Project Manager - Civils/Structures/Watercourse works in Birmingham

My client is a leading Civil Engineering company who are going through huge growth at present. They are seeking a Civils Project Manager to lead the delivery of a BBV-controlled HS2 civils package. This is not an office-based PM role — it is a hands-on, site-driven leadership role within a Tier 1 assurance environment. The subcontract explicitly requires the subcontractor to deliver full compliance in quality, information management, technical assurance, and HSE documentation systems.

Duties:

• Act as the company’s single point of responsibility to BBV for delivery, compliance and coordination.
• Attend BBV progress meetings.
• Hold Interface coordination meetings.
• Carry out assurance and audit reviews.
• Work in line with BBV Safety, Health & Wellbeing framework and HS2 and CDM Regulations.
• Ensure RAMS are fully prepared, accepted and briefed prior to works.
• Workforce competence, supervision and briefings meet requirements.
• Enforce “no approval – no work” principle.
• Exercise and promote Stop Work Authority.
• Personnel, structured supervision, and formal control of hazards through approved systems and training governance always required.

Quality & Assurance:

• Ensure all works are delivered strictly in accordance with Approved Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
• Ensure all quality evidence is captured, structured, traceable.
• Manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) via DALUX / DDD, including Root cause analysis, Corrective and preventive actions, Formal close-out with evidence.
• Change Control & Field Change Requests (FCRs): Ensure all site-driven changes are raised formally via Field Change Requests (FCRs) in DALUX.
• Enforce no change implemented without written approval.
• Protect the company commercially by preventing informal instructions and undocumented change.
• Act as Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) for the package.
• Ensure all Temporary Works are identified and classified, entered into the TW Register, designed, checked and approved, permitted, inspected and signed off prior to use.
• Coordinate Temporary Works Designers, Checkers, Supervisors.
• Ensure full compliance with BBV Temporary Works procedures (BS5975 aligned).
• Lifting Operations & Cranage (Preferred Competence): Provide competent oversight of lifting operations.
• Where holding AP (Lifting): Act as Appointed Person for lifting activities.
• Lead lift planning, crane selection, interface with BBV lifting teams.
• Ensure environmental compliance with HS2 Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs).
• Ensure environmental controls are implemented, monitored and evidenced.
• Ensure no environmentally sensitive activity proceeds without accepted RAMS.
• Ensure the company operates within BBV’s systems, including: DALUX / DDD – NCRs, FCRs, inspections, QA evidence, business collaborator (BC) – submissions and approvals, ProjectWise – drawings and models (where applicable).
• Ensure document control is fully resourced.
• Ensure information is accurate, controlled and auditable.

Requirements:

• Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) (Required).
• SMSTS or equivalent (Required).
• Appointed Person (Lifting) (Preferred).
• Engineering / construction qualification (Preferred).
• Proven Project Manager experience on complex civils / infrastructure works.
• Experience delivering within a principal contractor environment.
• Experience in assurance-heavy framework (HS2, Network Rail, Major Infrastructure).
• Experience in Temporary Works governance.
• Experience in ITP-led quality systems.
• Highly process-driven and disciplined.
• Comfortable operating in audit-heavy regulated delivery environments.
• Will challenge unsafe or non-compliant instructions — even under pressure.
• Strong communicator across client (BBV), site teams, supply chain.

If you are interested in applying for this role, click the link below or contact Mark Barrett.