Appointed Person Lead 

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 an Appointed Person Lead .

This role will be based on site in Curzon Street , Birmingham.

The project’s most complex network of structures in the West Midlands, this sublot includes the Delta Junction – a triangular section of the high-speed railway made up of nine precast segmental viaducts, embankments, and other bridging structures, with around 10km of track crossing a network of motorways, roads and rivers.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role

Experienced required

• Tasked with the management, organisation, planning and control of all aspects of a lifting operation.

• Lead AP - All APs under their control have clearly defined roles, interfaces, levels of authority and areas of responsibility within the project such that all lifting operations are managed effectively, and none are overlooked

• Lead AP - All APs under their control are appointed in writing, having had their competence checked.

• Lead AP - The site has full AP coverage and that the APs have sufficient time, resources and authority to undertake their role and meet the requirements of BBV.

• A register of lifting operations in the area under their control is maintained and is used to adequately plan and manage lifting operations. Effective lift planning is conducted and recorded including lift categories, Lift Plans, risk assessments, method statements, drawings and other relevant information and that Lift Plans are appropriately reviewed.

• Suitable lifting equipment and lifting accessories for the lifting operation are selected, ensuring any complex, bespoke or unusual lifting arrangements are approved, and detailing how they will be utilised.

• Sufficient resources are appointed (e.g. Crane Coordinator) where lifting operations may clash with, for example, other lifting operations. In the absence of the appointment of a dedicated Crane Coordinator the AP will assume the Crane Coordinator responsibilities.

• Information relating to any potential loading imposed by lifting operations on supporting mediums and structures is brought to the attention of the Temporary Works Coordinator and approved as appropriate prior to being loaded.

• Adequate consultation takes place with other stakeholders where appropriate, e.g. Network Rail, to ensure effective communication as is necessary for the work to be undertaken safely.

• Sufficient records of experience are retained, e.g. logbooks, Lift Plans, RAMS, toolbox talks etc., such that a CV of experience can be established to assist in future appointments and competence demonstration.
• Responsible for the management, organisation, planning and control of all aspects of a lifting operation.

•Creating Lift Plans and issuing them to the relevant appointed person, ensuring this all lift plan are in place.

• All APs under their control have clearly defined roles, interfaces, levels of authority and areas of responsibility within the project such that all lifting operations are managed effectively, and none are overlooked.

Benefits of working with us

•Health risk assessments

•Healthcare

•Flexible working

•Enhanced maternity and paternity

•Excellent pension contributions

•Travel allowance for eligible candidates

•Car/ car allowance

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Working together for over 30 years, Balfour Beatty VINCI have been successful in delivering several significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond. 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 on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites: •42 viaducts totalling over 11km •66 overbridges •More than 35 cuttings reaching over 30km •56 culverts •66 embankments reaching over 33km •Building four motorway crossings requiring box structures •Six interfaces with the existing rail requiring both dive-under and overbridge structures

Diversity and Inclusion:

Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) is delivering equal opportunity for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and supportive of anyone with a physical or neuro-diverse ability. We welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities. We are transforming the image of construction through working on the HS2 project and increasing diverse representation of Balfour Beatty Vinci through representing the communities we are working in. We have embedded ED&I Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. Flexible working: Flexible or agile working is encouraged at BBV and we recognise the value and diversity of candidates which this can bring to our business operations. Not every role can provide a variety of working patterns to suit people's personal needs however we are happy to discuss agile working opportunities at BBV with you. Disability confident: We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is Disability Confident committed and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.