London or Birmingham based | Hybrid Working
Up to £71k London / Up to £65,514 Brum + 12% Pen + health
Major National Infrastructure Programme | Long-Term Career Security
Next Step Senior System Safety Engineer £77,500 - £83,500 + pkg
Manage System Safety Across Britain’s New High-Speed Railway
This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes in a client-side System Safety role supporting the delivery of Britain’s new high-speed railway.
Working within the System Integration & Safety team, you’ll help ensure the end state operational railway is safe, technically integrated, and compliant with railway safety regulations throughout design, construction, testing, and commissioning.
You’ll work across the whole programme of works; major civils, stations, depots, and rail systems contracts, acting as a key interface between contractors, assessment bodies, and the client organisation.
This is not a traditional assurance role you’ll play a central part in managing system safety across a highly complex integrated railway environment.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
You’ll support system safety activities across major delivery contracts, ensuring compliance with the Railways Interoperability Regulations and Common Safety Method on Risk Evaluation & Assessment (CSM-RA).
The role involves managing risk assessments, facilitating hazard workshops, reviewing contractor safety evidence, and supporting the programme-wide Hazard Record.
You’ll also work closely with Independent Assessment Bodies (AsBo/NoBo), contractors, and programme teams to ensure safety compliance is robust, coordinated, and fully evidenced.
Key Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
Rail experience is preferred, but candidates from other highly regulated safety-critical industries will also be considered. Open to candidates working for consultancies, train manufactures and client organisations.
The Opportunity
This is a career-defining opportunity to influence how safety is integrated, assured, and delivered across one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes with genuine long-term progression and exposure across a nationally important railway.
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Location: Birmingham & Washwood Heath | Hybrid working (3 days office/site)
Salary: £85,000 – £92,000 (potentially to £101,500k with approvals) + 12% Pen
Project HS2’s Washwood Heath Train Care Depot
Role Overview
Are you a senior engineering leader or engineering manager with strong systems engineering capability or experience delivering major multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure, such as depots, rail maintenance facilities, or stations? Candidates are welcomed from client organisations, contractors, train manufacturers, or engineering consultancies.
We are supporting High Speed Two with the appointment of a Lead Project Engineer / Engineering Manager to play a central leadership role in the delivery of a major new railway depot at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
The Washwood Heath Depot, £858m represents the largest and most complex rail system facilities (Depot) ever delivered in the UK. It will form the operational and testing heart of the HS2 network and is being delivered as a distinct 8-year programme, comprising approximately 2–3 years of design followed by 5 years of construction, testing, and commissioning, with contract award just been announced – JV Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure & Aureos Rail.
The depot includes a diverse and technically complex range of assets, including:
The Role
Working directly for HS2, you will act as the technical lead and single point of technical accountability for the successful delivery partner. You will guide the depot through its entire lifecycle, from detailed design through construction, testing, commissioning, and into operational readiness.
The post holder will lead technical assurance, system integration, and interface management across multiple railway systems and engineering disciplines, ensuring delivery in line with contractual, statutory, safety, and performance requirements.
Key Challenges
Key Responsibilities
Candidate Profile
You will be a qualified senior engineering leader with significant experience delivering major multi-disciplinary rail systems projects. Experience may include depots, stations, new railway infrastructure, or major remodelling works. Candidates are welcomed from client organisations, contractors, train manufacturers, or engineering consultancies.
Experience and attributes include:
Birmingham | Hybrid Working (3 Days Office)
Washwood Heath Depot – £859m Major Rail Depot Programme
£70,000 – £77,500 + 12% Pension + Excellent Benefits
Progression: Lead Project Engineer (£85k–£92k+ Package)
⏳ Long-Term Programme | 8-Year Delivery Programme
Help Deliver One of Britain’s Most Advanced Rail Depots
This is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd in a senior technical delivery role supporting the design, integration, and delivery of the £859m Washwood Heath Depot, one of the UK’s most significant operational infrastructure facilities.
Working client-side within the depot delivery team, you will play a key role in coordinating the MEP and building systems across a highly complex operational environment that will support Britain’s future high-speed rail network.
Rail experience is not essential.
