Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?
Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Track Construction Contractor’s Responsible Engineer within the Transverse Rail Team. This role will be based on site in Kingsbury, The northernmost site of the West Midlands stretch of HS2 runs from Water Orton to Lichfield. The sites are mainly rural and will link HS2 to the West Coast Mainline track.
Role Responsibilities;
- Input from technical perspective to preparation of sub-contract ITT packages with review of returned tenders to ensure compliance with requirements has been met.
- Review draft designs received from designer for constructability and that the design contains sufficient information that the works can be constructed taking account of safety, quality and environmental issues.
- Provide clear guidance on the intended construction strategy including preferred construction methods and access arrangements to designers in a timely manner.
- Responsible for co-ordinating engineering activity within their discipline from design through construction to test and commission.
- Review and approve Works Package Plans (where delegated by the CEM) and Task Briefings produced by the construction team and ensure these documents take account of all hazards identified, particularly those identified by designers.
- Review and approve Inspection and Test Plans for various aspects of the works ensuring that sufficient detail is included and that hold / witness points have been identified. Ensure that members of the construction team undertake inspections and quality checks necessary in connection with the works.
Experienced required
- Technical / professional engineering qualifications and training records. Preferably Chartered or Incorporated.
- Knowledge and experience in procurement of sub-contractors / suppliers on railway Technical compliance aspects
- Excellent communication and management skills to be able to influence others.
- Understands quality processes through design and construction of civil engineering projects from design through to commissioning / entry into service and handover to client
- Good knowledge of railway civil engineering standards including those for track, and NR/L2/CIV/003.
- Also understanding role and responsibilities of the CEM and CRE in NR/L2/INI/02009 Engineering Management of Projects.
- Understands the roles and responsibilities associated with Temporary Works (as described in BS5975).
- Familiar with the H&S aspects of design and construction (risk assessments).
- Understands their responsibility for appointing adequate competent engineering resources to undertake the works.
- Understanding of interfaces between engineering disciplines involved in the project.
- Understands interfaces between engineering disciplines involved in the project.
- Understands the requirements, roles and responsibilities with regard to CDM & CSM-RA Regulations.
- Monitoring engineering activities regarding competence, safety, environment, cost, programme, information, testing and commissioning
Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.
Benefits of working with us
• Car/ car allowance
• Flexible working available for some roles
• Free parking
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates
• Family friendly leave policies
• Excellent pension contributions
• Healthcare
• Health risk assessments
• Access to employee assistance programmes
• Access to annual flu vaccinations
About Balfour Beatty VINCI
Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.
Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:
• 9.3km of viaducts
• 62 overbridges
• 35 cuttings
• 56 culverts
• 62 embankments
• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels
• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses
Diversity and Inclusion
Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.
Flexible working
We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.
