At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering projects and ensure compliance with safety and design standards.
- Company: Join HS2 Ltd, the UK's pioneering high-speed rail network.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible benefits, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Embrace a culture of diversity, inclusion, and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of transport while working in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in project engineering and knowledge of UK construction regulations required.
The predicted salary is between 91510 - 91510 £ per year.
Location: London or Birmingham (Hybrid)
Base Salary: £66,553 - £91,510 per annum. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.
Close Date: 28th September 2026
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.
About the role:
- To execute legal and contractual technical duties on project engineering issues within a Railway Systems Project delivery team, leading progressive risk-based integrated assurance of railway system design, construction and handover into operations.
- Enable configuration management, provide information exchange and facilitate technical co-ordination in a timely manner, in accordance with HS2 technical requirements, standards and policies.
- Support the Head of Discipline Engineering, Railway Systems as directed in fulfilling the duties of Principal Designer Representative under CDM 2015.
- Lead the risk-based engineering technical assurance of Railway System as per the HS2 assurance requirements.
- Lead the acceptance of the design, construction and commissioning contract for Railway Systems and interfacing assets.
- Discharge the duties of Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) as defined in the Engineering and Environment Management Plan for Railway Systems.
- Discharge the duties of the NEC3 Supervisor as defined in the Engineering and Environment Management Plan for Railway Systems.
- Communicate the HS2 Engineering requirements to the Railway Systems contractors and provide responses to technical queries.
- Support Head of Discipline Engineering, Railway Systems with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of engineering matters.
- Provide guidance on design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques.
- Work alongside Commercial and Project Managers to determine the impact of trends, progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
- Provide technical direction with the identification and development of appropriate and cost-balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
- Lead the technical coordination and integration of the Discipline contracts with other interfacing contracts.
- Lead the engagement on the Environmental, Planning and Consenting deliverables with the relevant teams.
- Actively manage and communicate engineering issues or change affecting Railway Systems.
- Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.
About You:
Skills:
- Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Gather and synthesise information, identify options and apply judgement based on logic during decision making.
- Provide technical support and leadership on technical and engineering principles.
- Management of Digital Engineering tools, procedures and systems for the development designs and during construction, testing and commissioning.
- Ability to lead multiple interfaces of a complex system successfully.
- Ability to use a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers.
Knowledge:
- Applicable UK design and construction regulations, including CDM (2015) requirements.
- Application of risk identification and management.
- Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to Railway industry.
- Working knowledge of CSM-RA regulations.
- Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets.
- Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or equivalent experience.
Type of Experience:
- Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards.
- Experience managing competing project and engineering demands.
- Experience of Discipline design, construction and handover challenges.
- Experience in working as part of a multi-disciplinary matrix delivery organisation.
- Relevant domain experience in Discipline including design, installation and Testing & Commissioning.
- Experience in undertaking or directly supporting CDM duties associated with Principal Designer and/or Designer.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
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.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About Us:
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety.
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