Engineering or Control & Command.
We're looking for someone who can:
Why Join RSSB?
This is an opportunity to take your signalling experience beyond a single project, asset or organisation.
Rather than concentrating solely on delivering or maintaining one railway asset, you'll work with the wider industry on the standards, research and technical challenges shaping the future of rail.
You'll gain exposure to conventional signalling and digital systems such as ETCS, while contributing to research and innovation into emerging railway technologies. Huge opportunities for research & development in digital signalling.
You'll work alongside experienced CCS specialists and industry partners, developing a much broader understanding of the railway and how different organisations approach its technical challenges.
There is a clear progression route to Principal CCS Engineer, providing an opportunity to develop your technical breadth and industry knowledge.
Benefits
Location: 25 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AD
Employer: Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
£122,000–£140,000 + Benefits | Next Step: Director of Project Controls –
Location: Milton Keynes / Central Section
Working Pattern: Typically 2 days Milton Keynes, 1 day across HS2 site offices and 2 days from home, with occasional travel to Euston
Employer: High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd – Direct Employment
Programme: EKFB Main Works Civils Contract
High Speed Two Programme completes 2039
The Opportunity - Pivotal Role for the HS2 Programme
This is a senior leadership opportunity working directly for High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, taking responsibility for Project Controls across the EKFB Main Works Civils Contract.
You will lead a 25–30 person Project Controls function covering Cost, Planning/Scheduling, Risk and Estimating, with four direct reports responsible for the Area Project Controls functions.
This is much more than a technical Project Controls position. HS2 is looking for a strong leader who can drive the performance of a large multidisciplinary team, provide senior-level challenge to the delivery organisation and turn complex project information into clear insight for decision-making.
Functionally reporting to the Director of Project Controls at programme level, you will work closely with the Project Director on a day-to-day basis, giving the role significant visibility across both the EKFB contract and wider HS2 programme.
Project Information – EKFB Main Works Civils
The £4.2bn+ EKFB Main Works Civils Contract is responsible for approximately 80km of HS2's largely rural railway, including 15 viaducts, 81 bridges, 6.9km of green tunnels and approximately 30 million cubic metres of excavation.
The importance of this section has increased significantly following the HS2 programme reset, with the central section forming part of the programme's designated Core Test Area.
The Core Test Area is a priority section where HS2 is seeking to bring infrastructure together, commence testing and commissioning and validate the railway as an integrated system. As a result, successful delivery of EKFB has become a critical linchpin for the wider HS2 programme.
This creates a particularly high-profile environment for Project Controls, bringing cost, schedule, risk, productivity, quantities, performance and assurance together across one of the programme's most important delivery areas.
The Role
You will Lead the overall Project Controls function across the EKFB Main Works Civils Contract. Lead approximately 30 Project Controls professionals through four direct-report Area Project Controls leads. Set objectives, standards and expectations across Cost, Planning, Risk and Estimating, Drive team performance, consistency and continuous improvement.
What We're Looking For
You are likely to bring:
Relevant backgrounds could include HS2, Crossrail, Thames Tideway, HS1, major airport programmes, Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C or other major regulated infrastructure programmes.
Experience with Primavera P6, EVM systems and other major-project controls platforms would also be highly relevant.
Career Progression
This role offers a genuine opportunity to develop towards Director of Project Controls level within HS2.
The current Director-level position sits at approximately £170,000–£200,000 + executive package, providing a clear progression route for an exceptional Head of Project Controls who can demonstrate strong leadership, programme-level thinking and the ability to operate effectively within HS2's complex governance environment.
With the scale and longevity of the HS2 programme, there is significant scope for high-performing leaders to develop their careers internally and take on increasing levels of responsibility.
Why This Opportunity?
You will be leading a substantial Project Controls function on a £4.2bn+ major civils contract, while working on a section of HS2 that has become strategically important to the wider programme through its designation as part of the Core Test Area.