The team is particularly interested in engineers and Design Managers who have delivered large-scale industrial, logistics, manufacturing, automated distribution, warehouse, or operational facilities; including environments such as Amazon distribution centres, automated depots, aviation facilities, rail depots or similarly complex buildings with significant MEP integration.
You will sit at the centre of technical delivery, managing interfaces between contractors, supporting assurance activities, and ensuring buildings, systems, and depot infrastructure are safely integrated, commissioned, and handed over into operation.
The role combines technical engineering, systems integration, stakeholder management, and practical project delivery across one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
Reporting into the Lead Project Engineer, you will support the technical coordination and assurance of depot buildings and MEP systems throughout delivery.
You’ll work closely with contractors, technical specialists, and project teams to ensure systems are integrated safely, comply with technical and operational requirements, and are delivered in line with programme objectives.
A major focus of the role is managing interfaces, ensuring MEP systems, buildings, operational equipment, and wider infrastructure function together effectively within a highly integrated environment.
The role will involve supporting NEC Supervisor and Principal Designer Representative responsibilities, reviewing contractor submissions, coordinating technical assurance activities, and helping manage engineering risk across the programme lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
You’ll likely come from an MEP, building services, industrial buildings, logistics, depot, transportation, manufacturing, or infrastructure engineering background with strong technical coordination and project delivery experience.
Essential Experience
Desirable Backgrounds
The Opportunity
This is a career-defining opportunity for an engineer or Design Manager wanting to move beyond pure design delivery into a highly visible client-side role on one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
You’ll gain exposure across major infrastructure delivery, operational systems integration, testing & commissioning, and asset handover, helping deliver infrastructure that will support Britain’s high-speed railway for decades to come.
t delivery team, you will play a key role in coordinating the Rail Systems delivery across a highly complex integrated railway environment, with the rail systems scope alone valued at approximately £200m.
This is not a pure design consultancy role.
You will sit at the centre of technical delivery, managing interfaces between contractors, supporting assurance activities, and ensuring rail systems are safely integrated, commissioned, and handed over into operation.
The role combines technical engineering, systems integration, stakeholder management, and practical project delivery across one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
Reporting into the Lead Project Engineer, you will support the technical coordination and assurance of Rail Systems throughout delivery.
You’ll work closely with contractors, technical specialists, and project teams to ensure systems are integrated safely, comply with technical and operational requirements, and are delivered in line with programme objectives.
A major focus of the role is managing interfaces — ensuring track, OLE, signalling, communications, power, civils, and wider depot systems function together effectively within a highly integrated operational railway environment.
The role will involve supporting NEC Supervisor and Principal Designer Representative responsibilities, reviewing contractor submissions, coordinating technical assurance activities, and helping manage engineering risk across the programme lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
You’ll likely come from a rail systems, infrastructure, or multidisciplinary rail engineering background with strong technical coordination and project delivery experience.
Essential Experience
Desirable Backgrounds
The Opportunity
This is a career-defining opportunity for an engineer or Design Manager wanting to move beyond pure design delivery into a highly visible client-side role on one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
You’ll gain exposure across major rail systems integration, operational readiness, testing & commissioning, and asset handover helping deliver infrastructure that will support Britain’s high-speed railway for decades to come.
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Birmingham | Hybrid Working (3 Days Office)
Washwood Heath Depot – £859m Major Rail Depot Programme
£70,000 – £77,500 + 12% Pension + Excellent Benefits
Progression: Lead Project Engineer (£85k–£92k+ Package)
Long-Term Programme | 8-Year Delivery Programme
Help Deliver One of Britain’s Most Advanced Rail Depots
This is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd in a senior technical delivery role supporting the design, integration, and delivery of the £859m Washwood Heath Depot — one of the UK’s most important operational rail infrastructure facilities.
Working client-side within the depot delivery team, you will play a key role in coordinating the Rail Systems delivery across a highly complex integrated railway environment, with the rail systems scope alone valued at approximately £200m.
This is not a pure design consultancy role.
You will sit at the centre of technical delivery, managing interfaces between contractors, supporting assurance activities, and ensuring rail systems are safely integrated, commissioned, and handed over into operation.
The role combines technical engineering, systems integration, stakeholder management, and practical project delivery across one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
Reporting into the Lead Project Engineer, you will support the technical coordination and assurance of Rail Systems throughout delivery.
