The Role
Manage engineering delivery for a high-speed rail infrastructure programme, assuring route and asset designs meet technical, sponsor, and safety requirements. Lead design reviews, resolve technical issues, manage professional services contracts, coordinate interfaces with Network Rail, support reporting and stakeholder engagement, and oversee a team of Project Engineers. Ensure delivery is safe, affordable, high quality, on time, and within budget while promoting collaboration, inclusion, and personnel development.
Summary Generated by Built In
Base salary: £54,878pa to £64,562pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As a Senior Project Engineer at HS2 you will be responsible for the engineering management of the high speed rail scheme part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail core network proposal. To be responsible for providing professional and technical support on engineering issues, leading assurance of route and asset design in accordance with organisational and sponsor requirements, standards and policies. This will be undertaken in accordance with company policies and procedures to achieve the outcomes specified by the Department for Transport (DfT).
About the Role
- To be responsible for fulfilling the duties and obligations of the Senior Project Engineer in accordance with company policies and procedures to achieve the outcomes specified by the DfT.
- To be responsible for maintaining the delivery of safe and affordable design solutions that meet requirements and ensure value for money at each stage of the HS2 development and reporting engineering progress and issues to the Area Manager.
- To assure that the design of assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications and procedures by supporting planned Technical Assurance Reviews and “spot-checks” of professional services contract (PSC) deliverables at stage gates and control points.
- To manage and communicate HS2 Engineering requirements to the PSC, provide responses to technical queries, guidance on design solutions and identify opportunities for efficiencies within the PSC.
- To support the Head of Engineering (Phase 2) in discharging their duties of NEC3 Supervisor and Principal Designer Representative as mandated within the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2015.
- To support the Area Manager with internal and external reporting of engineering matters, including attending stakeholder events.
- To support the Area Manager in developing and delivering the scope, ensuring it is of the required quality and is delivered “on time” and “on budget”, raising issues as appropriate.
- To be responsible for supporting the technical interface management activities with Network Rail across the project.
- To lead and manage a team of Project Engineers ensuring objectives and personnel development targets are set and achieved.
- To be responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing.
- Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
About You
Skills
- Ability to carry out robust independent checks on a wide variety of designs and produce, interpret and assess specifications, standards and technical reports.
- Ability to resolve complex design problems, demonstrating a tenacious approach to tackling problems whilst maintaining attention to detail.
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with a range of multidisciplinary stakeholders, demonstrating influencing skills.
- Ability to communicate, engage and motivate a variety of external stakeholders at public forums.
- Ability to communicate complex issues to stakeholders.
- Interpersonal and motivating skill.
- Team management, planning and organisational skills.
- Ability to deliver to agreed deadlines whilst gathering input from other functions.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of engineering design principles required to achieve optimal design outputs.
- Understanding of the projects and interdependencies within overall HS2 Phase 2 and NPR programmes.
- Degree in civil or mechanical engineering.
- Chartered engineer (or equivalent relevant experience).
Type of Experience
- Experience of managing design and engineering, ranging from feasibility to detail to design, working on a large, complex infrastructure project.
- Experience of professional services contract (PSC) management and compliance.
- Experience of leading inclusively, managing diverse people and working across functions and disciplines to deliver objectives.
- Qualification in project management, engineering or the equivalent experience.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
Skills Required
- Degree in civil or mechanical engineering
- Chartered engineer status or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience managing design and engineering from feasibility through detailed design on a large, complex infrastructure project
- Experience managing and ensuring compliance with professional services contracts
- Experience leading inclusively, managing diverse people, and working across functions and disciplines
- Qualification in project management, engineering, or equivalent experience
- Ability to independently check designs and assess specifications, standards, and technical reports
- Ability to resolve complex design problems with strong attention to detail
- Ability to build relationships with multidisciplinary stakeholders and influence decisions
- Team management, planning, organizational, communication, and deadline-delivery skills
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The Company
What We Do
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited is responsible for developing and promoting the UK's new high-speed rail network. HS2 is Britain's new high-speed railway, designed to provide fast, reliable journeys between major cities while freeing capacity on the existing network for regional and freight services. The project also aims to widen access to jobs, drive investment, and support regional growth through an economic corridor.