For an established Senior Project Controls Manager, Project Controls Lead or Head of Project Controls, this represents an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a major function, operate alongside senior HS2 leadership and build towards Director-level responsibility within one of Britain's most significant infrastructure programmes.
]]>Award winning Digital Engineering (BIM) Consultancy
Salary: £50,000 to £65,000, plus £5,000 car allowance, 7.5% bonus, pension and private healthcare
Location: Flexible across a national office network, with agile working and regular client and site presence
Clearance: SC clearance held, or eligibility to obtain it, is essential
Progression: A clear route to Associate, Senior Associate and Partner
We are looking for an experienced BIM Manager or Senior Digital Engineer, or an ambitious BIM Coordinator ready for the step up, to join the Digital Engineering Consultancy part of a leading national multidisciplinary property & construction consultancy. It is one of a small number of positions in the team that carries security clearance. You will be trusted with work that most consultancies simply cannot touch: MOD and Defence Infrastructure Organisation programmes, Prime defence clients and contractors, and secure estates in the UK and Cyprus. Alongside that sits a genuinely varied portfolio, from schools under the new DfE CF25 framework to data centres, Formula 1 and JLR manufacturing facilities, and a landmark museum scheme in Saudi Arabia. If you want your BIM career to be more than clash detection on a single programme, this is the job.
Defence and secure environments. The core of the role. You will support MOD and DIO programmes alongside Prime defence clients and contractors, mostly in the UK with a number of schemes in Cyprus. Recent commissions include the new passenger handling facility and freight terminal at RAF Akrotiri, estate improvements and single living accommodation at the Defence Academy of the UK for Serco, the Boeing Defence UK aircraft facility at Lossiemouth, and a global property assessment for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This is work where information security, data governance and disciplined ISO 19650 practice genuinely matter.
Education, through DfE and CF25. Education delivery is growing through CF25, the £15.4bn Construction Framework 2025, which runs to 2032 and covers schools, academies, sixth form and further education colleges across England. Consistent, repeatable digital standards across a rolling programme of schemes is exactly the challenge that rewards a well designed BIM process.
Data centres. A fast growing part of the business, and one of the most digitally demanding typologies there is: dense MEP coordination, rigorous clash resolution and structured asset data from day one.
Culture, including an international landmark. An exciting museum scheme is underway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, alongside UK cultural and heritage work. Highly ambitious architecture, complex geometry, and a real test of coordination skills.
Advanced manufacturing, Formula 1 and JLR. A healthy and continuing pipeline. Recent projects include the JLR Noise, Vibration and Harshness Centre in Warwickshire with Laing O’Rourke, JLR’s Damson Parkway logistics facility, Project Genesis for Rolls-Royce, and the Silverstone Rallycross Circuit.
Infrastructure, the next chapter. With a key hire joining in October to build the infrastructure presence, there is a real opportunity to shape how digital engineering is delivered in a growing sector from the ground up.
This role requires SC (Security Check) clearance. The business will support the right candidate through the process, but you must be eligible, which normally means five years of continuous UK residency. If you already hold current SC or DV clearance, please say so, as it will accelerate your route into project work.
A multidisciplinary property and construction consultancy with roots stretching back over 75 years, more than 1,400 people, and over 80% repeat business. Flagship schemes include Phase 2 of Battersea Power Station, a £1.5bn project for Skanska, and the £1.3bn ten year programme centred on the Ellison Institute of Technology at Oxford Science Park.
The Digital Engineering team brings structure and purpose to project information so that it actively supports decision making. Recent work includes the transformation of Osney Power Station into a global centre of executive education for the Saïd Business School, the University of Portsmouth campus masterplan, and a retrofit framework for Sovereign Network Group. Services span:
A technically confident construction, engineering or architectural professional. Building experience is the most natural fit, though strong civils background is still considered
Essential
Desirable
Apply with a current CV and a short note on the projects you are proudest of. If you hold current security clearance, please mention it. If you do not meet every point but the work sounds like the right challenge, we would still like to hear from you.
This is an equal opportunities employer. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds, and flexible working can be discussed at application stage.
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