You’ll work closely with contractors, technical specialists, and project teams to ensure systems are integrated safely, comply with technical and operational requirements, and are delivered in line with programme objectives.
A major focus of the role is managing interfaces — ensuring track, OLE, signalling, communications, power, civils, and wider depot systems function together effectively within a highly integrated operational railway environment.
The role will involve supporting NEC Supervisor and Principal Designer Representative responsibilities, reviewing contractor submissions, coordinating technical assurance activities, and helping manage engineering risk across the programme lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
You’ll likely come from a rail systems, infrastructure, or multidisciplinary rail engineering background with strong technical coordination and project delivery experience.
Essential Experience
Desirable Backgrounds
The Opportunity
This is a career-defining opportunity for an engineer or Design Manager wanting to move beyond pure design delivery into a highly visible client-side role on one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
You’ll gain exposure across major rail systems integration, operational readiness, testing & commissioning, and asset handover helping deliver infrastructure that will support Britain’s high-speed railway for decades to come.
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???? North Acton, London OR Maple Cross, Hertfordshire
???? £75,000 – £83,500 + 12% Pension + Excellent Benefits
???? Progression: Senior Project Manager (£100k – £110k+ Package)
???? Major National Infrastructure Programme | Long-Term Career Security
Deliver Critical Infrastructure on Britain’s New High-Speed Railway
This is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd in a client-side Project Manager role delivering some of the UK’s most complex and high-profile infrastructure works.
Working within integrated project teams across the HS2 programme, you will act as the client representative on major live construction packages — protecting HS2’s interests throughout delivery, managing contractor performance, and ensuring works are delivered safely, on programme, and to the required quality standards.
These are not back-office programme management roles.
They are hands-on delivery positions requiring strong site presence, stakeholder management, commercial awareness, and the confidence to challenge Tier 1 contractors across highly complex construction environments.
Project Manager – Head House Buildings
???? North Acton, London - £4.2bn London Main Works Civils
Lead the delivery of major Head House Buildings from structural works through to full operational fit-out. This role would particularly suit candidates with experience delivering stations, major buildings, fit-out, or complex infrastructure facilities.
Project Manager – MEP Fit-Out & Tunnel Systems –
???? Maple Cross, Buckinghamshire - £1bn Main Works Civils Contract
Manage delivery of the MEP fit-out across a 16km twin-bore tunnel, associated portal buildings, shafts, and infrastructure systems. Scope includes power, fire systems, ventilation, ductwork, and integrated tunnel systems.
Why These Roles Stand Out
• Client-side role on one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes
• Major exposure across civils, buildings, MEP, rail systems & infrastructure integration
• High visibility across Tier 1 contractors, senior stakeholders & delivery teams
• Genuine responsibility and ownership across live construction packages
• Long-term programme security with major delivery phases running into the 2030s
• Strong progression opportunities into Senior Project Management roles
• Hybrid working and strong work-life balance culture
• Opportunity to help deliver nationally significant infrastructure that will operate for generations
The Role
Reporting into Senior Project Managers within HS2 delivery teams, you will manage the day-to-day delivery of major construction packages, ensuring contractors meet programme, quality, safety, and commercial requirements.
You will fulfil NEC3 Project Manager responsibilities on behalf of HS2, reviewing contractor performance, monitoring programme delivery, identifying emerging risks, and ensuring client interests are protected throughout delivery.
A key part of the role is being able to operate confidently within complex contractor environments — challenging where required, making decisions, and maintaining delivery momentum across highly integrated works.
Key Responsibilities
• Fulfil NEC3 Project Manager duties on behalf of HS2
• Manage contractor performance across programme, quality, cost & delivery
• Review and challenge contractor programmes and schedules
• Monitor progress against milestones, budgets, and delivery targets
• Identify delivery risks and develop mitigation strategies
• Ensure compliance with HS2 standards, technical requirements, and governance
• Support management of interfaces across civils, MEP, rail systems, and infrastructure
• Discharge delegated CDM responsibilities
• Represent HS2 confidently within integrated project teams and contractor environments
• Escalate emerging issues and support resolution across stakeholders
What We’re Looking For
You will likely come from a major infrastructure, construction, rail, stations, buildings, tunnelling, or MEP project environment with strong delivery and contractor management experience.
Essential Experience
• Project Management experience on major infrastructure or construction projects
• Experience managing contractors within live delivery environments
• Strong understanding of NEC3 contracts and project delivery processes
• Experience reviewing programmes, schedules, and delivery performance
• Ability to challenge contractors and protect client interests professionally
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience balancing programme, cost, quality, and risk considerations
Backgrounds Considered
• Rail infrastructure
• Stations & buildings
• Tunnels & heavy civils
• MEP & systems integration
• Aviation, utilities, highways, or complex infrastructure projects
• Client-side, consultancy, or Tier 1 contractor backgrounds
The Opportunity
These are career-defining opportunities to join one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes in highly visible client-side delivery roles.
You will gain exposure to complex multidisciplinary construction, integrated systems delivery, and major programme management while helping shape infrastructure that will operate for decades to come.
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Birmingham / Washwood Heath | Hybrid Working (3 Days Office/Site)
£85,000 – £92,000 (potential to £101,500 subject to approval) + 12% Pension + Benefits
HS2 Washwood Heath Depot – National Infrastructure Control Centre (NICC)
Long-Term Programme | Flagship Critical Infrastructure Asset
Shape One of the UK’s Most Critical Control Centres (Data Centres)
This is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd in a senior client-side engineering leadership role, taking ownership of the National Infrastructure Control Centre (NICC), a mission-critical facility at the heart of Britain’s new high-speed railway. This control centre building is similar to a Data Centre & will have similar power, cooling and building systems to cope with large amount of computers and electrical equipment. Candidates from both from rail & non rail environments are sought.
The NICC is a highly complex operational control environment, requiring exceptional levels of resilience, systems integration, and engineering assurance. You will lead the technical delivery, coordination, and assurance of the building from design through to construction, commissioning, and operational handover.
You will act as the client’s senior technical authority, ensuring the supply chain delivers a fully compliant, integrated, and operationally robust facility that meets stringent safety, performance, and regulatory requirements.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
Reporting into the Head of Engineering, you will lead the risk-based technical assurance of the NICC building across all phases of delivery.
You will act as the key interface between HS2 and multiple Tier 1 contractors, ensuring that mission-critical building systems are designed, built, and commissioned in line with client, regulatory, and operational requirements.
A core focus of the role is systems integration and assurance, ensuring mechanical, electrical, HVAC, digital, and control systems operate cohesively within a high-availability operational environment.
You will also be responsible for supporting CDM Principal Designer duties and NEC Supervisor responsibilities, working closely with project managers, commercial teams, and technical specialists.
Key Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
You are likely a senior engineer or engineering manager with experience delivering or assuring complex, mission-critical infrastructure buildings.
Essential Experience
Desirable Backgrounds
The Opportunity
This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the technical delivery of one of HS2’s most important operational buildings.
You will play a central role in shaping how a mission-critical control environment is delivered, integrated, and commissioned, directly influencing the safe and reliable operation of Britain’s future high-speed railway for decades to come.
]]>Location: Birmingham or London Euston (Hybrid Working)
Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Programme: Working across High Speed Two programme as SME for Soils
Salary & Benefits
Birmingham: £90,000 – £100,000 + 12% Pension + 25 Days Holiday
London: £100,000 – £110,000 + 12% Pension + 25 Days Holiday
Can Also be based from site offices along HS2 line of route - Maple Cross (Herts), Aylesbury, Leamigton Spa etc.
About the Opportunity
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Lead Agricultural Soils Specialist to join one of Europe’s largest and most complex infrastructure programmes - HS2. This high-profile role sits at the centre of a nationally significant project, providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise across all aspects of agricultural soils management, primarily supporting the four main civil engineering works contracts.
Reporting to the Head of Natural Environment, you will lead on the excavation, handling, storage, restoration and reinstatement of agricultural soils across the programme. You will play a critical role in ensuring industry best practice, environmental compliance and technical excellence are consistently embedded throughout project delivery.
This position offers the opportunity to influence strategy, standards and operational delivery on one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure schemes, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, principal contractors, environmental specialists and senior stakeholders.
Key Challenges
Key Responsibilities
About You
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
Why Apply?
This is a rare opportunity to join a nationally significant infrastructure programme in a senior technical leadership role. You will have the opportunity to shape best practice, influence environmental outcomes and contribute directly to the successful delivery of one of the UK’s most complex and high-profile engineering programmes.
The role offers a highly collaborative environment, significant technical influence and the chance to leave a lasting legacy on a landmark infrastructure project.
If you are passionate about agricultural soils management and want to play a pivotal role in delivering sustainable infrastructure at scale, we would welcome your application.
]]>Location London Euston | Hybrid Working (c.3 Days Office)
Programme HS2 Major Rail Infrastructure Programme 10 – 12yrs
SALARY £65,000 – £70,755 + 12% Pen + Health + 25 Holiday
Progression: Senior Functional Integration Engineer (£75,000 – £83,500 + Package)
Cutting-Edge Systems Integration Role – First of its Kind
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join High Speed Two Ltd (HS2) as a Functional Integration Engineer within the central Systems Integration team, part of the Chief Engineer’s organisation.
This is a genuinely unique systems integration role working client-side on one of Europe’s largest and most technically complex infrastructure programmes. The team is responsible for ensuring the future HS2 railway operates as a fully integrated system, coordinating how multiple engineering sub-systems interact operationally across the end-state railway.
The role sits within the Infrastructure Directorate, acting as the Prime Systems Integrator for HS2, responsible for integrating operational, technical and engineering requirements into a safe, efficient and operational railway.
Unlike traditional design engineering positions, this role focuses heavily on systems thinking, problem solving, interface management and operational integration across complex engineering environments.
The Role
You will support the functional integration of complex railway and operational systems including:
Working within the wider systems integration framework, you will analyse how systems communicate, interact and function together operationally, helping define integrated technical solutions across the railway lifecycle from requirements and architecture through to testing, commissioning and operational readiness.
A key part of the role involves analysing operational scenarios and mapping interactions between systems, interfaces, users and operational processes to ensure the railway functions safely and effectively as a complete integrated system.
The team uses systems engineering, modelling and Enterprise Architecture methodologies to manage functionality, interfaces and information flows across the programme.
What They’re Looking For
The team is open to candidates from both rail and non-rail sectors including: Defence, Nuclear, Aviation, Complex infrastructure & Software or hardware systems environments
Rail systems experience is preferred, but transferable experience from other highly regulated, safety-critical or operational environments is strongly welcomed.
This role would suit someone who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, influencing stakeholders and working across multidisciplinary technical environments.
Practical delivery experience is more important than specific software tool expertise. HS2 is looking for engineers who have helped deliver integrated systems, products or software through design into operation, service or live environments.
Key Experience & Skills
Why Join HS2?
This is an exceptional opportunity for an engineer wanting to move beyond siloed engineering disciplines into true systems integration and operational railway functionality on one of the world’s most complex infrastructure programmes.
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Location: North Acton, London
Salary: £100,000 – £120,500 + 12% Pension + Healthcare + 25 days holiday
Progression: Next Step Head of Delivery £140k
Project: London Main Works Civils Contract (£4.2bn), 4-year duration
NEXT Projects:£1.67bn Old Oak Station, £3/£4bn Euston Station or Rail Systems
Work on One of the UK’s Most High-Profile Infrastructure Projects
Are you a proven Senior Project Manager with delivery experience on complex buildings with strong NEC contract knowledge?
Are you ready to be responsible for 5 Project Managers and the delivery of 7 Head Houses with a combined value of over £300m?
This is a standout opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd and play a key role in delivering the £4.2bn London Main Works Contract, you will be responsible for the delivery of 7 Head House which are large complex buildings housing lots of MEP equipment and controls (ventilation, power, fans, lifts etc).
With the Line management responsibilities of 5 Project Managers & reporting to the Head of Delivery you will have considerable ownership & autonomy of the delivery of these head Houses. You will actively engage with the principal contractor joint venture (Costain, Skanska, Strabag) build meaningful relationship where you can both collaboratively solve issues and challenge the Joint venture with considerable gravatas. You will have strong commercial skills and a delivery focus under pinned with core Project management skill set (APM Framework).
The Project
£4.2bn London tunnels is a landmark Main Works civils contract consisting of13 miles of twin-bore tunnels (26 miles total) between West Ruislip and Euston. A Head House is the above-ground building constructed on top of a tunnel ventilation shaft. It houses crucial fire control, ventilation, and electrical systems for the high-speed rail tunnels below, while providing safe access and exit points for emergency services and maintenance crews.
The Role
Working directly for High Speed Two Ltd, you will become a Senior member of the Project Management team reporting to Head of Delivery for the project managing team of 5 Project Managers, you will take ownership for the delivery of 7 Head Houses values in excess of £300m
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Role Requirements
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team on a very high-profile programme at a critical early stage, not only offering long-term career development and the chance to really shape and create an impact on a major UK infrastructure project.
]]>Location: London Euston – Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)
Salary: £65 – 70,000 + 12% Pen + Private Healthcare + 25 days annual leave
Programme: High Speed Two (HS2) – 10+ year delivery programme
The Opportunity
Interested in being HS2’s Quality Manager for £3bn Euston Station & £1.67bn Old Oak Common?
Are you a Quality Manager with experience on large, complex infrastructure programmes such as Rail Stations, Nuclear, Airports, Power, Complex buildings or Construction and looking to play a pivotal role on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects?
HS2 Ltd, the organisation responsible for delivering and operating the UK’s high-speed rail network, is seeking experienced Quality Manager to provide strategic quality leadership across its major design and construction contracts.
This is a strategic, programme-level Quality role on one of the UK’s most complex infrastructure schemes, focusing on strategic quality management, trend analysis and system improvement - influencing quality performance at programme level rather than managing day-to-day NCRs.
About the Role
Based in London, you will provide quality management oversight on the New station Builds of £3b Euston Station (Dragados Mace) & £1.67bn Old Oak Common (Balfour Beatty, Vinci, Systra)
2 Flagship iconic highly complex buildings; multidisciplinary projects involving significant civils, rail systems, MEP, operational integration and stakeholder management.
The Euston Station Campus will include the new HS2 station, redevelopment of the existing Network Rail station, and enhancements to the London Underground station and local transport facilities
Your Role in the Programme
Working closely with the Heads of Quality for the Principal Contractors, you will represent the client’s assurance perspective, operating at a macro and strategic level.
Rather than managing individual non-conformances, you will:
Key Responsibilities
Experience & Background Required
Key Skills & Knowledge
Qualifications
Location: Birmingham – Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)
Salary: £60,000 - 65,500 + 12% Pen + Private Healthcare + 25 days annual leave
Programme: High Speed Two (HS2) – 10+ year delivery programme
The Opportunity
Are you a Quality Manager with experience on large, complex infrastructure programmes such as Rail, Nuclear, Airports, Major Civils, Power, Water or Construction and looking to play a pivotal role on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects?
HS2 Ltd, the organisation responsible for delivering and operating the UK’s high-speed rail network, is seeking experienced Quality Managers to provide strategic quality leadership across its major design and construction contracts.
This is a strategic, programme-level Quality role on one of the UK’s most complex infrastructure schemes, focusing on strategic quality management, trend analysis and system improvement - influencing quality performance at programme level rather than managing day-to-day NCRs.
About the Role
Based in Birmingham, you will provide quality management oversight on the £6bn Main Works Civils Contract for the Northern Section, delivered under a Design & Build model by the BBV Joint Venture (Balfour Beaty, Vinci) - this is the largest single contract on HS2.
The scope of works includes: 42 Viaducts, 66 bridges, 35 cuttings, 56 culverts, 66 embankments, green tunnels & 4 motor crossings
Approximately 5 years remain on the BBV Main Works Civils Contract. Following this phase, you will transition onto either station delivery or rail systems contracts, with at least 10 years of programme delivery remaining overall.
Your Role in the Programme
Working closely with the Heads of Quality for the Principal Contractors, you will represent the client’s assurance perspective, operating at a macro and strategic level.
Rather than managing individual non-conformances, you will:
Key Responsibilities
Experience & Background Required
Key Skills & Knowledge
Qualifications
Location: London Euston (Hybrid Working – c.3 Days Office)
Programme: HS2 Phase One – Route-Wide Infrastructure Programme
Salary: £60k – £70,755 + 12% Pension + Health + 25 Holiday
Progression: Route Asset Manager (£90,000 – £100,000+ Package)
Help Shape the Future Maintenance Strategy of Britain's New High-Speed Railway
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join High Speed Two Ltd (HS2) as a Senior Asset Manager – Civils (Structures) within the Infrastructure Maintenance & Asset Management team.
This is a unique client-side role offering the opportunity to influence the long-term operation, maintenance and performance of one of Europe's largest infrastructure programmes.
Unlike traditional asset management positions focused on maintaining existing infrastructure, this role represents the future maintainer's voice, ensuring assets are constructed and handed over in a manner that supports safe, efficient and cost-effective operation for decades to come.
Working across a diverse portfolio of civil engineering assets including tunnels, viaducts, bridges, earthworks, drainage systems and line-side structures, you will provide asset management assurance throughout the delivery lifecycle, helping shape how Britain's new high-speed railway is maintained from day one.
Why This Role Stands Out
The Role
Reporting into the Asset Management team, you will act as the future maintainer's representative, reviewing assets as they transition from construction into operation.
A key focus of the role is ensuring that assets have been built, documented and handed over in a manner that supports efficient inspection, maintenance and lifecycle management.
You will review technical submissions, maintenance strategies, asset information and operational requirements, identifying risks to improve long-term asset performance and reliability.
Working closely with delivery teams, contractors and operational stakeholders, you will provide assurance that HS2's civil engineering assets meet future maintenance and operational requirements.
Key Responsibilities
What We're Looking For
You are likely an Asset Manager, Senior Asset Engineer or Infrastructure Engineer with experience managing or maintaining civil engineering assets within rail, highways or other major infrastructure environments.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for an asset professional looking to move beyond day-to-day maintenance and influence the future operation of a major infrastructure programme.
You'll play a critical role in ensuring HS2's civil engineering assets are safe, maintainable and operationally effective, helping deliver infrastructure that will support Britain's high-speed railway for generations to come.
]]>???? Location: London OR Birmingham (Hybrid Working – c.3 Days Office / 2 Days Home)
???? Salary: Up to £83,672 (London) Up to £77,500 Brum
???? Benefits: 12% Pension, Healthcare, 25 Hols + Flexible Benefits
???? Programme: HS2 Phase One – One of Europe's Largest Infrastructure Programmes
???? Career Development: Exceptional progression opportunities with over 10 years of programme delivery remaining
Shape the Security Systems of Britain's New High-Speed Railway
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Security Systems Engineer to join High Speed Two Ltd (HS2), providing technical leadership and engineering assurance for physical security systems across the future railway.
Working within the central engineering function, you will act as the technical authority for physical and electronic security systems, supporting the delivery and integration of security solutions across the HS2 route, stations, depots and operational infrastructure.
This is not a site-based installation role. Instead, you will operate at the heart of one of the UK's most complex infrastructure programmes, providing technical assurance, managing engineering interfaces and helping resolve challenging integration issues across multiple contracts and disciplines.
You will work closely with project managers, contractors, designers and operational stakeholders to ensure security systems are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with operational, regulatory and programme requirements.
The role offers exposure to a broad range of security technologies including:
The Role
The security requirements and standards are now largely established, and the programme is moving into a major delivery phase.
Your focus will be on ensuring security systems are successfully designed, integrated and delivered across multiple infrastructure packages while maintaining system integrity and operational performance.
A key aspect of the role will be coordinating technical interfaces between security systems, communications networks, stations, depots and route-wide infrastructure, ensuring solutions operate as a fully integrated railway system.
You will also provide technical guidance on engineering risk, change management and contractor performance, helping HS2 make informed decisions throughout delivery.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You are likely to have experience delivering or assuring physical and electronic security systems within major infrastructure, transportation, utilities or critical national infrastructure environments.
Candidates from client organisations, consultancies, systems integrators, engineering contractors and security technology providers are all encouraged to apply.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why Join HS2?
This is a rare opportunity to influence the design and delivery of security systems on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
You'll work within a highly collaborative engineering environment, gain exposure to complex systems integration challenges and play a key role in delivering the operational railway.
With over a decade of programme delivery ahead and excellent opportunities for progression, HS2 offers the chance to build a long-term career while helping create infrastructure that will serve the UK for generations to come.
]]>Location: Birmingham (Hybrid Working – c.3 Days Office)
Salary: £100,000 – £111,579 + 12% Pension + Excellent Benefits
Programme: HS2 Rolling Stock & Depot Programme
Have You Managed a Major Rolling Stock Depot or Introduced a New Fleet into Service?
Do you understand what it takes to keep train fleets operating safely, reliably and efficiently?
Would you like to influence how Britain's new high-speed railway is operated, maintained and commercially managed for decades to come?
HS2 is seeking a Senior Operations Manager to join its Rolling Stock and Depot team in a unique client-side role, as the maintainer, focused on the long-term operational success of the railway.
This is not a traditional construction or project delivery position.
Instead, you will act as the future maintainer and operational representative, helping shape the strategy, commercial arrangements and operational readiness of HS2's rolling stock and depot facilities. You will play a key role in ensuring the railway can be operated, maintained and adapted efficiently throughout its lifecycle.
The Opportunity
Working at the heart of the HS2 programme, you will act as the proxy train owner, representing the future operational and maintenance needs of the railway.
A major focus of the role will be the £858m+ Washwood Heath Depot, ensuring the facility is delivered in a manner that supports the needs of the train manufacturer, future operator and HS2, while maintaining flexibility for future fleet changes, operational growth and evolving industry standards.
You will influence how rolling stock, depot operations, maintenance strategies and commercial arrangements come together to create a sustainable railway capable of operating successfully for the next 60–100 years.
This is a highly visible position requiring engagement with senior stakeholders across HS2, the Department for Transport, train manufacturers, operators and industry partners.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You will likely come from a senior operational, fleet, depot or rolling stock background and have first-hand experience managing maintenance operations, introducing new fleets or overseeing major depot facilities.
You will understand the practical realities of running railway operations while balancing commercial, contractual and strategic considerations.
Essential Experience
Desirable Experience
Why Join HS2?
This is a rare opportunity to influence the future operation of Britain's newest railway before it enters service.
You will help shape how trains are maintained, operated and commercialised, ensuring the railway remains efficient, flexible and sustainable for generations to come.
Working within a small, highly influential team, you will have significant visibility across the programme and the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy on one of the UK's most important infrastructure projects.
]]>Location London Euston (Hybrid Working)
Salary £65,000 – £70,755 + 12% pension + healthcare
Programme High Speed Two (HS2) – 10+ year delivery programme
Shape the Performance of the UK’s Future High-Speed Railway
Are you a Systems or Reliability or Performance Engineer with experience in performance, RAM, or system assurance looking to influence the operation of one of the UK’s most complex infrastructure programmes?
This is a unique opportunity to join the PRAM (Performance, Reliability, Availability & Maintainability) team within HS2’s Systems Integration function, working across the entire railway programme: from civils and stations to rail systems (signalling, telecoms, power) and rolling stock.
You will play a key role in ensuring that HS2’s assets are designed, delivered and integrated to achieve world-class performance, reliability and maintainability outcomes.
The Role
As a PRAM Engineer, you will support assurance activities across approximately 20 major contracts, working closely with Tier 1 contractors and their supply chains to ensure that design and delivery decisions meet required PRAM standards.
You will help challenge technical assumptions, review reliability and performance modelling outputs, and provide independent engineering input to support robust, data-driven decision making.
Working within a small but highly influential technical team, you will also contribute to the development of modern PRAM approaches, including the use of digital tools, data analytics and AI-enabled insights to improve long-term railway performance and maintainability.
Key Responsibilities
About You
You are likely a Systems Engineer, RAM Engineer Performance Engineer with experience in complex, safety-critical environments such as rail, nuclear, defence, aerospace or major infrastructure.
You will be comfortable working across multiple technical disciplines, reviewing engineering outputs, and influencing stakeholders in a client-side or assurance-focused environment.
Essential Requirements
Desirable Experience
Why Join HS2?
This is a rare opportunity to influence the long-term performance of Britain’s new high-speed railway at a system-wide level.
You will gain exposure across the full infrastructure lifecycle, working alongside leading engineers in a highly collaborative systems integration environment, with strong progression opportunities into senior PRAM and systems leadership roles.
]]>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.
]]>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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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.
]]>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.
]]>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: £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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